n an exclusive interview with Mark O’Brien for Bodyslam.net, wrestling veteran Jimmy Jacobs reflected on Tony Khan’s leadership and AEW’s influence on the industry. He credited Khan with reshaping professional wrestling, improving pay standards, and creating new opportunities for talent.

Tony Khan’s Leadership and AEW’s Growth

Jacobs highlighted Khan’s deep commitment to AEW, emphasizing his awareness of how company decisions impact wrestlers and staff. He praised Khan for fostering an environment where talent can thrive and for significantly expanding job opportunities within wrestling.

“Tony takes that seriously—so many people’s jobs revolve around what he does.”

Jacobs noted that AEW’s rise has made it one of the best times to be a pro wrestler, with more opportunities and better financial stability than in decades past.

AEW’s Influence on Wrestler Pay and Competition

According to Jacobs, AEW’s presence in the industry has contributed to higher pay for wrestlers. He suggested that WWE adjusted its salary structure in response to AEW’s emergence, indirectly benefiting talent across both promotions.

“WWE raised their pay rates right around the time AEW started… I’d guess AEW had something to do with it.”

By providing a viable alternative to WWE, AEW has increased competition, pushing both companies to offer better contracts and more financial security for wrestlers.

Tony Khan’s Creative Direction

Jacobs described Khan as having a clear creative vision while allowing his team to refine ideas and execute them effectively. He stressed the importance of controlled information flow in AEW’s creative process, preventing leaks and ensuring well-planned storytelling.

“Tony has ideas, and I help organize them so the right people get the right information at the right time.”

AEW’s Lasting Legacy

Jacobs believes AEW’s impact extends beyond its own success, crediting Khan with transforming the wrestling landscape by offering wrestlers more financial and creative freedom.

“Tony really pushed AEW into being a place where talent could actually thrive.”

He sees Khan’s leadership as a key factor in making AEW a true alternative to WWE, giving wrestlers more control over their careers and fans a fresh, competitive product.

Jimmy Jacobs is pushing back against accusations that he leaked AEW information to WWE, claiming that the accusation is nothing more than a false narrative. Speaking to Mark O’Brien for Bodyslam.net, the former AEW producer shut down the idea that he once leaked AEW ideas to Tony Khan’s chief rival.

“There were people that had this narrative that I was a leak in WWE, which I absolutely 100% was not. It was just a complete fabrication.”

A number of leaks of key AEW plans led to plenty of finger-pointing, with Jacobs, who had previously worked for WWE, getting blamed. Chris Jericho even branded the leaks as being from a “spy.” In the interview, Jacobs shared how being accused affected him.

“I still honestly haven’t gotten used to being judged by lies.”

Despite the controversy, Jacobs had nothing but praise for AEW and Tony Khan, crediting the promotion with creating better financial opportunities for wrestlers, adding that “So many people are making a living and making good money because of Tony.”

Jacobs left AEW in 2024, with Fightful Select reporting at the time that AEW wanted to freshen up its writers room and that Jacobs had been feeling burned out before his exit. Though his time in AEW is over, Jacobs remains adamant that he did not betray the trust of those in the company and never leaked to WWE.

Jimmy Jacobs has resigned from the AEW writing team.

The former WWE writer had worked closely with President Tony Khan since joining the Elite promotion back in June 2023.

Fightful Select is now reporting that the 40-year-old submitted his resignation over the past week and he has already finished up with the company.

Jacobs had been feeling burned out of late and the two sides remain on amicable terms despite his decision. The AEW officials are looking at this as an opportunity to freshen up the writers room.

• Jimmy Jacobs On WWE Creative Process, Creation Of ‘The List of Jericho’

Jimmy Jacobs’ Writing Career

A former ROH star, Jimmy Jacobs ventured into writing when he joined the WWE creative team in March 2017. Chris Jericho has credited Jacobs for helping ‘The List’ get over during his 2016 run with the company.

Jimmy was fired from the promotion in October 2017. This came after Jacobs posted a photo with Bullet Club on Instagram during their ‘invasion’ of Raw. After his WWE departure, Jacobs returned to the independent circuit as a wrestler.

He made his TNA debut in November 2017. It was later revealed that the wrestling veteran was also working as a producer for the company.

Jimmy Jacobs would be included in the creative team of TNA later on as well. He remained in the position until June 2023, when he moved from Impact to AEW.

