The Age of the Fall

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The Age of the Fall
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Members	Jimmy Jacobs Tyler Black Necro Butcher Allison Wonderland Joey Matthews Rain Zach Gowen Mr. Milo Beasley (FIP) Leva Bates (FIP)
Name(s)	The Age of the Fall
Former member(s)	Lacey
Debut	2007
Promotions	ROH FIP

The Age of the Fall is a stable in Ring of Honor and its sister promotion Full Impact Pro.

1 Ring of Honor
2 Full Impact Pro
3 In wrestling
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Ring of Honor

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 has 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 dark 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, Jacobs and Tyler Black defeated the Briscoe Brothers to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

On January 25, 2008, Jacobs teamed 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, 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, 2008, 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 30, 2008, Aries left the ring with Lacey, who was going to 'convince' him, and it was implyed 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.

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 a exercise business. Laceys current location is unknown. 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.

On June 6 2008 Black and Jacobs recaptured the ROH World Tag Team Championships in a one night tournament in Hartford, Connecticut. 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 they defeated Aries and Danielson to retain the titles.

[edit] 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) to the stable. On May 30 at In Full Force 2008 Mr. Milo Beasley and Leva Bates joined the stable.