Jimmy Jacobs Chris Scobille ( February 17 , 1984 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name Jimmy Jacobs , who is currently working for Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , where he is a five - time World Tag Team Champion . He also appears for Juggalo Championship Wrestling ( JCW ) , and various other independent promotions . Jacobs is a former PWG World Tag Team Champion . In March 2015 , Jacobs joined WWE as a member of the creative team . Professional wrestling career . Early career ( 1999 - 2002 ) . Scobille first became involved in the wrestling industry in June 1998 as a general assistant for Pro Wrestling Worldwide ( PWW ) , a promotion based in Grand Rapids , Michigan where his brother , Nick , was working . Scobille spent nine months performing various tasks , including providing color commentary and acting as the company webmaster . After PWW folded , Scobille began working for the Lakeshore Wrestling Organization ( LsWO ) , and was made a referee on March 6 , 1999 , substituting for a referee who was on vacaion . He 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 . Scobille completed his training in August 1999 and went on to wrestle for various independent promotions in the Michigan area on the weekends , while attending high school and working as a furniture mover during the week . After graduating , he attended college for three years before deciding to focus on his wrestling career as a full - time job in May 2005 . Independent Wrestling Association Mid - South ( 2002 – 2009 ) . From 2002 to 2005 , Jacobs worked for Independent Wrestling Association Mid - South ( IWA Mid - South ) . On September 17 , 2004 , Jacobs defeated Delirious in a ladder match to win the vacant IWA Mid - South Light Heavyweight Championship . On December 12 , Delirious defeated Jacobs in a rematch to win the title . On April 1 , 2005 , Jacobs defeated Danny Daniels to win the IWA Mid - South Heavyweight Championship . At an AAW show on November 26 , 2005 , 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 . On January 21 , 2006 , he lost the IWA Mid - South World Championship to Arik Cannon and left the promotion . He 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 . On January 5 , 2007 , Jacobs wrestled his first match back as he faced his former friend Josh Abercrombie . Jacobs would end up losing that match due to outside interference . On April 12 , 2008 , Jacobs defeated long - time nemesis B . J . Whitmer in a no - rope , barbed wire match to end their feud . On March 7 , 2009 , Jacobs defeated Quick Carter Gray to win the IWA - MS Light Heavyweight Championship for the second time . On June 5 , 2009 , Jason Hades defeated Jacobs for the title . Ring of Honor . Early appearances and Lacey ' s Angels ( 2003 – 2007 ) . Jacobs joined Ring of Honor ( ROH ) in 2003 along with rival Alex Shelley with whom he ' d feud against or occasionally team with early on in ROH . After Dan Maff left the company as a result of a fallout with his trainer Homicide , Jacobs formed a tag team with Maff ' s former partner , B . J . Whitmer . On April 2 , 2005 , Jacobs and Whitmer defeated Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal for the vacant ROH Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to The Carnage Crew on July 9 , 2005 , but regained them on July 23 . They went on to lose the title again , this time to the team of Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke , on October 1 , 2005 . Jacobs and Whitmer continued to team as part of Lacey ' s Angels managed by Lacey . The team broke apart as Jacobs was more concerned with winning Lacey ' s affections than winning matches . Jacobs would go on to make music videos for ROH professing his love for Lacey . After Jacobs and Whitmer split , the two began feuding in brutal matches . In one match at the " Dragon Gate Challenge " on March 30 , 2006 Whitmer slipped on the top turnbuckle while attempting a super powerbomb that dropped Jacobs head and neck first on the ropes and edge of the ring . The two continued to wrestle several minutes longer . At " In Your Face " on June 17 , 2006 , Whitmer super powerbombed Jacobs into the crowd . Jacobs went on to injure Whitmer at " Gut Check " on August 26 , 2006 . 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 Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter called an instant classic . The two concluded their year - long feud in a steel cage match . Jacobs won the match , but afterwards , it was announced that Jacobs had lost a tooth and torn his Anterior cruciate ligament ( an injury he previously sustained ) , and Whitmer had suffered a neck injury . While Jacobs was injured , ROH decided to continue the Lacey - Jacobs storyline with 4 small vignettes shown on YouTube , detailing a trip that Lacey spent in Chicago with Jacobs ; afterward , he accompanied Lacey to the ring for her matches , in which they appeared to have swapped personalities . 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 Necro Butcher and the debuting Tyler Black attacked the Briscoe Brothers immediately following their ladder match with Kevin Steen and El Generico , which confirmed that Jacobs was behind Project 161 . 