There is no word on what the former ROH tag champion is planning for his future. Though he has wrestled a few indie matches in the last few months. It’d not be a surprise if we see him making a full-time in-ring return in coming times.

• Jimmy Jacobs Discusses WWE’s “Faux Corporate Environment”

If you’ve been curious who’s been involved in the creative process for AEW after losing a name like CM Punk, Tony Khan provided a little clarity to that. Speaking on The World’s End Media call, Khan spoke with SEScoops correspondent Dominic DeAngelo about whether or not he’s reconsidered his booking strategy as we round the corner into 2024. 

During the All Out 2023 media scrum, it was mentioned how overworked Khan is and to Bryan Danielson’s suggestion, hired Jimmy Jacobs as a full time assistant. Those two, along with others, are names he said he had working creatively at AEW Dynamite.

Who helps Tony Khan book AEW?

“We have a great group of people. Just an example, yesterday, you had a great group with Bryan Danielson, Mike Mansury, Will Washington, Jimmy Jacobs, Sonjay Dutt, Sarah Stock and Dean Malenko and several others that were in my office throughout the day at various points. Bryan had his match, people were in and out, I think everybody had great points and there were a number of other people.”

Khan talked about how the recent string of shows from AEW have been very good, but the system he does have set up could likely use some tweaking.

“It wasn’t quite the set-up I was looking for so I’ll see if I still get it, but very excited to talk about the science of the booking and I think in particular, recently, we’ve had some of the best shows we’ve ever done.”

Khan noted that the Continental Classic has been a huge influence of how he books moving forward and then reiterated the confidence he has with his strategy.

“I think the experiments we’ve been doing are working and I have a better sense of where to go and what to do going into 2024 than I ever have been.”

Jimmy Jacobs has reflected on his time working on WWE’s creative team during a recent interview with The Dropkick Podcast. He opened up about his process and the genesis of ‘The List of Jericho’ gimmick.

Jacobs admitted how working with Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens allowed for a great “co-collaboration” to take place between them. According to Jacobs, “[…] when you get with the great performers, when you have a great relationship, you have that co-collaboration. You bring one thing to them and then they bring something else out of it.”

He stressed this process and the relationship between them helped to elevate the ideas put forward. Jacobs pointed out how they all brought ideas to the table, with Jericho and Owens able to bring it life in a “magnificent way.”

Jacobs then opened up about the ‘List of Jericho’ gimmick. He confessed he always thought of it as a “crumpled piece of paper he would have [in his pocket]. Jericho, however, knew it had to be more “visual.”

“He came up with the, you know, click of the pen, and the ‘You know what happens? Huh? You know what happens when you make fun of my best friend Kevin Owens?’ That’s just another example of something you conceive one way and then somebody else, you know, collaborates with it, and then the performer goes and they bring it to life in communion with the audience,” Jacobs explained. “[They get the] feeling of what the audience wants, and all of a sudden, a click of the pen becomes the loudest reaction on Monday Night RAW.”

Jimmy Jacobs argued how the ‘List of Jericho’ and Jericho’s pen clicking got so popular, WWE would often send fans home with it, positioning the gimmick at the top of the card despite the fact Jericho was meant to be a heel.

Former WWE creative Jimmy Jacobs recently joined Jordan Garber’s NOW podcast, where he discussed his time working with the promotion. Jacobs, now a part of Impact Wrestling’s creative team, shed light on what he calls WWEs “faux corporate” environment.

“WWE is such a faux corporate environment and Vince wants it to appear as corporate,” Jacobs stated. “It made me feel like I couldn’t be myself. I missed having nail polish on and being kind of like a maniac. I felt like I was in a shell.”

He explained how when he first started working for WWE, he wasn’t scared of Vince McMahon. To him, Vince was just “a dude.” However, after working there for a few months, he grew to understand why people feared him.

“I spent the majority of my time there basically scared of Vince and ultimately afraid of losing my job,” he admitted. “It wasn’t until the last couple of months of my time there where I was so sick of feeling just tied and boxed up that I wasn’t scared of getting fired anymore. Which I spent most of my time doing. Maybe I would last longer if I wasn’t scared of Vince. It’s his sandbox …he’s just letting you play in it.”

• Jimmy Jacobs Recalls Advice Given To Him By Vince McMahon

Jimmy Jacobs in Impact Wrestling

Jacobs’ time in Impact Wrestling so far has been much more positive. He noted how he is “one of the guys steering the ship” and that he hopes the direction he is guiding the promotion in is a good one.

