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Post by Prophet of Ash on Oct 13, 2017 6:48:06 GMT -5
I am baffled that wrestling fans do not know Jimmy Jacobs.
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Post by Will on Oct 13, 2017 10:25:41 GMT -5
Tom Casiello, a former lead writer for WWE, issued the following statement on social media regarding the departure of writer/producer Jimmy Jacobs:
"Hey, who wants to read some tweets re: sports entertainment? Specifically, re: my brother-in-arms, Mr. @jimmyjacobsx himself? 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 1st encounter with “Scoville” was a call. Mutual friend worked at the studio & he was interviewing. She rec'ed he talk to me. Knew he was an indie, but that’s it. We get on phone & he is FASCINATING. Loves the business, the product. Wants to learn, BUT… Knows he can’t change the world (a good thing;anyone who walks into that job thinking they’ll tell Vince what to do is insane & 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 can do it all. Book shows. Write a hell of a seg. 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 don’t know what happened or why. 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 Chris Scoville/Jimmy Jacobs for all he contributed to the WWE Universe. You put the “it” in idiot & 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."
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Post by jayrod2009 on Oct 13, 2017 11:22:42 GMT -5
ROH is about to blow the up!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 14:44:09 GMT -5
I just think it’s kind of hypocritical that the company that has a few documentaries discussing the DX Invasion on Nitro with guys interviewed saying “They should have let them in” firing a dude because he went out and took a picture with them.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Oct 13, 2017 15:37:38 GMT -5
WWE has made countless documentaries at this point focusing on the mistakes WCW made that eventually put them out of business.
Now I'm not saying WWE is going away anytime soon, but they are making a lot of the same mistakes as the promotions they regularly criticize. That part does seem hypocritical.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Oct 13, 2017 18:17:56 GMT -5
Tbh, as a gay kid, the Bullet Club is just eye candy to me. They're very hot (except for Cody Rhodes, he's a dog) yeah they're talented but they try too hard. Their gimmicks are pathetic attempts to cash in on idiot fanboys who can't see true talent. They use pop culture and catchy phrases (including ones that aren't their own!) to manipulate the mass humanoid fanboys. You guys eat up anything. The Bullet Club would flounder in WWE. Case in point, Gallows and Anderson. They're terrible. Absolutely terrible. Keep tanking professional wrestling you Bullet Club lovers! The marks are out in full force in this thread.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Oct 13, 2017 19:33:51 GMT -5
There's a lot of butt hurt in this thread over a guy who no one ever saw on TV and if you don't follow ROH then you'd have no clue who he is.
It's 100% okay to not know who every single wrestler is.
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Post by IRS on Oct 13, 2017 19:36:20 GMT -5
There's a lot of butt hurt in this thread over a guy who no one ever saw on TV and if you don't follow ROH then you'd have no clue who he is. It's 100% okay to not know who every single wrestler is. I mean, it's also 100% okay to not make generic "who?" posts that add nothing to the thread, too...
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Oct 13, 2017 19:38:35 GMT -5
There's a lot of butt hurt in this thread over a guy who no one ever saw on TV and if you don't follow ROH then you'd have no clue who he is. It's 100% okay to not know who every single wrestler is. I mean, it's also 100% okay to not make generic "who?" posts that add nothing to the thread, too... It's also 100% okay to not be upset when people do. This is the WWE board but there's always a few who get riled up because some of us don't watch every wrestling promotion. If he isn't on WWE tv then it's not hard to comprehend many people are clueless to who he is.
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Post by IRS on Oct 13, 2017 19:39:59 GMT -5
I mean, it's also 100% okay to not make generic "who?" posts that add nothing to the thread, too... It's also 100% okay to not be upset when people do. This is the WWE board but there's always a few who get riled up because some of us don't watch every wrestling promotion. If he isn't on WWE tv then it's not hard to comprehend many people are clueless to who he is. But if you don't know/care who he is, or the topic at hand, why post? It literally adds nothing to the thread.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Oct 13, 2017 19:43:08 GMT -5
It's also 100% okay to not be upset when people do. This is the WWE board but there's always a few who get riled up because some of us don't watch every wrestling promotion. If he isn't on WWE tv then it's not hard to comprehend many people are clueless to who he is. But if you don't know/care who he is, or the topic at hand, why post? It literally adds nothing to the thread. I'll assume you're referring to my initial post. So I'll break it down for ya... OP has a pic of guys who only one worked for WWE. One who was never on tv. I said I couldn't recognize anyone in the pic without a search. Did I add something to the thread? Of course I did. Was what I added something you like or agree with? Obviously not. If all the posts on this forum have to be genuine additions to a thread this board would be even more dead than it already is.
