page_title: James Ellsworth (wrestler)
section_title: Managing Carmella (2017–2018)
hierarchical_section_title: James Ellsworth (wrestler) / Professional wrestling career / WWE / Managing Carmella (2017–2018)
caption_attribution_description: English: Asuka vs. James Ellsworth at WWE SmackDown Live in Omaha, Nebraska, USA on Tuesday, July 3, 2018
context_page_description: James Ellsworth Morris, is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name James Ellsworth. He is best known for his tenure with WWE. He also competed on the independent circuit under the ring name Jimmy Dream.
context_section_description: After his storyline with Styles and Ambrose ended, Ellsworth allied himself with Carmella. On the January 3, 2017 episode of SmackDown, Ellsworth started accompanying Carmella to the ring for her matches, helping her win. Ellsworth entered the 2017 Royal Rumble match at number 11, but he was eliminated by Braun Strowman after only 15 seconds. Throughout the months of January and February, Ellsworth appeared in various backstage segments with Carmella, often helping Carmella win by distracting her opponents. Ellsworth made his WrestleMania debut on April 2 at WrestleMania 33, managing Carmella in the six-pack challenge for the Smackdown Women's Championship which was won by Naomi. On April 25, Carmella and Ellsworth formed an alliance with Natalya and the returning Tamina. On the May 16 episode of SmackDown Live, Carmella scored a victory over Naomi in a non-title match via distraction from Ellsworth. Dubbed The Welcoming Committee, the team of Carmella, Natalya and Tamina managed by Ellsworth defeated Flair, Lynch and Naomi in a six-woman tag team match on May 21 at Backlash. On June 18 at Money In the Bank, Ellsworth helped Carmella win the first ever Women's Money in the Bank ladder match by pushing Becky Lynch off the ladder and dropping the briefcase to Carmella.
  Two days later on SmackDown Live, Carmella was stripped of the briefcase and a second Money in the Bank ladder match was set by SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan for the June 27 episode of SmackDown Live, where Carmella regained the Money in the Bank briefcase after she won the second match, once again with the help of Ellsworth, who was initially banned from the arena. On the following episode of SmackDown Live, Ellsworth was fined $10,000 and suspended for 30 days by Bryan due to his disobedience. Ellsworth returned on the August 8 episode of SmackDown Live and once again interfered and helped Carmella defeat SmackDown Women's Champion Naomi in a non-title match. After weeks of tension, Ellsworth lost an intergender match to Becky Lynch and was attacked by Carmella after the match on the November 7 episode of SmackDown Live, ending his relationship with Carmella as well as marking his last appearance in WWE for nearly a year.
  On June 17, 2018 at Money in the Bank, Ellsworth made his return to WWE, by helping Carmella retain the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship against Asuka, reestablishing himself as a heel and reigniting his on-screen relationship with Carmella from 2017 on a night to night contract. At Extreme Rules, Ellsworth was suspended above the ring in a shark cage during Asuka's rematch with Carmella. Ellsworth tried to escape the cage after breaking the lock, only to become entangled and stuck, distracting Asuka and allowing Carmella to defeat her.
  On the July 24 episode of SmackDown Live, Ellsworth interrupted a SummerSlam WWE Championship contract signing between AJ Styles and Samoa Joe, during which Ellsworth got fired after he insulted General Manager Paige. He later appeared at SmackDown 1000, on a video uploaded to WWE's website and YouTube account, where he claimed he should have been a part of the show.
caption: Ellsworth facing off against Asuka in July 2018
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