Have you ever watched a pro wrestling match on TV in frustration because the camera kept pulling away from the jobber you were interested in looking at?
Or been disappointed in the fact that the jobber never seems to make an entrance like the featured hero or heel?
Or wondered why jobbers who carry a few extra pounds seem to appear on camera even less, unless they’re serving as the object of ridicule or humor?
If so, then you, like me, may be a fan of Doughboys, as I refer to them, guys who because of an extra roll over their belt find themselves confined to the role of a jobber.
Unlike the dominating heels, where extra weight does not come into question (rather it’s viewed as an attribute) the Doughboys tend to be seen as weak and, as a result, not worthy of the camera’s gaze.
Even our esteemed Wrestling Arsenal blog-meister, in preparing this excellent summation of the J.W. Storm/Dave Taylor squash match, admitted that he’s fixed on the traditionally good looking muscle man and devoted most of the solo shots to close-ups of the heel.
I think that his selections probably reflect the tastes of a vast majority of the blog-site visitors.
But I also think that his willingness to explore the topic clearly demonstrates his open-mindedness and his genuine interest in addressing the attractions of all of his readers.
At the end of the day, I think it comes down to the definition of the body type that we prefer and find attractive.
Rather than refer to the above J.W. Storm/Dave Taylor match, since the jobber is so clearly inexperienced and out of his element (though I still might argue how convincingly Dave Taylor fills out that shiny blue singlet) let’s use another more-seasoned jobber as an example…
If you still answer “yes,” then you, like me, are probably more apt to favor these Doughboys, these less-muscled, pudgier guys who bear the brunt of the punishment doled out by the heroes and heels in pro wrestling. And like me, perhaps you continue to hope against hope for a TV camera-man with similar tastes.
(Feel free to offer D.W. some feedback on his very first Blog article by leaving a comment.)
“Project Doughboy” is a great name. Actually I found the 2nd photo in your pop quiz more attractive than the first, where the guy is “tucked in,” it looks like. In the 2nd, though, as the guy rounds the corner, the thrust-out belly is a turn-on–showing manly confidence and total engagement in the battle at hand. In short, my opinion is that whatever you got to thrust out there, thrust it out there. It’s the don’t-give-a-shit lack of inhibition that makes the man. Great piece, DW!
First off, I must tell you, LOVE this blog. Let’ get real when it comes to the Muscle Stud, the Six Pac Model boy, the Handsome Ripped Goodlooking Hairy Chested dream. All these types, in the ring working over what you have dubbed, The Doughboy ( soft bellied Jobber ) I for one, thru the 35 plus years I have loved and been into Pro Wrestling, couldn’t wait to see what Jobber would be in the ring getting worked over and punished by one of the above metioned Heel types. David Isley was one of my ultimate fav. Doughboys, who no matter he faced, stepped into that ring and took the beating that was given him. He sold EVERY move–low blow–shot to the gut, so perfectly. His face twisted and contorted showing agony, when the heel landed his size 12 boot to his not so tight gut. Clutching that “injured” gut with both arms, dropping to his knees, face contorted…Drove me nuts, I couldn’t wait for the Heel to move in and inflict more. My attention focused on what got me hot and made me fall in Love with Pro Wrestling….the Jobber, Soft Bellied, being on the receiving end of what the heel had in his arsenal to offer him. Heels, as well in the line of Soft Bellied, Larger Protruding Guts, covered with fur…the likes of The Bruiser, The Crusher, Arn Anderson, thick men, real men..When they had their victim clamped in a Side-Headlock, the camera guy pulls in a close-up of the jobbers skull being worked between a thick bicep and a somewhat furry, chubby chest….My favorite word for that….WOOF! Be it a Jobber or Heel that has the more natural look…I for one find it Hotter and would watch a dozen matches on that note, moreso than the matches of Ripped muscle working over more Ripped muscle.
Wow, I totally agree with Joe, about the second “gut” picture being hotter than the first! And I’m with D.W.–I HATE when I want to focus on the jobber, and the camera cuts away! (The Gambler comes to mind instantly.) I ESPECIALLY hate when the camera never shows the jobber suffering post-match; you wait for the final scene of the defeated jobber for some closure, but after some close-up of the main eventer, you find the jobber is mysteriously gone!
i do find the doughboy in blue hot!