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 Jacobs , he announced the beginning of The Age of the Fall . The angle was so controversial that ROH decided to remove the footage from the pay - per - view that was being taped at the event . The footage was heavily requested by ROH fans , however , so it was shown on the ROH Videowire for the week of September 15 , and a " blood edit " of their debut is featured on the DVD of the event , Man Up . Later on in the event , Tyler Black and Jack Evans faced off in a dark match until both Jacobs and Necro Butcher got involved . The Irish Airborne ( David and Jake Crist ) entered the ring to save Jack Evans , which led to a six - man tag team match between The Age of the Fall and the team of Evans and the Irish Airborne . The match ended a no contest as Necro Butcher attacked the referee . 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 . Jacobs faced Sterling James Keenan on November 11 in a " Street Fight " in Middlesbrough , England . 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 Bryan Danielson with his new finisher , the End Time . At " Final Battle 2007 " , Jacobs and Tyler Black defeated the Briscoe Brothers to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship . On January 25 , 2008 , 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 . The following night , Jacobs and Black lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to the No Remorse Corps ' Davey Richards and Romero in an Ultimate Endurance match , also involving Brent Albright and BJ Whitmer of The Hangmen 3 , and Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson . On February 22 , 2008 , Jacobs introduced Zach Gowen as the newest member of the group . Following the announcement the two of them were defeated by the Vulture Squad of Jigsaw and Ruckus . The group at this time had an open invitation for Austin Aries to join them , writing blogs and posting YouTube videos about and directed at him . Tammy Lynn Sytch had made a counter offer to Aries of her services ( including offering money and sex ) against him joining the group . On March 30 , 2008 , Aries left the ring with Lacey , who was going to ' convince ' him , and it was implied that the two had sex . At this show Rain accompanied the group to the ring , as she has done in Full Impact Pro , because the show was in Florida . On April 19 , Lacey left the group , siding with Austin Aries romantically . Aries also turned down the invitation into the group . Jacobs , heartbroken by Lacey leaving him , broke down in the ring to the chants of " Cry , Jimmy , Cry ! " from fans and being covered with streamers . Later in the show 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 . The main event was changed as Jacobs pulled out . " The Vulture Squad " ( Ruckus , Jigsaw and Jack Evans ) were then beaten by the combination of Matthews , Black and Gowen ( who replaced Jacobs ) . Post match Jacobs called out Aries and the two brawled , before Aries was attacked Black , Matthews and Gowen . Jacobs went to attack Aries with his spike , but stopped when Lacey begged him not to . On October 25 , Jacobs and Aries then had an Anything Goes match where Jacobs won , but lost a Dog Collar match to Aries on November 8 , after losing a large amount of blood . In a match set to end the feud , Jacobs lost to Aries in an " I Quit " match at Rising Above . During the match Lacey returned and almost threw in the towel for Aries , but Aries begged her not to . Lacey then prevented Tyler Black from throwing in the towel for Jacobs , forcing Jacobs to say " I Quit " . As a result of the loss to Aries , Jacobs attacked Black at " Final Battle 2008 " in December . Jacobs and Black continued to feud for several months , and on June 27 , Black defeated Jacobs in a steel cage match . Afterwards , over a dozen men dressed in black clothing and black masks climbed into the cage and attacked Black , while Jacobs proclaimed that the Age of the Fall was not over . The following night , after Kenta had defeated Black , Jacobs and his followers attacked Black again and tried to hang him upside down above the ring , but were stopped by Kevin Steen , El Generico and Delirious . They hung Jacobs upside down above the ring , with Black declaring that the Age of the Fall was finished . 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 . ( 2011 – 2013 ) . Jacobs returned to ROH on May 21 , 2011 , when he was revealed as Steve Corino ' s sponsor . At the August 13 tapings of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , Jacobs wrestled his first match for ROH in over two years , losing to Mike Bennett . After several months of trying to " purge " himself of evil , Jacobs hinted a heel turn at the 10th Anniversary Show in a No Disqualification match against Kevin Steen , but lost after freezing in shock when he hit Steen with his trademark spike . Later that month , at Showdown in the Sun , Jacobs fully turned heel by helping Steen beat El Generico in a Last Man Standing match on March 30 , and beat Generico himself the next night in an impromptu match . On May 12 , Jacobs and Steen were joined by Steve Corino to form the S . C . U . M . ( Suffering , Chaos , Ugliness , and Mayhem ) stable . On September 15 at Death Before Dishonor X : State of Emergency , Jacobs and Corino defeated Charlie Haas and Rhett Titus in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to the Briscoe Brothers ( Jay and Mark Briscoe ) on December 16 at in a three - way match , which also included the team of Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander . On June 23 , 2013 , S . C . U . M . was forced to disband , after being defeated by Team ROH in a Steel Cage Warfare match . 