Jimmy Jacobs
Jimmy Jacobs | |
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Birth name | Christopher Scoville[1] |
Born | [2] Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.[3] | February 17, 1984
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Jimmy Jacobs |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4] |
Trained by | Joe Ortega[3] Frankie the Face Truth Martini[3] |
Debut | May 1, 1999[5] |
Christopher Scoville (born February 17, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jimmy Jacobs. Jacobs currently works for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a member of the creative team and as a producer. He is best known for his 12-year career in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a five-time World Tag Team Champion. He has also worked for WWE as a writer.[6]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1999–2002)
Scoville first became involved in the wrestling industry in June 1998 as a general assistant for Pro Wrestling Worldwide (PWW), a
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (2002–2009)
From 2002 to 2005, Jacobs worked for
Ring of Honor
Early appearances and Lacey's Angels (2003–2007)
Jacobs joined
Jacobs and Whitmer continued to team as part of Lacey's Angels managed by
It was later revealed in a storyline that Lacey was sleeping with Colt Cabana. Lacey arranged for the two to be a tag team. Cabana left the team because he was annoyed at Lacey, and tried to explain to Jacobs that she was using him. Jacobs seemingly accepted Cabana's explanation, before assaulting him. Whitmer made his way back from injury and continued his issue with Jacobs. When Brent Albright joined Lacey's Angels, their matches soon became tag team matches, where Whitmer and Cabana would face Jacobs and Albright. It later progressed when Daizee Haze joined forces with Whitmer, and Lacey, in turn as the leader of the group, hired an "assassin", Mercedes Martinez. At The Chicago Spectacular: Night 2, Lacey was injured after Whitmer accidentally struck her in the face with a spike when Jacobs moved out of the way. Jacobs would go on to make his third music video (in which he has been described as being "demented") expressing his feelings on her disfigurement.
On March 31, 2007, in his native town of Detroit, Jacobs battled B. J. Whitmer in what the
In August 2007, Jacobs returned to ROH winning three straight matches by defeating Rhett Titus on August 24, Mitch Franklin on August 25 and Chris Hero on September 14.
The Age of the Fall (2007–2009)
For months leading into the ROH return to Chicago there were cryptic messages on a blog of a stable entering ROH that was code-named "Project 161". After making a successful return to ROH, Jacobs, the returning
The day after their debut, their website revealed that all the blog entries had been written by Tyler Black. In an interview with a German website, Jacobs revealed there would be more people involved. This was incorporated into British promotion 3CW in early November when Jacobs was revealed as the newest member of a similar faction in the promotion known as The Lost, managed by Sean David.[8] Jacobs faced Sterling James Keenan on November 11 in a "Street Fight" in Middlesbrough, England.[9]
A woman named Allison Wonderland would also become a follower of Jacobs on November 30, debuting in Dayton during a 4-Way Tag Team Scramble match. At Unscripted III, Jacobs defeated former ROH World Champion
The group at this time had an open invitation for
As a result of the loss to Aries, Jacobs attacked Black at
During mid-July 2009, it was revealed that Jacobs had left ROH. A video package was shown on Ring of Honor Wrestling, where Jacobs announced that he was leaving, and he later confirmed his departure in an interview on July 14.
S.C.U.M. and The Decade (2011–2015)
Jacobs returned to ROH on May 21, 2011, when he was revealed as
In September 2013, Jacobs returned to ROH at the request of the retiring B. J. Whitmer, who interceded with Matchmaker Nigel McGuinness on Jacobs' behalf. As part of the storyline, Jacobs was given a five-match series, with the stipulation that if he won at least three of the matches, he would receive a match for the ROH World Championship.[18] 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, he was unsuccessful. On December 14, 2013, at Final Battle 2013, 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. The newly formed group went under the name of "The Decade".
Tension arose between Jacobs and Whitmer after Whitmer successfully recruited Colby Corino, the 18-year-old son of Whitmer's rival Steve Corino. On March 28, 2015, Jacobs lost to Whitmer at Supercard of Honor IX, and was attacked by Whitmer and The Decade following the match. Jacobs was saved by Lacey, making her first appearance for the company since 2008, and the two embraced as the "Ballad of Lacey" played. Jacobs also gave a farewell speech.[19]
Other promotions (2003–2015)
Throughout 2003 and 2004, Jacobs worked for
Jacobs was part of the first season of
tag team with Tyler Black, known as D.I.F.H. (Do It For Her). They mainly competed on the WSX web show WSXtra, where they earned a place in the tag title tournament, which didn't take place as the company folded before it was set to happen in season 2.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.