He pointed to talents like Rich Swann and Tessa Blanchard as stars within the company, and that their long-term booking for certain stories will have satisfying conclusions, reiterating his confidence that they have “some good stuff happening.”

H/T to Jordan Garber & Wrestlezone for the transcription. 

Jimmy Jacobs is currently working as a producer in Impact Wrestling. He spoke to journalist Chris Van Vliet recently as Impact toured California this weekend. He talked about getting fired from WWE, going to rehab, and working with Impact.

Jimmy Jacobs On Getting Fired From WWE

“I don’t miss that place even for a second,” Jacobs said. He was let go from WWE in the fall of 2017 after a photo surfaced of him with the members of the Elite as they “invaded” RAW.

• Jimmy Jacobs Reportedly Gone From WWE After Bullet Club Photo

“When I did it, I knew it might make some people upset but at that point in my life, I didn’t care,” he said in regards to taking the photo. “I wasn’t trying to not get fired anymore.”

“They did for me what I could have never have done for myself. I would have stayed there another 10 years and been miserable and hated life.”

Jimmy Jacobs On The List of Jericho and Festival Of Friendship

Van Vliet talked about Jericho crediting Jacobs with coming up with the “List of Jericho.”

“The stuff with Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho, that was like the crowning stuff of my time there. Doing all that with them, coming up with the List of Jericho, whatever involvement I had in writing the Festival of Friendship. That day was like this culmination of this thing we did.”

“A lot of WWE is really fun except there is one black cloud that hangs over the place,” Jacobs continued.

Jimmy Jacobs On Going To Rehab

Jacobs talked about how going to rehab allowed him to stand back and view his life from a distance and assess it.

“I went to rehab 2 plus years ago and it gave me the distance and space to look at my life, to look at my wrestling career, my drug use and just what I was doing,” Jacobs said. “I think everyone should get to go to rehab, whether you’re a drug addict or not.”

He said the catalyst for his going to rehab was the end of a relationship which he blames on his drug-use.

“I was going through a break-up, she broke up with me because of the drug addiction and all this stuff and I was trying to get clean by myself and I was on the floor of my friend’s apartment just on my knees crying and he goes ‘what are you thinking?’ and what I was thinking was I’m going to get a 1/5 of vodka, I’m going to a strip club and find some heroin.”

What came out of his mouth, however, were the words “I think I need to go to rehab.”

Jimmy Jacobs, who is a former writer for WWE and current Impact Wrestling talent, is the latest wrestler to produce a podcast.

Entitled, “Jimmy Jacobs Doesn’t Know,” the first guest on his show will be none other than the former WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan.

“I’m Having A Mental Breakdown”

Jacobs has released a preview clip of the episode in which Daniel Bryan openly recounts his struggle with depression—something that becomes more acute for him when he has to be in cities.

“When I’m in cities around a lot of non-living things, I am more likely to be depressed than I am when I’m in Washington when I’m around trees,” he admitted.

“When I finally accepted, after I was forced to retire, that, like, I’m having a mental breakdown, I went to…this wasn’t the right thing to do, to leave,” Bryan said. “I said to Brie, I said, like…’I have to go to Washington.'”

“She still had other things that she had to do, I said, ‘I have to go.’ And she met me there like a month later, but I spent a month in Washington, just with my mom, with a couple of my friends, and just like, walking in the woods, like, just this really…like, being. I believe in the healing nature of trees, like, it’s a weird thing, but then I’ve also read a book about it, so it’s like, it makes me a little more justified as opposed to me being some weird mystic or something, you know?”

Former WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan, hasn’t been on WWE programming since his loss to Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35. WWE’s decision to do so, keeping the nature of his potential injury a closely guarded secret in the process, has sparked speculation over the extent of Bryan’s current injury.

Eli Drake is not a fan of inter-gender wrestling. He posted several comments to his social media accounts recently indicating as such. Members of Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts division have responded.

Drake issued this response to an Impact Wrestling tweet yesterday:

Tessa Blanchard then responded with the following:

Jimmy Jacobs also commented on Drake’s Tweets:

Drake ended his involvement in the debate with the following statement:

Eli Drake Vs Tessa Blanchard Match Cancelled

In February, a planned inter-gender match between Drake and Tessa Blanchard was canceled. Drake would later say he has much respect for Blanchard but is not interesting in competing in a one-on-one inter-gender match.

