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Impact Wrestling's Jimmy Jacobs is back enjoying his life again after his two-year stint with WWE came to an end last year.

The former Ring of Honor tag team champion was famously sacked from his backstage position in the company after taking a photo with independent wrestling stable The Bullet Club during an unscripted 'invasion', and has since taken his life on a new direction.

He returned to in-ring performance late last year, making his Impact Wrestling debut at Bound For Glory, and has been working closely with the powerhouse Kongo Kong since joining the company.

"I feel great," he told Irish Daily Mirror in an exclusive chat. "These past eight months of my career have been by far the most fun I've ever had.

"Going to WWE and working there in the capacity that I did was a blessing. It was great to be there, but that being said it's great to not be working there any more.

"I spent so long on the independent wrestling scene, but sometimes it's like the cliche goes 'you don't know what you have until it's gone'.

"I'm very excited to be working in Impact Wrestling and using some of the things I picked up in my last job to help out here."

(Image: PamElla Lee Photography)

He decided against re-signing with former employers Ring of Honor when he returned to the independent scene, opting instead to work with Impact Vice President Scott D'Amore.

"Scott got in touch with me and said we should have a conversation about me coming here or if they even wanted me here.

"So I agreed to come to Ottawa for Bound for Glory and they said I could be as much or a little a part of it as I wanted it to be and it was a good fit. It felt good

"I went back to Ring of Honor with that, who had an offer on the table for me to do something, and the feeling was if I was going to be working with Impact then I wouldn't be working with Ring of Honor

"I can't express it enough: I'm very happy with the decision."

Jacobs and is sure to have a big hand to play in next month's Slammiversary pay-per-view, which just like Impact Wrestling's weekly show, will be available on the Global Wrestling Network.

Irish fans can catch Jimmy Jacobs along with a host of other top stars every week on Impact Wrestling on the Global Wrestling Network from 1 AM Friday morning.

There is a 30-day free trial for new customers available at globalwrestlingnetwork.com.

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