- Mike Jones (wrestler)
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For other people named Michael Jones, see Michael Jones (disambiguation).
Mike Jones 
Jones as VirgilRing name(s) Curly Bill[1]
Lucius Brown
Mike Jones[1]
Mr. Jones
Soul Train Jones[1]
Vincent[1]
Shane[1]
Virgil[1]Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] Billed weight 215 lb (98 kg) Born June 13, 1962 [1]
Nashville, Tennessee[1]Resides Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[2] Trained by Afa Anoa'i[2] Debut 1985[1] Mike Jones (born June 13, 1962) is an American professional wrestler, who most recently performed for World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Virgil, where he appeared on its Raw brand as Ted DiBiase, Jr.'s personal assistant. He also performed under the ring names Vincent, Shane and Curly Bill in World Championship Wrestling.
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Professional wrestling career
Championship Wrestling Association (1985–1987)
After a standout amateur career, Jones started wrestling professionally as Soul Train Jones in the Championship Wrestling Association based in Memphis, Tennessee in 1985. He feuded with Chick Donovan and Big Bubba. He also made appearances in ICW with the Soul Train Jones gimmick.[3]
World Wrestling Federation (1987–1994)
Moving to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), he first appeared as a jobber wrestling under the name Lucius Brown, losing a squash match to "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff.[3]
He then went on to debut in the summer of 1987 as Virgil, the bodyguard for "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. His stage name, thought up by Bobby Heenan, was meant as a jab against then-World Championship Wrestling (WCW) wrestler Virgil Runnels, better known as Dusty Rhodes.[4] Virgil carried DiBiase's cash that he liked to flaunt and was the one who got beat up while DiBiase ran away after a devious act against a face.[5]
Eventually, Virgil got tired of being humiliated by DiBiase and turned on him, hitting him with his own Million Dollar Title belt at the Royal Rumble in January 1991.[5] After forming a friendship and training with Roddy Piper, he defeated DiBiase by count-out at WrestleMania VII and pinned him for the belt on August 26, 1991 at SummerSlam.[6][7] He would lose the belt back to DiBiase in November of that year as a result of outside interference by the Repo Man.
After losing the Million Dollar Championship, Virgil wrestled primarily in the undercard. At WrestleMania VIII he, along with The Big Boss Man, Sgt. Slaughter, and Jim Duggan, defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags), Repo Man, and The Mountie. Virgil pinned Knobbs after five minutes of action following a heel miscommunication.[8] Virgil's next PPV appearance was at SummerSlam losing to Nailz, then at Survivor Series 1992 he lost to Yokozuna (In his first WWF PPV appearance). Virgil would then primarily be used to put over numerous rising talents until he left the company in August 1994 (his last appearance on a PPV event was the 1994 Royal Rumble where he was a late substitute for Kamala).
World Championship Wrestling (1996–2000)
He appeared in WCW as Vincent in 1996, where he was the "Head of Security" for the nWo. His name was meant to be a mockery of WWF owner Vince McMahon.[3] Jones had minor success when first arriving, winning a few matches on the low profile WCW Saturday Night. Rarely wrestling, he often valeted nWo members such as Scott Norton and Scott Steiner. Jones, like his role in the WWF, would again take the brunt of the beatings as other nWo members scurried away. Vincent's first PPV match with WCW was at Starrcade 1997, when he teamed with Scott Norton and Randy Savage to defeat The Steiner Brothers and Ray Traylor. His next match on pay per view came in November 1998, when he competed in the World War 3 Battle Royal, unsuccessfully. He was part of the nWo Hollywood faction when the stable split and he was one of the last members of the nWo when it dissolved in 1999.[3] Vincent's one and only WCW singles match on pay per view came at Uncensored 1999 when he was on the losing end of a Harlem Street Fight against his nWo Black and White partner Stevie Ray. During the 'Powers That Be' angle in Fall of 1999, Jones was renamed Shane, again a mockery of WWF owner Vince McMahon's son Shane McMahon. During this time Jones teamed with Curt Hennig and the Harris Brothers (known briefly as Creative Control), doing the bidding of the mysterious Powers That Be (played by Vince Russo). In late 1999, he joined The West Texas Rednecks in their dying days as Curly Bill but the faction split shortly after.[9] His last role for the company had him managing Ernest "The Cat" Miller under the name Mr. Jones, but he was soon replaced by a valet coincidentally named Ms. Jones.
