Jamie Noble

James Gibson (born December 23, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Jamie Noble.

He is currently signed to WWE as a producer.

Gibson was trained to wrestle by Dean Malenko and Bill Weaver.He debuted on the independent circuit in 1995.

In addition to his appearances with WWE, Noble is known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1999 to 2001 as Jamie Howard, Jamie-San and Jamie Knoble and with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor in 2004 and 2005 under his birth name.

He is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and ROH World Champion.

In 1999, Gibson joined World Championship Wrestling.

After training at the WCW Power Plant, he made his first appearance with the promotion on July 11, 1999, under the ring name "Jamie Howard", teaming with Jet Jaguar in a loss to CG Afi and Jeremy Lopez in a dark match at Bash at the Beach.

He made his televised debut on the September 28, 1999, episode of WCW Saturday Night, defeating Alan Funk.

He went on to perform in the promotion's cruiserweight division.

In February 2000, Gibson was renamed "Jamie-San" and reintroduced to WCW television as a member of the East Asian stable Jung Dragons, with Gibson wearing a mask to conceal the fact that he was Caucasian.

The stable was made up of Gibson, Jimmy Yang, Kaz Hayashi and their valet, Leia Meow.

Throughout mid-2000, The Jung Dragons feuded with rival stable 3 Count.

Gibson made his pay-per-view debut at New Blood Rising on August 13, 2000, with The Jung Dragons losing to 3 Count in a double ladder match.

In November 2000, Gibson left The Jung Dragons and formed a tag team with former 3 Count member Evan Karagias.

Gibson removed his mask and adopted the ring name "Jamie Knoble", with he and Karagias performing as "Noble and Courageous".

Noble and Courageous feuded with the remaining members of The Jung Dragons and 3 Count.

Gibson continued to wrestle for WCW until the promotion was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001.

Upon the acquisition of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation (later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment) in March 2001, Gibson was one of the WCW wrestlers to be signed by the WWF.

He was assigned to the WWF developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association for seasoning, where he won the HWA Cruiserweight Championship under the Jamie Knoble name.

Knoble debuted on the main WWE roster on the June 6, 2002, episode of SmackDown! by attacking The Hurricane and was joined by Nidia in a trailer park trash gimmick.

The spelling of his ring name was tweaked to "Jamie Noble" a few weeks afterwards.

He won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Hurricane at King of the Ring and feuded with Tajiri and Billy Kidman.

Noble held the title for 147 days until he lost the title to Billy Kidman at Survivor Series on November 17, 2002.

Noble then got an inheritance, making both Nidia and Noble rich.

Noble and Nidia both turned face by befriending Torrie Wilson and Billy Gunn.

Nidia finally left him after she was "blinded" by then-heel Tajiri's black mist. He became a heel again by doing things he thought Nidia could not see (mainly using her as a human shield) and lied to her about them.

During that time he also feuded with Rey Mysterio for the Cruiserweight Championship.

The two would face off for the Championship and Noble lost.

A Boyfriend vs. Girlfriend Blindfold Match was then scheduled for Noble and Nidia at No Way Out.

Noble came out on top after cheating to see where Nidia was.

At WrestleMania XX, Noble competed in the Cruiserweight Open for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship which was won by Chavo Guerrero.

On the Sunday Night Heat before The Great American Bash, Noble lost to Spike Dudley.

He left WWE on September 15, 2004, when his steroid usage came to light following a staph infection.

Gibson was then released from his contract at his request to take some time off.

Upon leaving WWE, Gibson began performing under his birth name.

In September 2004, he began wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he formed a tag team with American Dragon.

He made his final appearance with NJPW in February 2005.

In February 2005, Gibson began wrestling for Ring of Honor.

While in ROH he wrestled in Hawaii on June 25 and 26, 2005, on the debut shows of new promotion Action Zone Wrestling (AZW) wrestling AJ Styles both nights.

He lost the first night in Waianae and won on the second night in Honolulu.