"Big shake-up," "What Why?"- Fans react as 40-year-old former champion reportedly leaves AEW

Former champion Jimmy Jacobs has reportedly left AEW. The five-time ROH World Tag Team Champion worked closely with Tony Khan in the Jacksonville-based promotion.

A few hours ago, Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported that the 40-year-old star had parted ways with All Elite Wrestling on good terms. It was also said that Tony Khan wanted to "freshen up" the creative team, hence this sudden change.

Some fans were shocked to hear about his departure from the company while others were glad that he left. Here are some top comments from the wrestling universe.

A fan said, "Big shake-up in AEW management!"

"It's over for AEW," another fan wrote.

These fans believe Jimmy didn't add value to Khan's creative team.

This person commented, "One less clown there, hopefully this means we’re getting closer to better creativity on the show."

"The guy responsible for bad television for last 2 years or so . ..Thank god he is gone. Let " the booker of the year " @TonyKhan book all the shows now . I am seated," read a tweet.

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Jimmy Jacobs on how he won former AEW star CM Punk over

Jimmy Jacobs used to work for Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South promotion in the 2000s. CM Punk also wrestled for the same promotion around the time. In an interview with Developmentally Speaking, he revealed that The Best in the World didn't like him at first but the two slowly started to become friends.

He said, "I'd known CM Punk since I was like 16. He didn't particularly like me, but once Shelley and I started working for Ian, Punk took a liking to us. He saw we were two guys that were hustling. He said, 'Hey, give me a tape, I'll give it to Gabe [former Ring of Honor booker Gabe Sapolsky] and see if I can get you guys on Ring of Honor.'"

The 5'7 star became popular after working in ROH for over a decade. He also worked with WWE for a couple of years.