Retirement and return (2000–2010)
Jones posing with a U.S. Soldier by giving him a neckbreaker
Jones went to wrestling under his real name Mike Jones until he left WCW in 2000. Following his departure from WCW he retired from wrestling and is a math teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds a degree in mathematics from the University of Virginia.[2] He did autograph appearances in both wrestling conventions and non-wrestling conventions. In April 2006, Jones toured Asia at different US Military installations as part of the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program for soldiers stationed overseas. He wrestled as Vincent of the nWo against one of the Ballard Brothers dressed as Doink the Clown in the second to last match during this tour. On November 28, 2008, Jones returned to the ring as "Virgil" and wrestled for Next Era Wrestling in Lockport, NY, in a tag match with Patrick O'Malley, defeating Ryot and Superbeast.
Shortly prior to January 31, 2009 in Manchester, England, Virgil had produced a promo for UK fan convention WrestleSlam 2 calling out Liverpool independent wrestler The Vulture for a proposed 'shoot'. However, when The Vulture arrived at the event, Virgil instead offered him a t-shirt.[10] On July 2, 2009, Jones returned to the ring, once again, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, as Virgil, this time for Ultimate Championship Wrestling (UCW).
World Wrestling Entertainment return (2010)
On the May 17, 2010 edition of Monday Night Raw from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jones returned to WWE reprising his Virgil bodyguard character, this time with Ted DiBiase, Jr. He carried out all of his old actions, such as holding the ropes open for DiBiase and bringing him a microphone when asked.[11] On the June 14 episode of Raw, Virgil and DiBiase were in a tag team match against Big Show and Raw guest host Mark Feuerstein. After Virgil got pinned and lost the match, DiBiase stuffed a $100 bill in Virgil's mouth and walked out on him.[12] The following week DiBiase first apologized to Virgil, but then fired him and replaced him with Maryse.[13]
In wrestling
Jones as Virgil in 2010.- Finishing moves
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- Camel clutch[1]
- Million Dollar Dream (Cobra clutch)[1][2]
- Russian legsweep[14][15]
- Signature moves
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- Diving clothesline[16]
- Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope[1]
- Fujiwara armbar[1]
- Inverted atomic drop[16]
- Knockout punch[1]
- Wrestlers managed
- Teams and stables managed
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- nWo (Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Ted DiBiase, Vicious and Delicious (Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell), Konnan, Scott Steiner, Brian Adams and Horace Hogan, Stevie Ray)
- West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham and Kendall Windham)
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- "nWo head of security"
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- "Rockhouse" by J.Hart and H.Helm (WCW; used while a part of the New World Order; 1996–1999)
- "Tear It Up" by J.Hart and H.Helm (WCW; used while a part of the New World Order; 1996–1998)
- "Good Ol' Boys" by the West Texas Rednecks (WCW; 1999)
Championships and accomplishments
- American Wrestling Association
- AWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[17]
- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rocky Johnson[18]
- New Jack City Wrestling
- NJCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[19]
- United States Wrestling League
- USWL Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[19]
1 ^ The Million Dollar Championship isn't an official championship recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Virgil profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/v/virgil.html. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ a b c d e WWE: Superstars > WWE Alumni > Virgil > Bio
- ^ a b c d Pope, Kristian (2005). "Virgil (1980s-2000s)". Tuff Stuff - Professional wrestling field guide. Iola, Wisconsin: KP Books. pp. 473. ISBN 0-89689-267-0.
- ^ Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.156, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3
- ^ a b c Brian Shields (4th Edition 2006). "Superstars Bios: Ted Dibiase". Main event – WWE in the raging 80s. Pocket Books. pp. 133–135. ISBN 978-1-4165-3257-6.
- ^ "2008 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards: WrestleMania VII (Kappa Publishing): p. 119. 2008.
- ^ "2008 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards: SummerSlam 1991 (Kappa Publishing): p. 119. 2008.
- ^ "2008 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards: WrestleMania VIII (Kappa Publishing): p. 120. 2008.
- ^ RD Reynolds and Randy Baer (2003). Wrestlecrap – the very worst of pro wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 211. ISBN 1-55022-584-7.
- ^ YouTube - VIRGIL IS COMING TO WRESTLESLAM 2
- ^ Stephens, David (2010-05-17). "Raw Results - 5/17/10". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1274154453. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ Stephens, David (2010-06-14). "Raw Results - 6/14/10". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1276572395. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ Stephens, David (2010-06-21). "Raw Results - 6/21/10". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1277177057. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ 1992 WWF results (text search the page for "Russian legsweep")
- ^ 1993 WWF results (text search the page for "Russian legsweep")
- ^ a b "The Coliseum Video Rant XXI: Bleeped And Bashed In The USA!". 411Mania. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video_reviews/32616/The-Coliseum-Video-Rant-XXI:--Bleeped-And-Bashed-In-The-USA!.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "AWA International Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 31. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "AWA Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 185–189. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=456&view=awards#awards
- ^ http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm
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