On December 15, 2009, the promotion Evolve posted a video on their YouTube page called "Unknown", hyping someone named "Abstract Wrestler". Over the next two weeks, more videos were posted, until a final video was posted on December 26, revealing that the wrestler was Jacobs. The video confirmed that Jacobs would appear on Evolve's first show on January 16, 2010, at Evolve 1: Ibushi vs Richards. At the event Jacobs defeated Kenn Doane.[25] Jacobs would go on to defeat Johnny Gargano on March 13, 2010, at Evolve 2: Hero vs Hidaka[26][27] and Brad Allen at Evolve 3: Rise and fall.[27] He suffered his first loss on July 23, 2010, at Evolve 4: Danielson vs Fish, losing to Chuck Taylor.[28]
In February 2012 Jacobs debuted in Pro Wrestling Ohio (since renamed Prime Wrestling), revealing his identity as the mystery man in the ski mask who had attacked and reinjured Johnny Gargano during the prior year. Since joining the Cleveland based promotion, Jacobs won the Prime Wrestling Heavyweight Championship from Matt Cross, only to lose it shortly after to a returning Gargano.
Jacobs debuted in
Jacobs has also made appearances with Portland-area promotion West Coast Wrestling Connection. He 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.[34]
In mid-2014, Jacobs started working for Chikara as a part of the heel stable "The Flood".
WWE (2015–2017)
In March 2015, it was reported that Jacobs was joining WWE's creative team as a writer, and he had his first day of work on April 1.[6] On October 11, 2017, it was reported that Jacobs had been let go by WWE for posting a photo on Instagram with members of Bullet Club, during their "invasion" of Raw.[35]
Return to the independent circuit (2017–present)
On October 15, 2017, Jacobs made an appearance in ROH at
On October 28, 2017, Jacobs made his independent circuit return by debuting for WrestleCircus at CircusMania by interrupting Sami Callihan's promo.[5] On November 3, 2017, Jacobs returned to AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined challenging Rey Fénix to a title match.[5]
It was announced via Twitter that Jacobs would return to Combat Zone Wrestling's Night of Infamy show on November 11, 2017.[37] Jacobs defeated Jimmy Havoc in a match on December 9 at CZW Cage of Death 19.[38]
On March 11, 2018, Jacobs returned to XICW and defeated "GQ" Gavin Quinn to become XICW Midwest Champion[39]
On September 1, 2018, Jacobs participated in the Over Budget Battle Royal at All In.
On September 23, 2021, Jacobs made his debut for GCW's Emo Fight event by singing "The Ballad of Lacey" before being interrupted by Atticus Cogar, leading to the two having a match in the main event where Jimmy won. Afterwards, Lacey appeared and reunited with Jacobs.
Impact Wrestling (2017–2023)
On November 5, 2017, Jacobs made his
All Elite Wrestling (2023–present)
Jacobs left Impact Wrestling in June 2023 and joined AEW as a producer.[42]
On May 23 2024 edition of Ring of Honor (ROH), Jimmy Jacobs made his return to the ring, facing Satnam Singh in a losing effort.
Championships and accomplishments
- Absolute Intense Wrestling
- AIW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with B. J. Whitmer[43]
- All American Wrestling
- AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[44]
- AAW Heritage Championship (2 times)[45]
- AAW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tyler Black (1) and Arik Cannon (1)[45]
- First AAW Triple Crown Championship[46]
- Allegiance Tag Title Tournament (2013) – with Silas Young[47]
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[48]
- Texas Lone Star Classic (2008)[49]
- Border City Wrestling
- Championship Wrestling of Michigan
- CWM Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Shalwin[5]
- Canadian Wrestling's Elite
- Great Canadian Wrestling
- GCW Ontario Independent Championship (1 time)[5]
- GCW Ontario Independent Championship Tournament (2006)[5]
- Great Lakes All-Pro Wrestling
- GLAPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[52]
- Great Lakes Wrestling
- GLW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- Independent Wrestling Federation of Michigan
- IWF Michigan Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- Independent Wrestling Revolution
- Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Insanity Pro Wrestling
- IPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[57]
- Lakeshore Wrestling Organization
- LSWO Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jimmy Shalwin (1) and Gavin Starr (1)[5]
- Midwest Pro Wrestling
- MPW Universal Championship (1 time)[58][unreliable source?]
- Mr. Chainsaw Productions Wrestling
- MCPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Powerhouse Championship Wrestling
- PCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- Price of Glory Wrestling
- POG Grand Championship (1 time)[48]
- Ultimate Ultimate Championship (1 time)
- Prime Wrestling
- Prime Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[59]
- Pro Wrestling Federation
- PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Blitzkrieg Kid[5]
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tyler Black[5]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with B. J. Whitmer (2), Tyler Black (2), and Steve Corino (1)[5][7]
- ROH World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2008)– with Tyler Black
- ROH World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2012)– with Steve Corino
- Superior Championship Wrestling
- Bella Strap Championship (1 time)[61]
- Thunder Zone Wrestling
- TZW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
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References
- Jimmy Jacobs at IWCwrestling.com
- Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black at Genickbruch.com (German)
- Jimmy Jacobs speaks about Project 161/Age of the Fall (German)
External links
- Jimmy Jacobs's Chikara profile
- Chris Scobille at IMDb
- Jimmy Jacobs's profile at Cagematch.net , Internet Wrestling Database