10 year anniversary of The Ballad of Lacey

[Johnny Flamingo]

10 years ago the greatest song in the history of wrestling was released. Figured I would post it for all its awesomeness.

Really makes me feel old seeing that this was a decade ago.

[Spider2024]

[pegasuswarrior]

[Mayonnaise]

It also means Lacey is responsible for Wrestlemania 32.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}- The emptiness that Jimmy felt after all this lead to Age of the Fall.
- Age of the Fall brought us Tyler Black and launched him into superstardom.
- Triple H loved Tyler's work and brought him to WWE as Seth Rollins
- Hunter then put Seth with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose as Shield
- Seth was then built as their top heel and soon to be face.
- Jimmy Jacobs signs on to WWE Creative.
- Jimmy and Hunter plan for Seth v. Hunter at WM32
- Seth gets injured and Hunter is now free.
- Hunter and Jimmy then under the direction of Vince McMahon change things to Hunter vs. Roman

Therefore, Lacey ruined WM32.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Has it been that long?

After this and the age of the fall, I thought that Jimmy was championship material...but I think the angle was ruined when Lacey disappeared soon after...

[Display Name]

10 years already?Jesus Christ, in my 30's, time is just flying by now.

[toodarkmark]

It can't be 10 years. I remember sharing the video on Myspace. It just cant be.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

As if this is a decade ago. Time is just flying. This is still amazing though, the character development of Jimmy Jacobs over the years in ROH is one of the best pieces of long-term storytelling I've ever seen.

[sonofsharknado]

I've often wondered if Lacey and Jimmy could have gone in a different direction after they hooked up. Instead of turning into Tiny Raven (a gimmick Jimmy has basically stuck with to this day like an indie RVD), what if instead Jimmy and Lacey became a sickeningly sweet saccharine couple that got on the crowd's nerves by going on about how happy they were and how they felt bad that none of the audience would be as happy as them, and then Jimmy could win big matches with Lacey's help to cheat and they'd be so confused by the crowd because HOW COULD YOU BOO TRUE LOVE?!

[Andrew is Good]

Jimmy Jacobs was and is one of my all time favourite wrestlers due to that whole angle with Lacey. I guess at the time I felt I was in a similar situation as Jimmy Jacobs, and having this pro wrestler who did stuff like this spoke to me. Granted, he was a heel, and he was f***ed up, but hey, it was somewhat relatable, haha.

Sadly the song does date itself with the "Put me in your top 8 when you myspace me" line, but it's still a classic.

[chazraps]

Last year for OC Weekly I did a feature on it - www.ocweekly.com/music/how-emo-wrestler-jimmy-jacobs-music-video-personifies-2006-6568825

[Bear Skin Rug]

Brilliant angle, mostly because of how cringeworthy it could have been.

[The Kevstaaa]

My goodness, I was completely in love with Lacey from 2006 until she left wrestling in 2008. Hell, I still follow her on Twitter and love the random appearances she makes. Not only was she beautiful, but she damn good in the ring. I also love this video that came out when she disappeared during the AOTF angle.