• Eli Drake Reveals Talks With WWE

As of this writing, Drake is not scheduled for Impact’s United We Stand PPV tomorrow night. He had been scheduled to take on Tessa Blanchard but Joey Ryan ended up replacing Eli in the match. The updated lineup for the show is below:

• Lucha Bros vs RVD & Sabu
• Ultimate X: Jake Crist vs Johnny Impact vs Dante Fox vs Pat Buck vs Kotto Brazil vs Jack Evans
• Monster’s Ball: Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc
• Brian Cage, Moose, Eddie Edwards (Team Impact) vs Drago, Daga, & Aerostar
• Joey Ryan vs Tessa Blanchard
• Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Jordynne Grace vs Katie Forbes vs Rosemary
• LAX vs Low-Ki & Ricky Martinez

Jimmy Jacobs is known for his time as in in-ring performer for Ring Of Honor. He would later work backstage at WWE as a writer. Currently, he is a producer and performer for Impact Wrestling.

Speaking with Booker T on the Heated Conversations podcast, Jacobs reminisced on his time with WWE. He named both Daniel Bryan and Joey Mercury as instrumental in getting him hired as a writer. He states he learned a lot in that role, recalling once lesson Vince McMahon imparted as being particularly memorable.

Jimmy Jacobs candidly admitted that he realized that his talents were best suited for a creative role rather than in-ring. “[…] I’m not the best athlete anyway; my in-ring game was never my strong suit,” he confessed. “It was my promos. It was the creativity. So I had started just on the independent level, that’s what I did. And it dawned on me one day, like, my time here in this business is not about what happens here in the ring, it’s gonna be about the creativity.

He would then all Daniel Bryan, saying that he wanted to be a writer for WWE. Thankfully for Jacobs, Bryan was more than happy to help.

“Daniel Bryan and Joey Mercury, they brought me to a show, they brought me to the manager of the writing team, Dave Kapoor, and they said, ‘Hey man, this is Jimmy Jacobs, he’s a genius, he belongs on your team.’ And that started the process going. I had to go through an interview, and writing sample, and all that stuff and I had a fun couple [of] years there.”

“Tell Me A Story”

When he was working as a writer for the company, Jacobs would find the role as enjoyable as it was demanding. Despite his somewhat unceremonious departure, Jacobs can still remember the lessons he learned during his time there. One piece, in particular, imparted from Vince McMahon, sticks with him:

“I didn’t always agree with Vince McMahon on things but I learned a lot from him,” he admitted. “One of the best pieces of advice that Vince ever gave me…I’d written this promo for Bo Dallas, and it was about how he had taken some guys knee out, and the guy could barely walk. Vince read it and he just goes, ‘These are just facts. I don’t want facts. Tell me a story!’ And it’s true, man, people identify with a story. I mean, we’re all bred to where stories are facts but they’re facts that we see how it applies to life. So I came back to him with a promo about this pet bird that Bo Dallas had as a kid, who’s wing was broken and he took this bird in and, finally, the wing healed, and the bird flew again. And it was a great piece of advice. I don’t want facts, tell me a story. People identify with stories and that’s something I really try to tell these newer guys.”

Former WWE creative writer Jimmy Jacobs has come to the defense of the company over the criticism from fans about their product and the current state of Monday Night RAW.

Over the last few weeks, fans have voiced their take about how WWE is booking their programs. Every year in the Winter time, it’s known as a dead period for the company as they get through the Holidays and gear up for the road to WrestleMania.

However, the last two episodes of RAW have been heavily criticized by fans and it has shown up in its ratings. In fact, Monday’s edition of RAW averaged 2.193 million viewers, down from 2.285 million the previous week. As a result, this episode marks the worst viewership of all-time since records began.

Jacobs recently defended WWE from criticism when he wrote the following on his official Twitter account:

“Writing a 3 hour wrestling tv show every single week is fuckin hard.”

https://twitter.com/JimmyJacobsX/status/1072762230121357312

Jacobs followed up with a second tweet when he wrote, “Everybody is allowed to their opinion. I take zero offense to it. But one of the 1st things I learned writing is that it’s easy to point out the problems. The job is to come up with solutions.”

https://twitter.com/JimmyJacobsX/status/1072783515987652609

Last October, Jimmy Jacobs was fired from the WWE creative team. While multiple reasons have been given for Jacobs’ release, a selfie he took with members of Bullet Club during their “invasion” of Raw is largely believed to have been the catalyst.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZfAy54Ancl/

Many felt Jacobs would sign with Ring of Honor and begin working with Bullet Club following his WWE release. After all, there was a built-in storyline regarding Jacobs being fired from WWE for his association with the faction.

