Virgil

On the March 22nd edition of Wrestling Challenge, Sid Justice attacked Virgil and broke his nose after Virgil appeared with other wrestlers to stop Sid Justice from beating up David Wolfe after their match.

Virgil was forced to wear a protective face mask to protect his nose while wrestling for a few months after the injury.

At WrestleMania VIII, Virgil teamed with Big Boss Man, Sgt. Slaughter, and Jim Duggan to defeat The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags), Repo Man, and The Mountie.

Virgil pinned Knobbs following a miscommunication from the opponents team.

He also appeared in a losing match against Nailz at SummerSlam and also lost to Yokozuna at Survivor Series.

Michael Charles Jones (April 7, 1951 – February 28, 2024), better known by his ring name Virgil, was an American professional wrestler and actor.

He is best known for his eight-year tenure in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), primarily as Ted Dibiase's personal assistant.

In his four-year tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he wrestled with the ring names Vincent, Curly Bill, Shane and Mr. Jones, primarily as a member of the nWo.

After retiring, he became well known on social media as the subject of viral memes.

Michael Jones was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on April 7, 1951, to Warren Jones Sr. and Elizabeth Jones.

He had two older brothers, Warren Jr. and Donald, and a sister, Toni.

Jones attended Virginia Union University, and played as a defensive back for the college football team.

He wrestled as an amateur.

Jones later worked at his uncle’s loading and moving company and began entering bodybuilding competitions.

After a chance meeting with Tony Atlas in a Pittsburgh gym, Atlas recommended Jones to pro wrestling in 1985.

In the same year, he began training with Afa of the Wild Samoans.

Jones started wrestling professionally as Soul Train Jones in the Championship Wrestling Association based in Memphis, Tennessee in 1985.

There, he feuded with Chick Donovan and Big Bubba.

After moving to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), he first appeared wrestling under the name Lucius Brown in 1986.

His first WWF match was losing to "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff in Salisbury, Maryland on September 17, 1986.

On January 4, 1987, he defeated Big Bubba for the AWA International Heavyweight Championship.

On April 20, he was defeated by Donovan, ending his reign at 106 days.

During this reign, he also participated in a tournament for the vacant AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship, defeating Tommy Rich, The Hunter, and Goliath on his way to the final, where he was defeated by Austin Idol.

He would also unsuccessfully challenge Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Alongside Rocky Johnson, he later held the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship for 28 days, until they were defeated by Donovan and Jack Hart.

Jones then went on to debut in the summer of 1987 as Virgil, The Bodyguard for "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase.

Virgil carried Dibiase's money that he liked to flaunt and was the one who got beaten up while Dibiase escaped the ring.

Virgil played a significant secondary role in the WWF main event storylines throughout 1988; including some of the biggest moments in WWF History; assisting Ted Dibiase and Andre The Giant during the infamous televised “Main Event” special on NBC where Hulk Hogan lost the World Heavyweight Championship after nearly 5 years as the champion, at the ensuing Wrestlemania IV tournament, and in the main event of the inaugural Summerslam.

At Summerslam 1988, Virgil was in the corner of Andre The Giant and Ted Dibiase as the Mega Bucks against Hulk Hogan, champion Randy Savage, and Miss Elizabeth as the Mega Powers.

Throughout 1989-1991, Virgil would also occasionally wrestle against Dibiase's rivals as a gatekeeper; if Dibiase’s opponents could defeat Virgil they would finally be granted a match with the Million Dollar Man.

Virgil was humiliated by Dibiase consistently and eventually turned on him, hitting him with his own Million Dollar Title belt at the Royal Rumble in January 1991, making him a fan favorite.

After befriending and training with Roddy Piper, he defeated Dibiase by count-out at WrestleMania VII and pinned him for Ted Dibiase’s unsanctioned Million Dollar Championship on August 26, 1991, at SummerSlam.

He lost the Million Dollar Championship Belt back to Dibiase in November of 1991 as a result of outside interference by the Repo Man.

At Survivor Series 1991, Virgil was on Roddy Piper’s team with Bret Hart and the British Bulldog losing against Ric Flair, Ted Dibiase, The Warlord, and the Mountie.

Virgil was Disqualified with Hart and Piper after being counted out of the ring during a brawl with Dibiase and the Mountie at the end of the match, losing to Ric Flair who was still in the ring.

At This Tuesday in Texas, Repo Man and Dibiase defeated Virgil and Tito Santana.

After this Tuesday in Texas, Virgil then departed on a career as a singles wrestler and was famous for wearing unusual red candy-striped tights.

He entered the 1992 Royal Rumble as entrant number 23 and was eliminated by Hacksaw Jim Duggan; lasting 20 minutes and 45 seconds.

He did receive a shot at Bret Hart's WWF World Heavyweight Championship on the November 21, 1992 episode of WWF Superstars.

After a valiant effort, Virgil submitted to Hart's Sharpshooter.