Jason Krow

Jason Robert Krow (born November 14th, 1983), better known by his ring-name "The Hardcore Enigma," Jason Krow', is an American professional wrestler and trainer currently signed to World Wrestling Headquarters on its Thursday Night Showdown brand, where he is one-half of the reigning WWH World Tag Team Champions with Ashley Renee. The nickname "Hardcore Enigma" comes mainly due to his hardcore wrestling preferences, as well as his unpredictability in the ring. Manipulative, calculating, and cold by nature, Krow has always been noted to be "six steps ahead of everyone else", as he personally put it during an interview in 2008, and has often been legitimately referred to as one of the top heel wrestlers in any company he competes for.

During his first tenure in the Extreme Championship Federation (ECF), the first company in which he competed in his professional career, Krow became the first-ever ECF World Tag Team Champion (along with Frank Washington), and only a couple of months later, the first-ever ECF World Heavyweight Champion, albeit with a very short-lived first reign. In addition, he is a member of the 2008 class of the WWH Hall of Fame, as well as World Wrestling Headquarters' fourth Triple Crown Champion, and their second Grand Slam Champion. Krow is a six-time world champion overall, having won the ECF World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWH World Heavyweight Championship once, the WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice, and the WWH Championship once; in addition, he is as of yet the only competitor in WWH history to have held both the World Heavyweight and WWH Championships, and the only male to achieve WWH's version of the Grand Slam (the first offically-recognized Grand Slam Champion was Sprit Fire, a female competitor).

Krow has always been noted as being very skilled, despite his lack of long-term experience, and credits his time around more experienced people such as WWH's Highlander, Andy Rhodes, and Ash Dubois, and ECF's Frank Washington and Mikaru Daiety, for his improving skill. Due to his meteoric rise in ability, as well as a wealth of knowledge and a "great mind for the business", Krow was also given the designation of Head Trainer in WWH, being given the responsibility to help out the newer talent, whether it be with their in-ring skills or their promo work.

= Early Life =

Jason Krow began life in varying locations, due to a rather turbulent lifestyle and family. He graduated from college with a double-major in Theatre Arts and English, and quickly began training for a career in professional wrestling, hoping to use his college majors to his advantage when it came time for him to come up with a gimmick, catchphrases, things to say while cutting promos, etc.

= Career =

Frank Washington: Friend and Foe
Soon after college, Krow's old friend Frank Washington, a professional wrestler, contacted him, wondering if Krow would like to help with his upstart company, ECF. Krow, always having had an interest in pro wrestling, happily obliged, and on September 13, 2007, on the very first edition of Thursday Night Thunder, Krow made his in-ring debut, defeating the very man who brought him into the industry, Frank Washington, in a Hardcore Match. The match stemmed from a confrontation between Krow and Frank that occurred when Krow, a heel at the time, demanded a chance to win the then-vacant ECF World Heavyweight Championship (then just known as the ECF World Championship), but Frank, then-face, refused that shot. Krow then instead challenged him to a non-title Hardcore Match, defeating him by debuting his Devil's Advocate finisher. Soon after the match, Krow took the vacant ECF World Championship belt with him, only for Frank to take it back shortly thereafter and lock it away in ECF's headquarters.

The next week, then-Co-Owner Debolt Dragonsbane, as a spiteful act towards fellow Co-Owner Frank, forced Krow and Frank to compete together in an ECF World Tag Team Championship match against Debolt's stable, Devastation, Incorporated, which at the time only consisted of two other men besides Debolt, Assault and Battery. Despite their differences and the hellacious match they'd competed against one another in the week before, Krow and Frank managed to win the ECF World Tag Team Championships, becoming the first team to hold them in ECF's history.

Over the next several weeks, Krow and Frank began developing a more partner-like bond, eventually adding then-ECF North American Champion Mikaru Daiety to their "alliance" against Debolt, who was not only trying to gain ECF's championship for his ever-growing Devastation, Inc. stable, but he was also attempting to gain the "managerial services" of Krow's manager and girlfriend, Krystal Ramone.