Instead, Jacobs chose to sign with Impact Wrestling. He’s been working as the manager of Kongo Kong and serving as a producer backstage.

Jimmy Jacobs on Impact Wrestling

Jacobs recently gave an interview to Vulture Hound in the UK and spoke about how he has been enjoying his time with Impact.

“I really enjoy working with Impact,” Jacobs said. “I feel like with Impact right now, I get all the upside, I get the chance to help create, I get the chance to help out talents. Having the opportunity to have somebody like me for talents, like Tessa Blanchard who has a lot of potentials and is awesome in the ring.”

Jacobs has returned to in-ring work as well since leaving WWE. In fact, he recently defeated Joey Ryan on June 28th, 2018 for Bar Wrestling in Los Angeles.

Jacobs doesn’t believe he’ll step inside the Impact ring, however.  “As far as wrestling with Impact goes,” Jacobs continued. “I don’t see that happening right now, it’s not especially completely off the table but what I do at the shows, producing the shows, honestly it’s a lot.”

Jacobs also mentioned Matt Sydal as someone who he has particularly enjoyed working with recently. On the latest episode of Impact Wrestling, we saw Sydal and Jimmy Jacobs possibly align with each other due to their mutual disdain for Brian Cage.

“Matt Sydal has been one thing his whole career,” Jacobs said. “It’s been great, being a sort of babyface that can have great matches, who doesn’t talk much, being a good wrestler and doing high-flying stuff. That’s been him his whole career and, a few months back, we took a chance on him when we said: “hey I think there’s something more.” We capitalized on what he’s in real life, with him being kind of spiritual and holistic and those sort of things.”

Jimmy Jacobs Speaks to the Irish Mirror

Last month, Jacobs spoke to the Irish Mirror in the UK. The conversation focussed on his time in WWE and his new role with Impact Wrestling

“Going to WWE and working there in the capacity that I did was a blessing,” Jacobs said. “It was great to be there, but that being said it’s great to not be working there anymore.”

“I spent so long on the independent wrestling scene, but sometimes it’s like the cliche goes ‘you don’t know what you have until it’s gone,'” he continued. “I’m very excited to be working in Impact Wrestling and using some of the things I picked up in my last job to help out here.”

Former WWE Writer Jimmy Jacobs recently appeared on Chris Jericho’s Talk is Jericho podcast where he talked about his WWE departure and more. Below are some highlights from his interview:

Working a match for WWE in 2005:

“My first time wrestling in a WWE ring was in 2005 when I wrestled Eddie Guerrero on SmackDown. They were doing a program with him and Rey Mysterio, and I was just at the show hanging out with my buddy Paul London in Pennsylvania, and they needed someone to work with Eddie, Couple of guys had seen me before; they looked me up and down and told me that I was working with Eddie Guerrero tonight and it was an awesome experience. I was 21 years old. I had attended the show not expecting to work and then all of a sudden I was in a match with one of the best performers ever.”

Introducing himself to Eddie Guerrero before the match:

“I went up to Eddie Guerrero and introduced myself and told him that I think we are going to be working together tonight, and he thanked me for wanting to be in the match with him. He said that he wanted to apologize because the match needed to be all about him, but wanted to thank me anyway for doing it, like I was doing him a favor or something, He said to me that God-willing we will work together again in the future under better circumstances. He had given Rey the brainbuster on the steps the week before; he had taken Rey’s mask. This week he comes to the ring with Rey’s mask, and he wrestles this kid while putting on Rey’s mask on me and beat the s**t out of me while I had Rey’s mask on.”

His WWE departure:

“There is zero bitter feelings; I had a fun two and a half years there. I have zero bitterness of why they fired me. This past six weeks has been the time of my life. If Vince wanted to keep me around he would have kept me around. I don’t even know how that got in front of him, but he had made the decision that I needed to go. I was cool with that because I felt that I needed to go.”

Quotes via WrestlingInc. You can watch the full episode of Talk Is Jericho featuring Jacobs below:

https://youtu.be/Fv7Q6MCPw58

UK promotion IPW:UK has enlisted the services of former WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs as well as former Ring of Honor World Champion Christopher Daniels for their Clapham Calling event on March 18th 2018.

