The Age of the Fall

Infobox Wrestling team
article_name=The Age of the Fall
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members=Jimmy Jacobs
Tyler Black
nobr|Allison Wonderland
MsChif
Delirious
Rain small|(FIP)
nobr|Mr. Milo Beasley small|(FIP)
Leva Bates small|(FIP)
former_members=Lacey
Necro Butcher
Joey Matthews
Zach Gowen
names=The Age of the Fall
debut=2007
disbanded=
promotions=ROH
FIP
PWG|

The Age of the Fall is a stable, primarily in Ring of Honor and its sister promotion Full Impact Pro, but also in other independent promotions such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

Ring of Honor

2007

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." Jimmy Jacobs was one of the names mentioned who could be behind this along with Adam Pearce and a few other Chicago based ROH wrestlers. At one point, posts related to Project 161 flooded the ROH message board, but ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky claimed these were actually fans doing.

After making a successful return to ROH, Jimmy Jacobs, the returning Necro Butcher and the debuting Tyler Black violently attacked the Briscoe Brothers right after a brutal ladder match with Kevin Steen and El Generico. This meant Jimmy Jacobs was indeed behind Project 161. Jay Briscoe was hung upside from the rigging that was used to hoist the titles from the ladder match. This was a disgusting scene as the blood of Jay Briscoe dripped onto Jimmy Jacobs as 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. However, the footage was also heavily requested by ROH fans, so it was shown on the ROH Videowire for the week of September 15. Also, 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 non-PPV match until both Jimmy Jacobs and Necro Butcher got involved. The Irish Airborne entered the ring to save Jack Evans, which lead to a six-man tag between The Age of the Fall and the make shift three-man team of Jack Evans and the Irish Airborne. The match battled to a no-contest as Necro Butcher punched out the referee during the middle of the match.

The day after their debut, their website revealed that all the blog entries had been written by Black. In an interview with a German website, Jacobs revealed there would be more people involved. 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. At "Unscripted III", Jimmy Jacobs gained arguably the greatest victory of his career, defeating former ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson with his new finisher, the End Time.

At "Final Battle 2007" on December 30, 2007, Jacobs and Tyler Black defeated the Briscoe Brothers to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

2008

At January 25's "Breakout", 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 at "Without Remorse", Jacobs and Black lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to the No Remorse Corps' Davey Richards and Rocky Romero in an Ultimate Endurance match involving Brent Albright and B.J. Whitmer of The Hangmen 3, and Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson.

On February 22 at "Eye of the Storm", 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 Sytch had made a counter offer to Aries of her services (including offering money and sex) against him joining the group. On March 29, 2008 at "Supercard Of Honor III", 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 FIP, due to the fact the show was in Florida.

At ROH's "Take No Prisioners" Pay Per View, Black pinned Delirious to win a Four Corner Survival match which also involved Go Shiozaki and Claudio Castagnoli. This earned Black a ROH World Championship match in the show's main event. During the broadcast Jacobs 'interupted' the broadcast, repeatedly seen speaking alongside Gowen and Wonderland to 'followers' of AOTF. In a Philadelphia Street Fight The Briscoe Brothers (with Daizee Haze) were victorious over Butcher and Matthews (with Lacey). Black was defeated by champion Nigel McGuiness in the championship match. Many called Black's effort a breakout star performance, which had the crowd fully supporting the usually hated AOTF member.

At "Return Engagement" 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 jumped by Black, Matthews and Gowen. Jacobs went to attack Aries with his spike, but he stopped when Lacey begged him not to. The AOTF would later ambush Lacey outside of an exercise business in a video posted on their website, where Jacobs produced his spike from his cane before the video cut off. After the video was posted, Lacey was not seen in ROH, SHIMMER or anywhere in wrestling. On the June 5, 2008 edition of the ROH Video Wire, Austin Aries stated in a sit down interview with Dave Prazak that Lacey would not be returning to Ring of Honor as a result of the Age Of The Fall's ambush. In August of 2008 the Wrestling Observer confired Lacey had quit wrestling to return to school, so the 'ambush' served both to further the feud between Jacobs and Aries, and to write Lacey out of the storyline completely.