During his partnership with Frank, Krow constantly hinted a full face turn, wrestling cleaner matches and even being cheered somewhat more during his promos, particularly when they targeted Debolt and Devastation, Inc. The face turn became an even more apparent possibility when a masked man, without Krow's knowledge, kidnapped Krystal, and Krow responded by brutally attacking Battery and causing him to suffer a (kayfabe) Grade III concussion, his justification being that he "suspected Debolt". However, this face turn was not to be -- on the October 18, 2007 edition of Thursday Night Thunder, during a singles match against "The Soul of Philly" TJ, a group of three men in dark gray hoodies who'd attacked TJ the month before came to the ring, ready to strike again. Mikaru and Frank joined Krow and TJ in their defense, but Krow turned on Frank, laying him out before the three hooded men proceeded to beat down Mikaru and TJ. Krow then finished off Frank, using the Devil's Advocate to put Frank through a barbwire-wrapped table, cementing his heel status.

The following week, Frank and Krow had to defend the ECF World Tag Team titles that they still held in a Battle Royale, which Krow ended up being eliminated from; Frank, however, kept his half of the titles, ironically winning the match with Debolt Dragonsbane (the match rules stated that the last two men remaining would be champions). Because his reign with Krow ended when Krow lost his half of the titles, ECF considers that match both the end of Frank's first reign and the beginning of his second reign, alongside Debolt.

Singles Competition
Krow continued his feud with Devastation, Inc., despite no longer having Frank or Mikaru by his side, his betrayal having made him a "lone wolf". He suffered his first loss in a Handicap Match against Assault and Battery on the November 1, 2007 edition of Thunder, when a video of Krystal's captor making suggestive actions towards Krystal appeared mid-match, allowing Assault and Battery to take advantage.

However, this first blemish on his win-loss record would be quickly forgotten by many during ECF's first Pay-Per-View event Danger Zone!, taking place on November 11, 2007. In the first of two main events, Krow competed in a Triple Threat Match against Frank Washington and Mikaru Daiety for the ECF World Championship, which he won by pinning Mikaru after Frank had hit him with a steel chair, and Krow had used the Devil's Advocate to send Frank Washington to the outside of the ring. Immediately afterwards, the second main event took place, which saw Krystal Ramone's kidnapper reveal himself to be Debolt, who had actually feigned innocence the entire time. After a low blow to Krow, Debolt made a match for Krow's newly-won gold, allowing the entire Devastation, Inc. stable to beat Krow down before Debolt unceremoniously pinned Krow to win the title, making the first-ever ECF World Championship reign end in about 4 minutes.

Immediately the next night, however, the ECF Board of Directors stripped Debolt of the title, citing Debolt's "abuse of power" as their reason for doing so. They also set up a Gold Rush Tournament for the vacated title, stating that Debolt was banned from competing. Due to talent complications, the tournament was not able to be held until the November 24, 2007 edition of Thunder, with all three tournament matches taking place in one night.

In the first match of the night, Frank Washington defeated "The Phenom" Stampede Kid following a Game Ender, and immediately afterwards, Krow, the former champion, defeated "The Sensational" Chris Davis; however, Krow "pulled an Eddie Guerrero," as he refers to that match, making the recovering referee believe Chris Davis had struck him multiple times in the head with a steel chair, when in fact, Krow had simply dented it on the steel ring post and threw it to Chris, feigning a head injury from the alleged chair shots. Thus set the stage for the finals later that night, a Steel Cage Match between bitter ECF rivals Frank Washington and Jason Krow. After interference from "The Millionaire" Steve Jobs, a man with a well-documented history of losses to Frank Washington, Krow sent Frank off the top of the cage and down through the mat with the Devil's Advocate before escaping the cage, making him a 2-time ECF World Champion.

