10 Wrestling Jobbers So BIZARRE They Feel Made Up

10. TL Hopper

Consider ol' TL here an entry level weirdo to get us started.

He was drafted into the WWF during a pretty funky time for the promotion in 1996. Basically, Vince McMahon needed 'some solid hands' who could work well enough to put others over. However, rather than letting Tony Anthony here just be himself, creative services came up with a plumber gimmick for the guy.

It was hardly The Undertaker, but it'd have to do. So, Anthony became TL Hopper, and he was...a dirty, manky, unpleasant sod. Y'know, the kind of chap who'd refuse to wash his hands (or anything else) no matter what grimy situations he found himself in. In other words, Hopper was easy to boo, and probably easy to smell.

Who thought a wrestling plumber was the way to go in the first place though? Sure, the biz has had its fair share of occupational gimmicks over the years (the 90s was a haven for them), but 'foul-smelling wrestling plumber' was taking things to new depths. So to speak. It was circling the drain. Also so to speak.

TL's biggest moment came during the pre-show at SummerSlam 1996 when he fished a turd out of the pool during a beach party scene. Before confirming it to be a sausage not poo, Hopper took a bite out of it to check. Lovely stuff, and exactly the sort of thing that'd encourage 'Free For All' customers to give their cable company a call and order the full pay-per-view.

After all, you wouldn't see anyone chow down on turds in WCW. Perhaps surprisingly.