Dragon Lee’s Epic Wings WrestleMania 42 Outfit Missed Due To “Jobber Entrance” (w/Photo)

Dragon Lee’s Epic Wings WrestleMania 42 Outfit Missed Due To “Jobber Entrance” (w/Photo)

At WrestleMania 42, Dragon Lee created a breathtaking moment when he emerged wearing massive, intricately crafted dragon wings with spiked ridges. However, while the live audience erupted as the high-flying luchador made his dramatic way to the ring, television viewers missed the spectacle completely. An extended commercial break cut away just as he appeared, and only returned when he was already inside the ring, leading fans on social media to say he received a “jobber entrance.

A  “jobber entrance,” as it is called in the business, is typically reserved for an enhancement talent who loses quickly, an instant visual shorthand that the wrestler was unimportant and losing. The phase was created in the 1980s and early 1990s, when shows were shorter, and ad breaks were frequent. Today, fans apply the term critically whenever a popular performer like Dragon Lee sees a high-production entrance ruined by poor timing, with JD McDonagh and Rusev also suffering the same disrespectful fate on the night.

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