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Jimmy Jacobs officially started today as an AEW Coach/Producer at tonight's Washington, DC taping. Jacobs was part of a move to add additional staff to the company as they prep for this Saturday's AEW Collision premiere in Chicago. I would expect Jacobs will also be working on the creative process. Bryan Danielson and Dax Harwood have been involved with creative pitches to Tony Khan of late.
Jacobs' departure had been known for some time within Impact Wrestling and he officially finished up with that promotion at the Against All Odds PPV weekend in Columbus, Ohio. Jacobs gave notice to Impact several weeks ago and completed his duties this past weekend. D'Amore informed the talent and staff several weeks ago via email that Jacobs would be departing.
Former Ring of Honor booker Hunter "Delirious" Johnston was officially hired by Impact as a writer and producer several weeks back, so he has been added to the creative process. D'Amore informed Impact staff and talent several weeks ago that Johnston was coming on board in the same email announcing Jacobs' exit.
Jacobs had been with Impact for over five years and was the head of the creative process, reporting to Scott D'Amore. The belief is that his duties will be split among several members of the Impact creative team, in part to share the responsibility and not burn anyone in that division out. Jacobs' exit from Impact was absolutely amicable and he received high marks internally for working as hard as he did during his exiting process, when the feeling was he didn't have to, since he had his AEW position waiting for him. Jacobs officially completed his AEW deal over the weekend.
Note: I initially used the word "replaced", meaning that Delirious has replaced Jacobs on the team. Some have incorrectly interpreted that to mean Delirious was now heading the Creative team, as Jacobs had been. That is NOT the case, nor did I ever report that was the case.
Former Impact Wrestling star and WWE developmental talent Kevin Matthews is also backstage at tonight's AEW Dynamite in Washington, DC. While Matthews has been at previous tapings working Dark and Dark - Elevation matches, we are told he is now working for the company in a behind the scenes capacity. We have not confirmed the exact position. Matthews regularly promotes WrestlePro in New Jersey and Alaska.
Fightful.com first reported Jacobs' arrival in AEW.
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