On June 6, Black and Jacobs recaptured the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a one-night tournament in Hartford, Connecticut at "Up for Grabs". They defeated Delirious & Pelle Primeau, Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson via DQ, and Kevin Steen and El Generico en route to beginning their second reign. The following night in Philadelphia at "Respect Is Earned II", they defeated Aries and Danielson to retain the titles when Black pinned Danielson with the corkscrew 450° splash.

On June 27 in Dayton, Ohio at "Battle For Supremacy", Black and Matthews were defeated by Kevin Steen and El Generico when Steen pinned Matthews following the Package Piledriver. Necro Butcher defeated Austin Aries in a "Relaxed Rules" match. After sending Butcher through a table Aries told him to stop doing Jacobs's dirty work for him. Aries then refused to fight back, and after taking a beating was put away with a chair shot to the head. The next night at "Vendetta II" in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, Aries pinned Jacobs in a "Relaxed Rules" match. During this match, MsChif interfered by blinding Aries with her green mist and was officially made a member of the stable in the group's next blog entry. Stipulations for this match said the winner would pick the loser's match for the next Chicago Ridge event, and Aries picked a No Disqualification match between Jacobs and Necro Butcher. Also during this event Butcher and Black defeated Steen and Generico when Butcher pinned Steen with a roll up after a chair shot to the face from Black.

On July 25, 2008 in Toronto Black and Jacobs were defeated by Austin Aries and Jay Bricoe in a Non-Title NO DQ Match. The bout featured involvement from Mark Briscoe and Necro Butcher; Jacobs ordered Butcher to stab Aries in the eye with a spike but Necro threw it down instead and walked off. Briscoe eventually pinned Black following a springboard Doomsday Device. The next night, July 26, 2008 in Detroit MI, Bryan Danielson defeated Black via referee stoppage after repeated elbow strikes to the head. Jacobs would brawl with Aries at various moments during the entire show which culminated in a fist fight on top of a 20 foot ladder. Necro Butcher walked out and tipped it over sending them both crashing through a table below.

On August 1, 2008 in Manassas, VA Black and Jacobs retained the ROH World Tag Team Championships defeating Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marafuji while Roderick Strong pinned Necro Butcher in a Relaxed Rules Match. The next night, August 2, 2008 in New York City, Austin Aries defeated Jacobs and Butcher in a Three Way Dance when he pinned Jacobs with a brainbuster / 450° splash combination. Despite entering together, Jacobs and Butcher would argue during the match; Aries hit Butcher in the back with a chair and threw it to Jacobs. Butcher turned around and assumed it had been Jacobs who had struck him and delivered a punch to the face and a chair shot of his own before leaving the ring and heading to the back. In the show's main event, Black would be pinned by ROH World Champion Nigel McGuiness following two straight lariats in a Four Man Elimination Match that also included Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli.

On August 15, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio, Delirious joined the stable, having changed from his usual 'crazy' antics since being turned down by Daizee Haze (and thus heart broken). Jacobs and Wonderland came out during his match with Rhett Titus, encouraging him to beat down Titus even more. After the match Daizee Haze came out tried to convince Delirious not to join, but failed as he left with his new stablemates. Later in the night Delirious and Jacobs were defeated by the Briscoes in a tag team match, while Aries defeated Black in a 1-on-1 match. The next night, August 16, 2008 in Chicago Ridge, Delirious attacked his scheduled partner Pelle Primeau, and attack which ROH's website has described as 'career ending'. Daizee Haze attempted again to convince Delirious to stop, but was attacked by MsChif who used the Desecrater to lay her out. In the main event, Jacobs defeated Necro Butcher in a no disqualification match after Aries ran in to help Butcher, who was being double teamed by Black and Jacobs. Jacobs was preparing to do a move off of the top rope to Necro Butcher, who was being held down on a table by Black, when Aries ran in and tried to stop Jacobs but got powerbombed off the top rope through the table with Butcher lying on it for the 3 count.