Jacobs will be taking on one of the most dangerous men in Independent wrestling, Jimmy Havoc. Both men have a penchant for the extreme and this match looks set to be nothing short of a bloodbath.

Christopher Daniels will be taking another former TNA roster member in Doug Williams. Doug is now celebrating 25 years in the wrestling industry and he is out to prove why he is one of British wrestling’s pioneers. This is not a bout to be missed if you’re a UK based fan.

Tickets for the event can be found here.

https://twitter.com/IPWUK/status/930493823431659521

https://twitter.com/IPWUK/status/930857138028797952

– On Thursday, SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon announced that AJ Styles will challenge Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship on next week’s SmackDown “Live” from Manchester, England.

Styles had been scheduled to face Rusev next week to earn a spot on Team SmackDown at Survivor Series, but Mahal’s attack on AJ Styles on Tuesday night led Shane to make the change.

In response to the news that he’s getting the title shot, AJ Styles wrote:

I’m sure he’ll bring his two cronies…
I’ll bring a Phenomenal Forearm and a Styles Clash. #AndNew #SDLive https://t.co/l8TU0yKf5w

— AJ Styles (@AJStylesOrg) November 2, 2017

Speaking of Styles, WWE Network is adding a collection featuring his best WWE matches this coming Monday titled, “Beyond Phenomenal.”

This is the @WWENetwork collection that "A. J. STYLES. BUILT!" and it arrives THIS MONDAY! #BeyondPhenomenal @AJStylesOrg pic.twitter.com/xHBwbf7Xp6

— WWE (@WWE) November 2, 2017

– Combat Zone Wrestling announced that Jimmy Jacobs vs. Sami Callihan has been signed for CZW’s upcoming Night of Infamy show on November 11th from Sewell, NJ.

GET 100RTs: Signed for 11/11/17 #NightOfInfamy

@JimmyJacobsX asked for it, and we've agreed!

JIMMY JACOBS Vs. SAMI CALLIHAN pic.twitter.com/SdaScNwMid

— CZW: Combat Zone Wrestling (@combatzone) November 3, 2017

Former WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs is wasting no time getting back to business after being released by the company earlier this month as a result of a selfie he posted with the Bullet Club during their invasion of Monday Night RAW.

Jacobs was ringside for Ring of Honor’s Global Wars pay-per-view, where he mocked the incident and took another selfie with the Club.

https://twitter.com/JimmyJacobsX/status/919789238694096896

He appeared at the WrestleCircus CircusMania event over the weekend and addressed the situation further. Jacobs interrupted a promo by former NXT star Sami Callihan and said it’s not bullsh*t that he got released for a photograph – he thinks it’s actually pretty cool and dubbed it the “you’re fired selfie.”

He also took a dig at the WWE Superstars he used to write promos for. “For the past two and a half years, I’ve been wearing a suit and tie and writing promos for guys that couldn’t hold my microphone.” You can check out the footage below.

Jacobs’ upcoming independent dates include Lucha De Los Muertos (10/29), Combat Zone Wrestling (11/11),  Beyond Wrestling (11/12) and SCW Pro (1/20).

• Jimmy Jacobs’ ProWrestlingTees.com Store

Jimmy Jacobs makes his first appearance in a wrestling ring in over two and a half years by making a surprise debut at WrestleCircus CircusMania, and calling out Sami Callihan.

https://youtu.be/Ns27pdH8CPE

Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) has announced that former WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs will be making his return to the company on November 11th.

Jacob’s left WWE after he posed for photos with members of the Bullet Club during their ‘RAW Invasion,’ there had been further speculation surrounding the reasons for Jacob’s firing however Jimmy himself claims that it was purely the BC incident that led to his departure.

The ‘Unprofessional’ moniker that Jacobs is now using is a clear indication of his feelings towards his unceremonious firing and it is highly likely that he will use this platform to further discuss the controversial ‘RAW Invasion.’

BREAKING – GET 100RT's:

Jimmy Jacobs RETURNS to the Combat Zone 11/11/17!#NightOfInfamy pic.twitter.com/Xoj7MBT8ga

— CZW: Combat Zone Wrestling (@combatzone) October 20, 2017

Former WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs has made his first public comments about being released from the company last week. Jacobs will be a special guest on the Live Audio Wrestling podcast, which drops this Sunday night.

