Michael Jones

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Biography

is a retired American professional wrestler and actor, known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as Virgil, Ted DiBiase's personal assistant, and in World Championship Wrestling under the ring names Vincent, Shane and Curly Bill. After wrestling, Jones has been attending conventions and has been seen at subway stations selling autographs; as a result, since 2012, there have been "Lonely Virgil" memes created where fans posted pictures of him at conventions with nobody lining up. Lonely Virgil was originally created by Sam Roberts of the Opie and Anthony Radio Show. In 2014, Jones appeared in the Jason Michael Brescia film, Bridge and Tunnel as Kony, a neighborhood barfly. Jones was cast in the film after he met actor-producer Joe Murphy while selling autographs at Grand Central Station. In 2017 he reprised the role in Brescia's follow-up film, (Romance) In the Digital Age, released by Comedy Dynamics. In July 2015, a documentary featuring Virgil was released entitled The Legend of Virgil & His Traveling Merchandise Table, which discusses Jones' wrestling career and the recent upsurge of social media discussions surrounding Virgil. In an interview with ESPN.com in 2016, DiBiase revealed that he and Jones had a falling out over Jones booking independent wrestling shows for the two without DiBiase's knowledge, which led to DiBiase unknowingly no-showing the events. DiBiase had to apologize to the promotions for the unintentional no-shows and had to stress that Jones doesn't represent him for bookings. He most recently appeared on the "Old School" episode of The Edge and Christian Show on the WWE Network in 2016. In July 2017, Virgil appeared on a live broadcast of Jim Norton & Sam Roberts in Montreal, Canada on SiriusXM. On December 1, 2017, he wrestled a match in Blackpool UK at a PCW event held at the Blackpool Tower Circus.

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