On September 13, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan Black and Jacobs successfully defended the ROH World Tag Team Championships, defeating Jay and Mark Briscoe when Jacobs forced Mark Briscoe to submit to the End Time. The next night, September 14, 2008 also in Tokyo, Japan the two would lose their respective singles matches. Austin Aries defeated Black via submission with the Last Chancery, post match Jacobs joined Black in attacking Aries before promising to cause chaos in Japan and to win the ROH World title. Black and Jacobs would also attack the Briscoes Brothers after their match, Jacobs again cutting a promo making promises. Jacobs however would lose to Nigel McGuiness in the main event where McGuiness' ROH World Championship was on the line.

On September 19, 2008 in Boston, Ma as part of ROH Pay Per View taping Austin Aries defeated Delirious via Submission with the Last Chancery after Delirious was distracted by Jacobs demanding Delirious continue to assault Aries. Post match Jacobs put Aries through a table with a back Senton splash off the top rope. In the main event, Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated Jacobs and Black to capture the ROH World Tag Team Championships. The next night, September 20, 2008 at Glory by Honor VII in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Austin Aries & The Briscoes defeated Necro Butcher (who was fighting alone with no partners), and the team of Black, Jacobs and Delirious, in a Steel Cage Warfare match. The Briscoes were the last team remaining after the match was left down to them against Black and Jacobs. During the contest, Delirious attacked Daizee Haze (who on a ROH Video Wire had stated she wanted to get her friend Delirious back) with a spike when she tried to convince him to stop and leave the group.

Full Impact Pro

On February 16, 2008, at "Redefined" the stable crossed over to ROH's sister promotion FIP when Black recruited Lacey and her long time tag team partner Rain (both of whom in FIP were members of the group YRR [Young, Rich, and Ready for Action] ) to the stable. On May 30 at "In Full Force", Mr. Milo Beasley and Leva Bates joined the stable.

AOTF, particularly Tyler Black, has been feuding with the The YRR stable over their use of numbers tactics to gain an advantage. Black and Jacobs were unsuccessful at winning the FIP Tag Team Championship in tag-team and 2 out of 3 falls tag team matches due to outside interference from YRR members.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

On July 6, 2008 at "Life During Wartime" in Reseda, California, Jacobs and Black defeated the team of El Generico (substituting for Jack Evans) and Roderick Strong to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship.

On August 31, 2008 The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) defeated Black and Jacobs to capture the titles.

In wrestling

*Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black:*Doomsday Rana:*Powerbomb / "Contra Code" combination:*Backbreaker rack by Black followed by a senton by Jacobs

*Entrance music
**Initially, the theme music used was a repeating loop of Laurie Strode's screams from the ending of the Rob Zombie remake of Halloween. This 'music' is now used as the intro for the current theme, which is "The Haunted" by Walls of Jericho.

Championships and accomplishments

*National Wrestling Alliance
**NWA World Women's Championship (1 time, current) – MsChif

*"'Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
**PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Jacobs and Black

*Ring of Honor
**ROH World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Black and Jacobs

*SHIMMER Women Athletes
**SHIMMER Championship (1 time, current) – MsChif

References

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/a/age-of-the-fall.html Age of the Fall at OWW.com]
* [http://www.genickbruch.com/dandy/exklusiv.php?&interview=261 Tyler Black speaks about Project 161/Age of the Fall (German)]
* [http://www.genickbruch.com/dandy/exklusiv.php?&interview=261 Jimmy Jacobs speaks about Project 161/Age of the Fall (German)]

External links

* [http://www.ageofthefall.com Age of the Fall.com]