LAW released a teaser clip of the Jacobs interview featuring Jacobs talking about the now infamous photo he took with the Bullet Club during their recent invasion of Monday Night RAW. Host John Pollock asked about his initial reaction to the firing, Jacobs replied, “No mistake was made. I am ‘A-OK’ with the way everything went down.”

Since his release, several people have spoken about Jacobs being great to work with behind the scenes, including former WWE head writer Tom Casiello and Chris Jericho. In response to reports that WWE management had issues with Jacobs prior to the Bullet Club photo incident, he’s unaware there were any other issues brewing.

“[The Bullet Club photo] was given to me as the reason. I’ve read a couple sites saying there were things leading up to it, or this was the straw that broke the camel’s back, if it was, I’m not aware of any of that. It’s certainly possible, who knows.”

You can hear the audio here and make sure to check out Live Audio Wrestling this weekend for the full interview.

Chris Jericho appeared on the Metal Injection Squared Circle Pit podcast this week to promote his new book, No Is A Four Letter Word.

Topics discussed include Jericho’s vision of how to be successful, the success of Fozzy’s ‘Judas’ album, his own podcast, his latest run in WWE (including the legendary Festival of Friendship), his “Rock and Wrestling” cruise scheduled for next year and more.

Last week, WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs left the company after posing with the Bullet Club during their recent invasion of RAW. Shortly after Jacobs’ exit, former WWE head writer Tom Casiello gave a glowing endorsement of Jacobs and revealed he was the creative mind behind Chris Jericho’s “The List” gimmick.

On the Squared Circle Pit podcast, Jericho spoke about working with Jimmy Jacobs in WWE. Jericho explains he wanted Jacobs working on every single on of his promos, but understands WWE was put in a bad position by his recent actions.

“Jimmy’s good and if I was there I would’ve tried to help him out, but it’s not the smartest of moves. If I work at McDonalds and post a picture of me hanging out with guys from Wendy’s and hashtag ‘Wendy’s is great’, McDonalds might not be too happy about it – so you can’t just say it’s the business.”

“I think Jimmy’s a smart guy and maybe wouldn’t surprise me if he knew something was going to happen. Maybe he was getting sick of it, I don’t know. I just know as soon as I saw that picture, I was just like ‘ooof,’ with the hashtag ’BCInvasion’ or ‘YBInvasion’ or whatever it was – you can’t do that, man. I mean, you can’t.”

Was it a fireable offense? Well, it’s not my decision, obviously Vince thought it was, which tells me there was probably some other stuff going on and that was the final straw.”

“And I will say this, last year, 2016… Jimmy Jacobs was my co-writer on all of it. All of it! And the weeks he wasn’t there I was like ‘Ah f***, I don’t like this, I want Jimmy here.’ So he’s very talented, and he really got me. I worked with him a few times and I went to [head writer] Dave Kapoor, ‘I want Scoville’, which is his real name, Chris Scoville, ‘on every Jericho promo. No one else.’ Because that’s how much I trusted his talent, his instincts.”

You can listen to the full interview here:

This week, WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs (Chris Scoville) was released from WWE and after taking a photo with the Bullet Club during their recent ‘invasion’ of Monday Night RAW.

Despite WWE management’s strong objection to what turned out to be a costly mistake, we’ve heard from multiple sources that Jacobs was very well liked backstage. Former WWE head writer Tom Casiello released a statement on Twitter about his experience recruiting Jacobs and gave a glowing endorsement of his former co-worker.

Casiello writes that he was honored to work with Jimmy Jacobs and he’s never seen a WWE producer and prove himself to be so invaluable so quickly. He describes Jacobs as a ‘unicorn’ – “Well-respected, awesome ideas, makes work fun” – which really emphasizes just how upset the company was about the Bullet Club he posted.

Tom Casiello wrote:

“My cohorts don’t know I’m doing this, they’ll probably roll their eyes. Whatever. I’ll still take a bullet for any of them. While I’ve spoken to Chris he doesn’t know I’m tweeting this. I have no interest in campaigns, in gossip, in speculation. Not my thing. Right, so my first encounter with “Scottville” was a call. A mutual friend worked at the studio [when] he was interviewing and she recommended he talk to me. Knew he was an indie but that’s it.

We get on the phone and he is FASCINATING. Loves the business, the product. Wanted to learn but knew he couldn’t change the world (a good thing; anyone who walks into that job thinking they’ll tell Vince what to do is insane and never lasts). So I gave recommendation to hire him. Honestly, one of the best conversations with a new hire I ever had there.