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Post by IRS on Oct 13, 2017 21:00:17 GMT -5
But if you don't know/care who he is, or the topic at hand, why post? It literally adds nothing to the thread. I'll assume you're referring to my initial post. So I'll break it down for ya... OP has a pic of guys who only one worked for WWE. One who was never on tv. I said I couldn't recognize anyone in the pic without a search. Did I add something to the thread? Of course I did. Was what I added something you like or agree with? Obviously not. If all the posts on this forum have to be genuine additions to a thread this board would be even more dead than it already is. Well, the thread is about him getting fired over taking a picture with the Bullet Club. Even if you don't know who any of them are, I think Jacobs being the only one wearing a suit and the one taking the picture would make it kinda obvious. But anyways... I don't care if all of posts are genuine additions. It's when half the thread is filled with "who?" that it's annoying.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Oct 13, 2017 21:01:13 GMT -5
I'll assume you're referring to my initial post. So I'll break it down for ya... OP has a pic of guys who only one worked for WWE. One who was never on tv. I said I couldn't recognize anyone in the pic without a search. Did I add something to the thread? Of course I did. Was what I added something you like or agree with? Obviously not. If all the posts on this forum have to be genuine additions to a thread this board would be even more dead than it already is. Well, the thread is about him getting fired over taking a picture with the Bullet Club. Even if you don't know who any of them are, I think Jacobs being the only one wearing a suit and the one taking the picture would make it kinda obvious. But anyways... I don't care if all of posts are genuine additions. It's when half the thread is filled with "who?" that it's annoying. I gotcha man
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Post by Liv Is Life on Oct 14, 2017 1:02:19 GMT -5
Count me in also to the group that's surprised so many people don't know who Jimmy Jacobs is. That's terribly unfortunate honestly. He pretty much put Tyler Black (Rollins) on the map during the Age of the Fall days in ROH. The stable was one of the hottest things in wrestling during its time..
Anyway, quite hypocritical as no one was ever fired or reprimanded when TNA stars literally delivered cookies to the WWE crew and filmed it/aired it. While it's not entirely the same thing, at least a few of the boys were shown interacting or greeting the rival stars (albeit with blurred faces..)
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Oct 14, 2017 8:16:34 GMT -5
Wasn’t Jimmy Jacobs the guy who wrestled the Ultimate Warrior at wrestle mania 6?
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Post by OTC Waxbender on Oct 14, 2017 16:26:50 GMT -5
I'll assume you're referring to my initial post. So I'll break it down for ya... OP has a pic of guys who only one worked for WWE. One who was never on tv. I said I couldn't recognize anyone in the pic without a search. Did I add something to the thread? Of course I did. Was what I added something you like or agree with? Obviously not. If all the posts on this forum have to be genuine additions to a thread this board would be even more dead than it already is. Well, the thread is about him getting fired over taking a picture with the Bullet Club. Even if you don't know who any of them are, I think Jacobs being the only one wearing a suit and the one taking the picture would make it kinda obvious. But anyways... I don't care if all of posts are genuine additions. It's when half the thread is filled with "who?" that it's annoying. WHO?
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Post by IRS on Oct 14, 2017 16:31:23 GMT -5
Well, the thread is about him getting fired over taking a picture with the Bullet Club. Even if you don't know who any of them are, I think Jacobs being the only one wearing a suit and the one taking the picture would make it kinda obvious. But anyways... I don't care if all of posts are genuine additions. It's when half the thread is filled with "who?" that it's annoying. WHO?
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Oct 14, 2017 16:32:45 GMT -5
If WWE fans only watch WWE TV, then they are gonna have no clue who Jimmy Jacobs is, or know anything about his career in ROH. And that's just fine.
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Post by Sandman on Oct 16, 2017 19:59:14 GMT -5
Sad to say but this is the most relevant Jimmy Jacobs has been for the last couple of years since he retired and signed with WWE to work behind the scenes, no disrespect as I'm a fan of his, the only good thing to come from this is maybe he'll decide to lace his boots up & wrestle again or atleast have some involvement with ROH, maybe even an association with the Bullet Club short term seeing as they're pals & how they had a hand in his release, I mean it would be a good way to spite the pettiness of WWE..
I haven't watched ROH in a long while, is BJ Whitmer even still around?
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Post by @brit_figs on Oct 17, 2017 7:32:46 GMT -5
I'm sure ROH will be all over him, whether it's in ring or backstage or both!
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