Jake Something | |
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Birth name | Jacob Doyle [1] |
Born | [2] Midland, Michigan, U.S. | July 25, 1989
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Cousin Jake [3] Jacob Hollows Jake Deaner [4] Jake Holmes [5] Jake Something [6] |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [6] |
Billed weight | 262 lb (119 kg) [6] |
Billed from | The Deaner Compound [6] |
Trained by | ROH Dojo |
Debut | January 2, 2010 |
Jacob Doyle [1] (born July 25, 1989) [7] [2] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Jake Something. [6] He also makes appearances on the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and independent circuit.
Doyle was trained by ROH Dojo. [2] He made his professional wrestling debut at an Insanity Pro Wrestling (IPW) event on January 2, 2010, losing to Chris Hall. [8] In the ensuing years Doyle worked for national companies such as Ring of Honor (ROH) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and independent promotions such as AAW Wrestling (AAW), and Border City Wrestling (BCW). [9]
He first appeared on the March 23, 2017 episode of Impact! under the ring name Jake Holmes, where he lost to Bobby Lashley. [5] He had two more matches for Impact Wrestling as an enhancement talent the following month. [10] [11]
On March 9, 2018, at the Last Chancery event that featured Impact Wrestling and Border City Wrestling wrestlers, Doyle, now known as Jake Deaner, formed a tag team with Cody Deaner called "The Deaners", losing to Desi Hit Squad (Gursinder Singh and Rohit Raju). [12] [13] In April 2019, he officially signed a contract with Impact Wrestling. [14] Later that month, vignettes began airing of The Deaners on their farm called The Deaner Compound. [15] [16] [17] The Deaners made their Impact! debut on the April 26 episode, defeating Idris Abraham and Joe Coleman. [18] The following month, his ring name was changed to Cousin Jake. [19] At Bound for Glory, Jake took part in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, where the winner could choose any championship match of their choice, which was won by Eddie Edwards. [20] On the May 26, 2020 episode of Impact!, The Deaners failed to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship from The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) at The Deaner Compound. [21] [22] On the Countdown to Bound for Glory, The Deaners defeated The Rascalz (Dez and Wentz). [23]
At Turning Point, Jake and Cody were attacked by Eric Young and Joe Doering. [24] [25] During the following weeks, The Deaners feuded with Young and Doering and this resulted in a match between Cody and Young on the December 8 episode of Impact!, which Young won. [26] At Final Resolution, Cody attacked Jake during a match between Rhino and Young, thus ending The Deaners tag team. [27] [28]
Jake then began a feud with Violent By Design, a stable that Cody, now known as Deaner, joined. [29] At Hard To Kill on January 16, 2021, Jake teamed with Rhino and Tommy Dreamer in a loss to Violent By Design in an Old School Rules match. [30] Cousin Jake would change his ring name to Jake Something and defeated Deaner in a singles match at No Surrender [31] [32] and in a tables match on the February 23 episode of Impact!. [33]
On the August 5 episode of Impact!, Something defeated Trey Miguel, Daivari, and Rohit Raju in a four-way match to become the number one contender to the Impact X Division Championship. [34] [35] At Emergence, Something received his championship match against Josh Alexander, where he was unsuccessful in capturing the title. [36] On September 18 at Victory Road, Something competed in a five-way scramble match to determine the number one contender to the X Division Championship, which was won by Laredo Kid. [37] On November 17, he participated in a number one contenders match to the Impact Digital Media Championship, which was won by Chelsea Green. [38]
On January 8, 2022, Something defeated Madman Fulton on the Countdown to Hard To Kill pre-show. [39] On the February 3 episode of Impact!, he teamed with Fulton, Ace Austin, and Mike Bailey for an eight-man tag team match against Bullet Club (Jay White, Chris Bey, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa) in a losing effort. [40] At No Surrender, Something defeated Austin, Bey, and Bailey in a four-way match to become the number one contender for the X Division Championship. [41] On March 5 at Sacrifice, Something fought against Trey Miguel for the title in a losing effort. [42] Two days later, Something announced on his Twitter account that he is no longer with Impact Wrestling. [43]
Following his departure from Impact Wrestling, Jake Something would make appearances for All Elite Wrestling. Something made his AEW debut on the May 5 episode of AEW Dark, losing to Jay Lethal. Something would later make two other appearances, losing to Matt Sydal on the June 28 episode of Dark and Danhausen on the July 7 episode of Dark.
Jake Something made his NJPW debut on June 18 episode of NJPW Strong, losing to Brody King. Something would make three more appearances with the company, losing to the likes of Eddie Kingston, Juice Robinson, and Shingo Takagi.
Something made his return to Impact at Slammiversary, losing to Kushida in the Ultimate X match to determine the number one contender for the X-Division Championship. On August 27 at Emergence, Something would face the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Sanada, in a losing effort. At Bound for Glory, Something competed in a Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, which would be won by Jordynne Grace. [44]
On January 13, 2024, at Hard to Kill, Something would team with PCO and Rhino to defeat the team of Dirty Dango, Oleg Prudius, and Alpha Bravo. [45] On the January 18 episode of TNA Impact! , Something would win the first match on the newly rebranded show, which was a six-man X Division scramble. On the March 21 episode of Impact!, Something would win the 'Rebellion Referendum' six-pack challenge to challenge Mustafa Ali for the X Division Championship at Rebellion. At the event, Something would face Ali in a losing effort. [46] On the May 16 episode of Impact!, Something attacked Deaner and turned heel. [47]
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