Jimmy Jacobs is best known for his 12-year career in Ring of Honor, where he is a five-time World Tag Team Champion.
56 Facts About Jimmy Jacobs
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Jimmy Jacobs began training as a wrestler under veteran Joe "El Tejano" Ortega, a former student of Jose Lothario and the founder of the LsWO, in Holland, Michigan in March 1999, and wrestled his debut match on May 1,1999, at the age of fifteen as "Jimmy Jacobs", losing to Michael Stryker.
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From 2002 to 2005, Jimmy Jacobs worked for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South.
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On September 17,2004, Jimmy Jacobs defeated Delirious in a ladder match to win the vacant IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship.
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At an AAW show on November 26,2005, Jimmy Jacobs threw the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship in a garbage can, citing he needed to get paid after the shows he had been scheduled to wrestle on for IWA Mid-South that weekend had been cancelled.
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Jimmy Jacobs returned in a surprise appearance on September 30,2006, and has since made more surprise appearances and had a few matches, however in an "unofficial" capacity.
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On January 5,2007, Jimmy Jacobs wrestled his first match back as he faced his former friend Josh Abercrombie.
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On March 7,2009, Jimmy Jacobs defeated Quick Carter Gray to win the IWA-MS Light Heavyweight Championship for the second time.
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Jimmy Jacobs joined Ring of Honor in 2003 along with rival Alex Shelley with whom he'd feud against or occasionally team with early on in ROH.
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Jimmy Jacobs would go on to make music videos for ROH professing his love for Lacey.
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Jimmy Jacobs went on to injure Whitmer at Gut Check on August 26,2006.
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At The Chicago Spectacular: Night 2, Lacey was injured after Whitmer accidentally struck her in the face with a spike when Jimmy Jacobs moved out of the way.
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Jimmy Jacobs would go on to make his third music video expressing his feelings on her disfigurement.
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Jimmy Jacobs won the match, but afterwards, it was announced that Jimmy Jacobs had lost a tooth and torn his Anterior cruciate ligament, and Whitmer had suffered a neck injury.
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Jay Briscoe was hung upside from the rigging that was used to hoist the titles from the ladder match and, as Jay's blood dripped onto Jimmy Jacobs, he announced the beginning of The Age of the Fall.
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At Unscripted III, Jimmy Jacobs defeated former ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson with his new finisher, the End Time.
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On January 25,2008, Jimmy Jacobs teamed with the returning Joey Matthews, the newest member of The Age of the Fall, in a losing effort against Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero of the No Remorse Corps.
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On February 22,2008, Jimmy Jacobs introduced Zach Gowen as the newest member of the group.
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Later in the show Jimmy Jacobs showed signs of a mental breakdown as he hit himself in the head with his trademark spike, to the concern of his fellow group members.
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Post match Jimmy Jacobs called out Aries and the two brawled, before Aries was attacked Black, Matthews and Gowen.
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Jimmy Jacobs went to attack Aries with his spike, but stopped when Lacey begged him not to.
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Lacey then prevented Tyler Black from throwing in the towel for Jimmy Jacobs, forcing Jimmy Jacobs to say "I Quit".
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Jimmy Jacobs returned to ROH on May 21,2011, when he was revealed as Steve Corino's sponsor.
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Jimmy Jacobs would go on to win three out of the five matches, and therefore received his title match against ROH World Champion, Adam Cole, however was unsuccessful.
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On December 14,2013, at Final Battle 2013, Jimmy Jacobs turned heel again, alongside BJ Whitmer and Roderick Strong; the trio attacked Eddie Edwards, explaining they were sick of people being celebrated for leaving the company, while the constant wrestlers in ROH went unappreciated.
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On March 28,2015, Jimmy Jacobs lost to Whitmer at Supercard of Honor IX, and was attacked by Whitmer and The Decade following the match.
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Jimmy Jacobs was saved by Lacey, making her first appearance for the company since 2008, and the two embraced as the "Ballad of Lacey" played.
