| Jimmy Jacobs |
| Jimmy Jacobs
Height: 5'7" Weight: 169 and 1/4 lbs. Real name: Chris Scoville Hometown: Kalamazoo, Michigan (born in Grand Rapids, Michigan) Pro debut: May 1,1999 Finishing move: Contra Code (Sitout springboard backflip three-quarter facelock diving reverse DDT), Senton Favorite quote: "Huss! Huss! Huss!" Other aliases: Barbaric Berzerker, Bulging Bohemoth, Jumpin Jimmy, The Big Bully, The Big Unit, The Freight Train, The Red Bull Kid, The Jumping Jack Mon Of War, Pogo Goof, Mr Undercard Career highlights: GCW (Great Canadian Wrestling) Ontario Independent Champion, BCW (Border City Wrestling) Tag Team Champion (w/Phil Atlas), NWA Indiana State Champion, ROH Tag Team Champion (w/BJ Whitmer), IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion, IWA Mid South Light Heavyweight Champion, GLAPW Cruiserweight Champion, PCW Cruiserweight Champion, IWR Tag Team Champion (w/Amazing N8), XICW Cruiserweight Champion (3), PWF Tag Team Champion (w/Blitzkrieg Kid), IWF Cruiserweight Champion, CWM Tag Team Champion (w/Jimmy Shalwin), TZW Cruiserweight Champion, LsWO Tag Team Champion (2), GLW Cruiserweight Champion, King of Indies IWR Champion, XICW Tag Team Champion (w/Gavin Starr) Trained by: Joe "El Tejano" Ortega & Frankie the Face Chris Scoville 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 which his brother was working for. Scoville spent nine months performing various tasks, including providing color commentary and acting as the company webmaster. After PWW folded, Scoville began working for the Lakeshore Wrestling Organization (LsWO), and was made a referee on March 6, 1999, substituting for a referee who was on vacation. He began training as a wrestler under the 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 (a name he would use in conjunction with various nicknames for most, perhaps all, of his career), losing to Michael Stryker. Scoville 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, Scoville attended college for three years before deciding to focus on his wrestling career as a full-time job in May 2005. He created multiple characters; perhaps the most infamous of these was The Barbaric Berzerker (which functioned as a nickname attributed to Jimmy Jacobs), a tribute to The Berzerker (a wrestler who was famous for dressing and acting like a Viking warrior) and Bruiser Brody (an influential brawler). As The Barbaric Berzerker, Jacobs would wear large, furry boots, stomp on his opponents' hands, and constantly shout "Huss!". One of his earliest characters was Jumpin' Jimmy Jacobs, a gimmick which saw hop to the ring on a pogo stick while wearing a top-hat. Throughout 2003 and 2004, Jacobs worked for Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was managed by his girlfriend, Becky Bayless. Throughout 2004 and 2005, Jacobs worked for IWA Mid South, On April 1, 2005, Jacobs defeated Danny Daniels to win the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship. However on a November 26, 2005 AAW show, Jacobs threw the IWA Mid-South Championship in a garbage can, claiming that he was not being paid by IWA Mid-South, and that shows he had been scheduled to wrestle on had been cancelled. On January 21, 2006 he lost the IWA-MS World title to Arik Cannon and left the promotion. Jacobs joined Ring of Honor in 2004, and after Dan Maff left the company following a backstage altercation with 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 faced Eddie Guerrero on the May 12, 2005 episode of WWE SmackDown!. Though Guerrero dominated the match, he lost by disqualification after he gave Jacobs a brainbuster onto a steel chair which he brought into the ring. In the course of the match, Guerrero forced Jacobs to wear one of Rey Mysterio's masks (Guerrero had been feuding with Mysterio for several months beforehand). 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 Do It For Her (D.I.F.H.). |
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