Feuding with Debolt Dragonsbane
Not too long after that ECF World Championship match, Debolt Dragonsbane, still with Krystal Ramone in his possession, challenged Krow to a match at Carnage Released that December for both Krow's ECF World Championship and Krystal Ramone's "managerial services." With those stipulations in place, Krow and Debolt faced off at Carnage Released on December 24, 2007, and, albeit with the ironic help of "The Soul of Philly" TJ, Krow defeated Debolt, finally winning back his girlfriend and manager and retaining his championship in the process.

Of course, in a shoot interview with RFvideo.com, it was revealed that Krow had, numerous times, spoken out against the entire angle, and had told Debolt Dragonsbane himself that he simply wouldn't want to do it. However, Debolt went ahead with the angle anyway, citing his position as co-owner of the company, and given that Krow was still very new to the professional circuit of the business, he was forced to go ahead with it anyway. Krow's comments on the matter:



"You know, it really amazed me how Debolt [Dragonsbane] could take advantage of a position that was given to him in a company that hadn't existed for more than a couple months tops. It astounds and baffles me.  But then again, you know, if Debolt is really the kind of person that needs to use co-owner authority to steal someone's girlfriend -- and on television, to boot -- just in some vain, futile attempt to get himself laid, I guess I should've been more aware that he could've pulled something like that.  Hell, I've dealt with worse people -- they're called the citizens of Fairdale, North Dakota."

Feuding with Mikaru Daiety
Following Carnage Released, Krow and Steve Jobs were given the opportunity to challenge Devastation, Inc. members Debolt and now-heel Frank Washington for their ECF World Tag Team Championships, but Krow got them disqualified after punting Debolt in the head with the ECF World Championship belt around his foot. The following week, Krow was allowed to be the special referee in a match between Steve Jobs and Mikaru Daiety to determine his next World Championship challenger; however, Krow purposely made sure both competitors were outside of the ring and counted both out, before leading a vicious assault on Mikaru with Steve Jobs' help.

On the January 24, 2008 edition of Thursday Night Thunder, Mikaru was given an ECF World Championship shot in a Handicap Match against Steve Jobs and Krow. Mikaru won the match by pinning Jobs, but Debolt Dragonsbane came out after the match and restarted it, saying that Mikaru "didn’t pin the champion, so you can’t BE the champion!" Krow managed to retain his title in the restarted match, only to be attacked by Steve Jobs after the match. At Lord of the Mat on January 28, 2008, Krow stood in the ring, title in hand, as Steve Jobs attempted to buy off the championship; however, Krow denied the offer, viciously attacking, and promptly defeating, Steve Jobs, ending the assault by submission with a Cobra Clutch. Following the match, Krow took the briefcase full of money Steve had tried to buy the title with as he exited the ring, still champion.

About a month later, on a special Saturday Night Showdown show, Krow defended his ECF World Championship (re-named the ECF World Heavyweight Championship) against "The Rockstar" Tyson Phoenix, losing the title after a Mic Check from Tyson. Krow reportedly wanted to immediately use his rematch clause, but he suffered a (kayfabe) seperated shoulder and a Grade III concussion from a car crash, due to a drunk driver hitting the driver's side of his car. This was used as a cover for Krow taking some time off from ECF in order to clear his head about some things that he'd had on his mind for quite some time during his ECF career. The other reason he wanted time off from ECF is that he couldn't handle working for two companies at the same time. Rumors soon began to circulate about a possible return at ECF's Pay-Per-View event, The Rebirth. However, Krow has since confirmed these rumors false, as he wishes to focus solely on one federation at a time, and at the present time, said federation would be WWH. Not too long afterwards, any hope of a possible ECF return was dashed, due to ECF suddenly merging with Hybrid Pro Wrestling; however, ECF has recently become its own entity once again, due to major conflict between the powers-that-be between the two companies.

