Post match Jacobs called out Aries and the two brawled, before Aries was jumped by Black, Matthews and Gowen. Although the video feed was cut as soon as Krow produced his signature spike, in full view of Lynn, it's easily assumable that Lynn was attacked in a way so brutal that Devin Copeland has since kept an extremely low profile, not even appearing for so much as an autograph signing. On the same night MsChif pinned Sara Del Rey with the Desecrator to retain her SHIMMER Championship and Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Jacobs in an "I Quit" match with a crossface while striking him in the face with his own spike to win their feud. Shortly thereafter, Krow lost two consecutive matches on Inner Circle -- the first being a Triple Threat Tables match against Dominick Starr and long-time foe Zane Strident, where Strident put Krow through a table to get the win; the second being a standard Triple Threat match against Matt Statham and Aiden Payne, where Payne defeated Krow by pinfall. Tyler Black attempted to give assistance but Jacobs sent him back to the locker room. During the match he was driven through a table by a legdrop off a balcony after saving AOTF from suffering the move.

Many fans noted that an upcoming pay-per-view taping (Man Up) would be the 161st ROH show, and it was no coincidence that the stable stated they would appear at the show. Later that night, Austin Aries told Tyler Black that he didn't know why he still hung around with Jacobs, and that he could be a star and popular with the fans if Jacobs wasn't stopping him. Despite this injury, however, Jason Krow defeated Heather Phoenix via submission to win the WWH Demolition Heavyweight Championship, making himself a seven-time world champion in the process. [1], At January 25ths Breakout, Jacobs teamed with the returning Joey Matthews, the newest member of The Age of the Fall, in a losing effort against Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero of the No Remorse Corps. However, on June 26, 2009 in Detroit at "Violent Tendencies", after Tyler Black had defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a steel cage match, over a dozen men dressed in black clothing and black masks climbed into the cage and attacked Black. During the same event, fellow AOTF member Ashley Renee interrupted a speech by the returning Kimikura Setzu, stating her disdain at the fact that her opponent in her Bombshells Championship match, Mickie James, had (legitimately) pulled out at the last minute, and that WWH management had decided to simply nix Renee's WrestleMania match entirely, instead of simply finding her a new opponent. Also, a "blood edit" of their debut is featured on the DVD of the event, Man Up. As the blood of The Punisher dripped down onto his body, Jason Krow revealed that he was, indeed, behind Project 161, declared the beginning of the Age of the Fall in World Wrestling Headquarters. Age Of The Fall, Florence, South Carolina. Also Bryan Danielson defeated Black and Kenny Omega in a Three Way Dance when he forced Omega to submit to the Cattle Mutilation. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. At WWH's Welcome to the Jungle event, Ashley Renee lost the WWH Bomshells Championship to Kayley Marie. The team of Lee and Delirious then defeated Cheech and Cloudy. Later on Jerry Lynn pinned Delirious with the Cradle Piledriver, and Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson defeated Jacobs and Black when Aries forced Jacobs to submit the Last Chancery. Lead by the always-controversial Jason Krow, the Age of the Fall was formed in early 2009, and was composed of wrestlers, male and female alike, who, in Krow's words, "had a vision for something bigger, for something more, from this world". The next night, August 16 in Chicago Ridge at "Night Of The Butcher II" , Delirious attacked his scheduled partner Pelle Primeau, an attack which ROH's website described as 'career ending'. Many people, both within and outside of WWH, scratched their heads at who could be behind what was dubbed as "Project 161", and what their real purpose was.