The “regular” jobbers
By Scott Keith on 27 August 2019
Yes, yet another question for your reading "pleasure."
In order to procure the "enhancement talent" for the weekly TV, I assume promotions typically hired local guys (indy workers, guys answering some sort of casting call, whatever). But what about the "recurring cast" of jobbers that kept popping up over
the years? I can't imagine the WWF having, say, Van van Horne traveling from taping to taping. Am I correct in guessing that they used those guys whenever they taped in their neck of the woods?
the years? I can't imagine the WWF having, say, Van van Horne traveling from taping to taping. Am I correct in guessing that they used those guys whenever they taped in their neck of the woods?
Personal observation: the tendency towards doughy schlubs and scrawny wimps for the job guys, I'd presume, is at least in part because they figure on some level we take a certain sadistic glee in seeing these pathetic losers get murdered.
The WWF and Crockett used to tape in mostly the same areas (WWF in Northeast US, Crockett in the Atlanta and Carolinas) so yeah, you'd see the same recurring jobbers because that's where they lived. A lot of guys would be happy to drive an hour or two to make the WWF tapings and get their name out there. And then you had guys like Lombardi who worked behind the scenes and so traveled with the company anyway. The other scenario is that they'd go somewhere where a known guy was running a wrestling school, and they could use trainees for super cheap. That's how we got the Hardy Boyz.