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Jimmy Jacobs was part of the first season of Wrestling Society X, a promotion that aired on MTV.
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Jimmy Jacobs made his debut for Insanity Pro Wrestling in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 1,2009, at Reign Of The Insane Stage 1 in a losing effort to local wrestler Aaron Williams.
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On June 5,2010, at Desperate Measures Jimmy Jacobs would go on to defeat Drake Younger.
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On October 2,2010, Jimmy Jacobs would go on to defeat Scotty Vortekz at Shocktoberfest to face Jesse Emerson for the number one contendership of the IPW World Heavyweight Championship on November 11,2010, at the 10TH Annual Super Junior Heavyweight Tournament in a losing effort.
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On January 1,2011, at Showdown In Naptown, Jimmy Jacobs defeated Jon Moxley to win the IPW World Heavyweight Championship in a dog collar match due to referee stoppage.
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Jimmy Jacobs would go on to successfully defend the title against Jesse Emerson the next month at Untitled.
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On June 18,2011, Jimmy Jacobs vacated the IPW World Title due to a neck injury.
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The video confirmed that Jimmy Jacobs would appear on Evolve's first show on January 16,2010, at Evolve 1: Ibushi vs Richards.
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Jimmy Jacobs would go on to defeat Johnny Gargano on March 13,2010, at Evolve 2: Hero vs Hidaka and Brad Allen at Evolve 3: Rise and fall.
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Jimmy Jacobs suffered his first loss on July 23,2010, at Evolve 4: Danielson vs Fish, losing to Chuck Taylor.
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In February 2012 Jimmy Jacobs debuted in Pro Wrestling Ohio, revealing his identity as the mystery man in the ski mask who had attacked and reinjured Johnny Gargano during the prior year.
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Since joining the Cleveland based promotion, Jimmy Jacobs won the Prime Wrestling Heavyweight Championship from Matt Cross, only to lose it shortly after to a returning Gargano.
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Jimmy Jacobs debuted in Juggalo Championship Wrestling on Insane Clown Posse's 2007 "The Tempest Release Party" tour.
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Jimmy Jacobs lost to 2 Tuff Tony at that year's Hallowicked After Party, but defeated Zach Gowen at Big Ballas X-Mas Party.
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Jimmy Jacobs became a full-time member of the roster in 2011.
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Jimmy Jacobs won the first two matches of the series, successfully forcing Sal out of the company.
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Jimmy Jacobs has made appearances with Portland-area promotion West Coast Wrestling Connection.
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Jimmy Jacobs unsuccessfully challenged WCWC Legacy Champion Big Duke for his title in a match aired on WCWC's TV program on KPDX on August 2,2014.
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In mid-2014, Jimmy Jacobs started working for Chikara as a part of the heel stable "The Flood".
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In March 2015, it was reported that Jimmy Jacobs was joining WWE's creative team as a writer, and he had his first day of work on April 1.
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On October 11,2017, it was reported that Jimmy Jacobs had been let go by WWE for posting a photo on Instagram with members of Bullet Club, during their "invasion" of Raw.
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On October 15,2017, Jimmy Jacobs made an appearance in ROH at Global Wars: Chicago.
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On October 28,2017, Jimmy Jacobs made his independent circuit return by debuting for WrestleCircus at CircusMania by interrupting Sami Callihan's promo.
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On November 3,2017, Jimmy Jacobs returned to AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined challenging Rey Fenix to a title match.
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On March 11,2018, Jimmy Jacobs returned to XICW and defeated "GQ" Gavin Quinn to become XICW Midwest Champion.
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On September 1,2018, Jimmy Jacobs participated in the Over Budget Battle Royal at All In.
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On November 5,2017, Jimmy Jacobs made his Impact Wrestling debut at Bound for Glory.
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In mid August of 2022, Jimmy Jacobs reportedly took a personal leave of absence.
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Jimmy Jacobs returned to Impact in October of 2022, to help with Bound for Glory and the post Bound for Glory TV tapings.