5 Jobbers who defeated Champions

#1 James Ellsworth

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How could we talk about jobbers beating champions and not mention the latest man to achieve this, James Ellsworth? While the other men on this list won titles, none of them ever beat a current WWE champion while holding jobber status.

James Ellsworth started out in the company as a member of Adam Rose’s Rosebuds, accompanying Rose to and from the ring and dancing during party segments. He would make his in-ring debut against Braun Strowman, another former rosebud, and the rest is history.

Due to the beating that he received from the former Wyatt, Ellsworth became famous. The man waved goodbye to his family midway through a reverse chokeslam, and, in a way, waved to the fans. And we welcomed him with open arms.

What really stuck with us after his debut was his catchphrase “Any man with two hands has a fighting chance” that he had said prior to the match. It was this phrase, and Ellsworth’s goofy no chinned face, that won the hearts of millions.

He was famous overnight, becoming the greatest wrestling meme since John Cena.

The WWE noticed the popularity of Ellsworth and brought him to SmackDown. After a few weeks of being beaten down by the Miz, Styles and Baron, Ellsworth finally picked up a win. But it wasn’t some flukey win against Baron Corbin or the Miz. No, Ellsworth pinned the then WWE Champion, AJ Styles.

On October 11th, AJ Styles chose Ellsworth to be his opponent for the night. However, Daniel Bryan made Dean Ambrose, the man Styles was feuding with, the special guest referee. In a sense, Styles sealed his own fate, as Ellsworth, with a... little help from Ambrose, pinned the champ that runs the camp.

It wasn’t the first time Ellsworth would have a victory over Styles. In fact, he’s 3-1 against the former champion, gaining all three victories while Styles held the belt. Ellsworth fought Styles on the next week’s SmackDown Live, winning the title match by DQ, therefore not winning the belt.

Ellsworth fought (and won) against Styles one more time, this time for a WWE contract in a ladder match. Holding a 3-0 victory over the champion, though, went to his head, as he would cost Dean Ambrose the title at TLC.

His thought process was “I’ve beaten AJ three times. So I’ll beat him again, then give Dean a title shot.” That, however, did not happen. Instead, on December 20th, AJ Styles beat James Ellsworth in under a minute, ending any chance that he ever had of winning the belt.

Ellsworth would then go into a storyline with Carmella, who has been trying to turn him into a star. He’s yet to gain a victory on SmackDown Live, though, since his defeat at the hands of the Phenomenal One.

He did have a chance to take on the man he debuted against, though, when he was entered into the Royal Rumble.

Braun Strowman was in the middle of a ring cleaning frenzy when Ellsworth’s music hit. He would then wait on the outside of the ring until his former friend Dean Ambrose came out next, goading Ellsworth into the ring with the promise that he would back him up.

That did not happen, however, as Ambrose ditched Ellsworth and Braun quickly and mercifully ended Ellsworth’s chances that night.

For now, Ellsworth is hanging out with Carmella and that’s about it. But you never know when the Chinless Wonder’s No Chin Music could gain him another victory from an unexpecting Superstar.

So the next time a generically named man with no entrance is on your screen, maybe you should give him or her more credit than you’d like. You never know what could happen.

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