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 . 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 . The Decade ( 2013 – present ) . On December 14 , 2013 at Final Battle 2013 , Jimmy Jacobs would turn heel once again , with BJ Whitmer and Roderick Strong , by attacking Eddie Edwards , citing that they were sick of people being celebrated when they walk out on the company , while the constants in ROH would go unappreciated . The newly formed group went under the name of " The Decade " . Other promotions ( 2003 – present ) . Throughout 2003 and 2004 , Jacobs worked for Combat Zone Wrestling , where he was managed by then - girlfriend Becky Bayless . Jacobs made his first appearance for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) in May 2005 , when he won a match against Eddie Guerrero via disqualification on " SmackDown ! " . Nine years later , Jacobs appeared on the December 15 , 2014 , episode of " WWE Raw " , as a member of Adam Rose ' s Exotic Express , and appeared in the same role again the same week on " SmackDown " . Jacobs was part of the first season of Wrestling Society X , a promotion that aired on MTV . He competed as part of an emo tag team with Tyler Black , known as D . I . F . H . ( Doin ' 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 . However , Jacobs would return to the company on March 6 , 2010 at " A New Age Of Punishment " helping Aaron Williams defeat J . C . Bailey . Later that night he would win his first victory in the company , defeating local wrestler Billy Roc . After the match Bailey attacked both Jacobs and Williams however both gained the upper hand on Bailey . IPW Commissioner Brandon Prophet set up a match between Jacobs and Bailey on April 3 , 2010 at " Uprising " however Bailey no showed the event and Jacobs faced Kyle Threat instead gaining his second win in the company . On June 5 , 2010 at " Desperate Measures " Jacobs would go on to defeat Drake Younger . Later in the show after a title match between Aaron Williams and Jon Moxley , Jacobs would attack Moxley causing the locker room to separate both men . After the Show , Jacobs confronted Moxley saying that when he sees Moxley , he sees himself in a mirror . On August 21 , 2010 at IPW " 9th Anniversary Reign Of The Insane " , Jacobs challenged Moxley for the IPW World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort . On October 2 , 2010 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 . On January 1 , 2011 at " Showdown In Naptown " , Jacobs defeated Jon Moxley to win the IPW World Heavyweight Championship in a dog collar match due to referee stoppage . Jacobs would go on to successfully defend the title against Jesse Emerson the next month at " Untitled " . After the match , The Messiahs of a New Age attacked Jimmy Jacobs until The Irish Airborne hit the ring to make the save . The next month at " Uprising " Jacobs would defeat Dave Crist for the IPW World Title by DQ when the Messiahs interfered in the match . On June 18 , 2011 Jacobs vacated the IPW World Title due to a neck injury . 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 . 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 . " He suffered his first loss on July 23 , 2010 , at " Evolve 4 : Danielson vs Fish " , losing to Chuck Taylor . 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 Juggalo Championship Wrestling ( JCW ) on Insane Clown Posse ' s 2007 " The Tempest Release Party " tour . Tagging with Josh Abercrombie , he lost to Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher . Jacobs competed at Bloodymania that August in a losing effort against Último Dragón . He lost to 2 Tuff Tony at that year ' s " Hallowicked After Party " , but defeated Zach Gowen at " Big Ballas X - Mas Party " . At 2009 ' s Bloodymania III , he lost a match against Ken Shamrock . Jacobs became a full - time member of the roster in 2011 . At " Flashlight Hysteria " , he defeated Sal the Man of a Thousand Gimmicks . Sal later challenged Jacobs to a " Best of Three " match series , with the loser leaving Juggalo Championship Wrestling . Jacobs won the first two matches of the series , successfully forcing Sal out of the company . 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 . In mid - 2014 , Jacobs started working for Chikara as a part of the heel stable " The Flood " . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE ( 2005 , 2014 – present ) . Jacobs made his first appearance for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) in May 2005 , when he won a match against Eddie Guerrero via disqualification on " SmackDown ! " . Nine years later , Jacobs appeared on the December 15 , 2014 , episode of " WWE Raw " , as a member of Adam Rose ' s Exotic Express , and appeared in the same role again the same week on " SmackDown " . In March 2015 , it was reported that Jacobs was joining WWE ' s creative team as a writer .