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Jamie Noble (born James Gibson or James Howard on December 23, 1976) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. He is also known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and World Championship Wrestling in its cruiserweight division.

He started wrestling in 1995 after being trained by Dean Malenko, briefly working for the Jacksonville, Florida based Renegade Championship Wrestling. He was also trained by local talents in WV, known as Joey Morton and "Adorable" Danny Ray. His first national exposure was in World Championship Wrestling. He wore a mask to hide the fact that he was Caucasian and was called Jamie-San; as part of Leia Meow's Jung Dragons with Jimmy Yang and Kaz Hayashi. They feuded with "3 Count" (Shane Helms, Shannon Moore and Evan Karagias). He eventually unmasked and became Jamie Knoble to form a tag team with Karagias.

He joined World Wrestling Entertainment as a heel under the name Jamie Noble on the June 6, 2002 episode of SmackDown! by attacking the Hurricane and was joined by Nidia in a trailer park trash gimmick. He won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and feuded with Tajiri and Billy Kidman. Noble and Nidia both turned face by befriending Torrie Wilson and Billy Gunn. He also started feud with Rey Mysterio for the Cruiserweight Championship. Noble made his second heel run by secretly turning on Nidia. She finally left him after she was "blinded" by Tajiri's mist and Noble did things he thought she couldn't see and lied to her about them. He was released on September 15, 2004 when his steroid usage came to light following a staph infection.

After his no-compete clause expired, he began wrestling promotions all over the world including New Japan Pro Wrestling, Heartland Wrestling Association, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor and Italian Championship Wrestling, as James Gibson. On June 28, 2005, it was confirmed that he would be returning to World Wrestling Entertainment after a one year absence, after fulfilling his independent circuit commitments^[1].

Before returning to WWE, he became the ROH World Champion when he wrestled as James Gibson in an elimination four-way match against CM Punk (champion), Samoa Joe, and Christopher Daniels on August 12, 2005. He lost the title to Bryan Danielson on September 17, 2005.

Jamie Noble made his return to WWE on the December 17, 2005 edition of Velocity and would later frequently team with fellow cruiserweight Kid Kash; during May 2006, Noble and Kid Kash debuted a gimmick, where they would wear dog collars as well as bark and bite. The pair were soon named The Pit Bulls and would enter the hunt for the WWE Tag Team Championship. However, the team came to an end after Kid Kash's release from the company on September 27, 2006.

Afterwards, Noble would return to continue competing in the cruiserweight division.

• Finishing and signature moves

• Nobilizer/Gibson Driver (Double Underhook Powerbomb)
• Dragon Sleeper (Dragon sleeper with body scissors or an inverted facelock camel clutch)
• Trailer Hitch (Modified reverse figure four leglock)
• Slingblade (Double underhook swinging neckbreaker) - 2004
• Paydirt (Guillotine choke) – 2004-2005
• Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster
• Kneeling belly to belly piledriver – in WCW
• Guillotine leg drop – in WCW
• Scoop powerslam
• Swinging neckbreaker

• Managers

• Leia Meow
• Nidia

• Heartland Wrestling Association

• HWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• Independent Professional Wrestling (Florida)

• IPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Ring of Honor

• ROH World Championship (1 time)

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• Other championships

• WPW Television Championship (1 time)
• CCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• WWE Profile
• Redneck Resource (Fansite)
• Jamie Noble at the Internet Movie Database