10 WWE Jobbers Who Became Wrestling GAME-CHANGERS

10. Colt Cabana

It's...it's Scotty Goldman!

Imagine reaching the promised land of WWE and being saddled with a name like that. Being fair, not all wrestling names are created equal (who saw Grandmaster Sexay getting over during the 'Attitude Era', for example?!), but...Scotty Goldman? As in, the 'Gold Man'? For goodness sake, there are 12 year olds with e-feds shaking their heads at that rubbish.

WWE didn't give independent standout Colt Cabana much of a chance when he debuted on the main roster under that guise in 2008. The dude looked every bit like a 1980's jobber from head to toe, and the special connection Colt fostered with indy fans was totally lost in the marketing jargon-rich world of Vince McMahon.

He was neither stupendous nor a thrill ride, and so Scotty was doomed to fail. The good news is that Cabana went right back to tearing it up outside WWE once he was cast aside by McMahon. Arguably, he's never quite hit the heights he did in ROH pre-WWE again, but his true game-changing moment actually happened off camera and away from the ring.

Colt's 'Art Of Wrestling' podcast was a revolutionary drop the mic occasion for mixing both mediums. Suddenly, other podcasts started copying his laid back style and presentation, so much so that he was later squeezed out of the conversation as the marketplace was diluted. He's since had limited success in AEW, but the streets know how important Cabana was to podding.

They also know how bloody wonderful an act he was before WWE's 'wrestling name generator' machine chewed him up and spat him out in front of an unenthusiastic mainstream audience.