10 Wrestling Jobbers So BIZARRE They Feel Made Up
1. The Toxic Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or Hero Turtles if you're from the UK and recall that silly switchover) have always been known as "heroes in a half shell". To that point, The Toxic Turtles of WWF erm...fame should be called 'morons with no shell'. Their ring attire ranks as some of the worst ever, which is honestly saying something.
Collectively, Duane Gill (who also worked out better as Bill Goldberg rip off Gillberg years later) and Barry Hardy worked exactly one appearance as TMNT knock offs for a house show on 9 March 1993. Oh yes, they trumped everyone in their togas shortly before WrestleMania IX came along to continue Vince McMahon's circus-like feel.
Gill went on to tell WWE.com (who strangely called them 'The Battling Turtles') that he actually bought the outfits just on the off chance he and Hardy could get booked wearing them. During his interview, the future Gillberg revealed that McMahon saw him dancing around the locker room dressed as a turtle and asked if he had another costume. When Duane said yes, Vince told him he and Barry would be wrestling as turtles that night.
What a frankly bizarre set of circumstances.
It should probably be considered one of the most insane promises any promoter ever made to a pro wrestler. 'I promise you'll get to work as a Halloween version of Michelangelo, son'. Meh, a gig's a gig and all that.
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