The WWE release of Jimmy Jacobs was one of the most bizarre stories in a long time. Jacobs was a part of WWE’s creative team for the past two years after wrestling mainly for Ring of Honor prior to that. News of the release happened last week and the cause of it was that Jacobs posted a photo on Instagram and Twitter with Ring of Honor’s Bullet Club members outside of a WWE Raw show in Ontario, California. In case you missed it, you can see the photo below.
It was a surprising move that left a lot of fans angry because it seems like such a minor thing and not something that a guy should be fired over. Since then, Jacobs has been selling his “Unprofessional” shirts on Twitter and was at a Ring of Honor show on the weekend. Chris Jericho, who worked closely with Jacobs and praised him for coming up with “The List” among other things, chimed in saying he can understand why WWE felt like Jacobs screwed up.
In a new interview with Live Audio Wrestling, Jacobs spoke about his WWE release for the first time. The LAW posted a short clip of the interview that will air in full on their radio show on Sunday. We got the preview clip below and transcribed the quotes for you.
Jacobs was asked if he felt that posting the photo was a mistake.
“It’s not something I’m gonna get into, but I’ll just say no mistake was made.”
When Jacobs was asked if he was comfortable with what happened he said: “I am A-ok with the way everything went down.”
Jacobs was also asked about the photo that he posted on Twitter and if that was why he was fired by WWE:
“It was given to me as THE reason. I read reports saying there were things leading up to it or if this was the straw that broke the camel’s back. If it was, I am not aware of any of that. It’s certainly possible … who knows? But it was because of the picture … for sure.” (laughs)
You can listen to the preview clip of Jacobs on Live Audio Wrestling in the video below.
