Brad Armstrong, one of the most well known workers/frequent jobbers in professional wrestling at one point had a failed heel turn that ended with a string of losses during his run in WCW. This trend (think Rob Conway's losing streak if that helps lol) was blamed on "The Armstrong Curse" that seemed to haunt the Armstrong brothers for the vast majority of their careers, especially Brad Steve and Scott. He spent a good amount of time, even coming to the ring wearing shirts that proudly boasted "Armstrong Curse" for his entrance attire-which seemed funny that he would wear a shirt featuring the cause of his apparent inability to win a match, and couple it with his cocky heel-esque persona, and without fail he went down for the 3 count. Perfect example of the arrogant jobber. One thing I did like about this it was different than the usual deal you see in wrestling. An arrogant jobber, confident in his ring skills and superiority despite a pathetic win-loss record falls back on the tried and true excuses: they cheat, cheap shot, I wasn't ready, I got distracted, that wasn't fair etc. that we have all heard before. Brad goes beyond that, stating that it was a curse laid on him to blame for his frequent losing, as only something supernatural could be causing him to consistently get his ass kicked.
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He was really a good wrestler like his two brothers Steve & Scott. Steve had some success with tag-team "Southern Boys". They were too good looking to win and fall into the catagory of jobber boys.
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