20 True Stories Behind Famous Wrestling Names
7. Virgil/Vincent
As if poor Mike Jones didn’t have enough of a sad sack gimmick as ‘gopher/dogsbody to the midcard’, it transpires that his WWF character’s name Virgil was in direct mockery of then-WCW booker Dusty Rhodes – real name Virgil Runnels.
When Jones joined WCW, those southern boys had the last laugh, naming him Vincent, in tit-for-tat mockery of Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Rumours that in his current role as semi-homeless convention ghost, Jones has been renamed Jarrett Jeffries are unconfirmed at this time.