VirgilStats
Height: 5 foot 11
From: Pittsburgh, Penn.
Signature Move: Million Dollar Dream
Career Highlights: AWA Southern Tag Team Champion, Million Dollar Champion, Ted DiBiase's bodyguard, Head of Security for the nWo
Associates: Ted DiBiase, Rocky Johnson, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, The New World Order, The West Texas Rednecks
WWE Debut: 1987
Trained By: Wild Samoan Afa

Whether you know him as Virgil, Vincent, Curly Bill or even by his given name, Mike Jones is one of sports-entertainment’s most unforgettable Superstars.

After graduating from the University of Virginia in the mid-1980s, Jones decided to embark on a career in sports-entertainment. He had been a standout amateur wrestler, and learned the professional craft from one of the best – Wild Samoan Afa.

Jones made his in-ring debut in 1987 in Tennessee, competing as “Soul Train” Jones. During that time, he teamed with the legendary Rocky Johnson to capture the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship, but his big break would follow later that year.

Jones hooked up with Ted DiBiase, and the two came to WWE in late-1987. Rechristened simply as Virgil, Jones was a bodyguard for the “Million Dollar Man,” often roughing up, or getting roughed up by foes in DiBiase’s path. Virgil stuck with DiBiase as his silent enforcer for over three years, often finding himself matched against some of WWE’s greatest Superstars in an attempt to soften them up for his employer.

Finally, in 1991, Virgil got fed up with DiBiase’s abuse and turned against his partner, smashing him in the head with the Million Dollar Championship after a tag team victory at Royal Rumble. The rebellion instantly made Virgil one of WWE’s most popular Superstars, and with additional training help from “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, he began a quest to take the Million Dollar Championship from DiBiase. Finally, at SummerSlam 1991 in Madison Square Garden, Virgil beat his former mentor to temporarily claim the gold. Virgil would remain a fixture in WWE until 1994, often teaming with other popular Superstars such as Tito Santana.

In 1996, Virgil resurfaced in WCW. Changing his name to Vincent, he joined the nWo, where he reprised his role as DiBiase’s hired muscle – officially titled “nWo Head of Security.” He remained a part of the nWo throughout the late-1990s, and was one of its last members when the faction finally dissolved. He then once again reinvented himself as Curly Bill, joining the West Texas Rednecks for a spell until leaving WCW in 2000 and effectively retiring from sports-entertainment.

Following his retirement, Jones fell back on his mathematics degree, becoming a math teacher in his hometown of Pittsburgh. You can read more about his current doings in WWE.com’s “Where Are They Now?”

Whether he was loved or hated, Virgil was one of the most respected Superstars of the 1980s and 1990s, as he was always willing to put himself into battle to protect his interests. While his SummerSlam 1991 victory may have been his crowning moment, Virgil was certainly a very influential Superstar for his entire 15-year career.