I was involved in hiring process, and believe me it is a TOUGH process. So Scoville gets the gig (awesome!) and quickly proves himself to be invaluable which NEVER HAPPENS. It takes months to win over talent, prove you know what you’re doing – you’re tested, you get thrown different assignments DAILY.

But this guy could do it all. Book shows. Write a hell of a segment. Direct backstages. Produce in-ring promos. No learning curve. He NAILS it. Clicks with talent almost immediately. Can work with ANYBODY on the roster. Well-respected, awesome ideas, makes work fun. A RARE accomplishment in new hires. To put it simply: this incredibly talented man is A UNICORN.

I wasn’t there. I won’t comment on any of that because it’s not my place but as his former supervisor, I want to publicly thank Jimmy Jacobs for all he contributed to the WWE Universe: you put the “it” in idiot and the festival in friendship. You shared more of that brilliant mind with the WWE Universe than they’ll ever know.

Honored to work with you, brother. Wherever you go, I know you’ll shine. Oh, and welcome to The List. You’re in good company.”

As noted on Wednesday evening, backstage producer Jimmy Jacobs is no longer with WWE. Jacobs got into hot water with the company for taking a photo with the Bullet Club when they invaded Monday Night RAW several weeks back.

Quick to capitalize on the story (and confirming his WWE departure), Jimmy Jacobs has opened a store at Pro Wrestling Tees and his first offering features the photo in question on the front page of a newspaper with the headline, “Unprofessional.”

The shirt is very much in the spirit of the Young Bucks releasing a “Cease and Desist” t-shirt right after receiving a legal threat from WWE. Tying the whole story together, in their quest to liberate Daniel Bryan from WWE, Nick Jackson had some advice for SmackDown’s General Manager:

https://twitter.com/NickJacksonYB/status/918344930237411329

Joey Ryan also chimed in, noting that the Bullet Club apparently really got under WWE’s skin:

https://twitter.com/JoeyRyanOnline/status/918255598034067457

Jimmy Jacobs is no longer with WWE, according to a report at Pro Wrestling Sheet. The former Ring of Honor star had been working for the company as a writer/producer.

Among the many angles he worked on, Chris Jericho recently credited Jacobs with coming up with “The List” gimmick. He’s also made several cameos on WWE television.

While Jacobs was well liked backstage and had worked with many top WWE performers going back to his days in ROH, it’s believed he got major heat with company officials when he posted for a photo with the Bullet Club during their recent invasion of Monday Night RAW.

WWE threatened legal action against the Young Bucks the day after the Bullet Club’s publicity stunt. If in fact the Bullet Club photo was the reason for his departure, it’s another indication of just how unhappy the company was by the whole situation.

Jacobs is a 5-time ROH tag team champion, holding the belts twice with WWE Superstar Seth Rollins (then Tyler Black) and partnering with Kevin Owens (then Steen) as part of the S.C.U.M. faction.

Here’s the photo in question:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZfAy54Ancl/?taken-by=jimmyjacobsx

– Sting and The Undertaker are both scheduled to attend Monday’s post-WrestleMania RAW from San Jose, California. It’s not confirmed that they’ll be appearing on TV, but they will be at the show.

– Former Ring of Honor star Jimmy Jacobs will be joining WWE’s creative team on April 1st.

– NXT stars Adrian Neville and Finn Balor are both booked for the next several weeks of RAW and SmackDown tapings. There had been talk of NXT Champion Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn appearing on several shows as well, but since both are injured, neither will be wrestling any time soon.

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Despite rumors that top Ring Of Honor stars such as The Briscoes are headed to WWE soon, the decorated tag-team is actually locked-in to ROH until at least mid-summer, and the word going around is that they will not be going to NXT.

Other talents, however, are expected to turn up in WWE such as Jimmy Jacobs, who signed with WWE in a creative team capacity, and Samoa Joe, who is rumored to be signing with WWE next month.

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Former Ring Of Honor (ROH) tag-team champion Jimmy Jacobs has signed a deal with WWE and is expected to start with the company in April.

Despite his decorated past as a wrestler, Jacobs’ deal with WWE calls for him to join the creative team in the company, as opposed to signing as an in-ring performer.

Jacobs’ WWE signing has reportedly been in the works for a while now. His last appearance in ROH will likely be the “Supercard of Honor” event on March 27th in California.

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