Return (2008)
On the Friday, July 18, 2008 edition of Friday Night Fusion, Krow returned under his Jason Krow ring name. He won his first match since being back, a Hardcore Impact Battle Royale in which he last defeated Lucas Synn. Krow has also praised the promo work of Jeff Jones, another ECF alumni, calling him "just plain fun and entertaining to watch."

After two months, Krow finally received the rematch he was waiting for against Tyson Phoenix, for the ECF World Heavyweight Championship at ECF's One-Year Anniversary Pay-Per-View. However, Krow would go on to lose the match after a Mic Check, just as he did during their first confrontation, albeit without any outside interference this time. Shortly thereafter, Krow announced his official departure from the Extreme Championship Federation. The reasoning behind this departure is yet unknown.

Debut
Only a few weeks into his ECF career, Krow received an e-mail from Adrian Hart, owner of an already strong-running promotion known as World Wrestling Headquarters. Krow decided to join WWH, while not leaving ECF, in order to try and "expand his horizons". Krow made his WWH in-ring debut, albeit with a completely new look and gimmick, on the October 17, 2007 edition of Thursday Night Showdown, defeating Christian Hayes and a false Eddie Guerrero in a Triple Threat Match. A few weeks later on November 7, 2007, Krow defeated Sting for the WWH International Championship, his first taste of singles gold outside of ECF. Krow successfully defended his championship multiple times during his reign, while also competing in non-title matches, remaining undefeated in WWH until the Pay-Per-View event Burnout, in which he lost a Strap Match to "The Showcase" Mike Allen. Krow still says to this day that he believes if anyone were to beat him for the International title at that time, it would've been Mike Allen.

After the International Championship
From that point, Krow suffered a brief series of losses to various opponents, including WWH veteran "The Legend of Legends" Highlander in a Steel Cage match at WWH Tribute to the Troops, citing that "first disappointing loss" as his reason for the multiple following losses. Krow broke the losing streak in a dark match against Lance Harris on January 16, 2008.

Krow would not hold championship gold again until exactly a month later on February 17, 2008, at the WWH Pay-Per-View Clash of the Champions. He and his partner Buddy Aces defeated The Element (Ash Dubois and Ryan Payne) and the team of Twin K and Chris Montana for the WWH World Tag Team Championships, though it should be noted that Krow and his real-life girlfriend and then-on-screen girlfriend and valet Amy Roucka were defeated in that same night, right before Krow's tag team championship match, by Ash Dubois and Krow's (kayfabe) ex-wife Amanda Cortez.

Krow and Buddy Aces were scheduled to defend their WWH World Tag Team Championships against Ash Dubois and Ryan Payne in a rematch from Clash of the Champions, with the rematch taking place on March 30, 2008, at WrestleMania IV in an Ultimate X Match. Since Jason Krow had recently been recruited to The Element by Dubois and Payne, and the champions themselves were experiencing great friction, the outcome of the match was a bit uncertain. However, Krow and Aces successfully defended their titles in what Krow earlier claimed would be the "first six-star Internet match in the history of the business".

The Element

 * Main Article: The Element

With the addition of The Jersey Devil, The Element once again held both the International and World Tag Team Championships, albeit the other physical World Tag Team Championship belt was with Buddy Aces, who had actually not been recruited to The Element along with Krow. The WWH World Heavyweight Championship was not far behind, for around that same time, then-champion Ross "Highlander" Noble announced his retirement, due to worsening damage from his multiple knee injuries, thereby vacating the title. On the February 28, 2008 edition of Showdown, Ash Dubois and Jason Krow faced off in a Casket Match for the vacant title, with John "The Rock" Baron, who had won the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match back in January and would therefore challenge for the title at WrestleMania, as Special Enforcer. Ash Dubois won the match, only to be Rock Bottomed by Baron after the match's end.

The following week, Baron, teamed with newly-promoted wrestler Matt Styles, defeated Ash and Krow in a tag team match, but lost a 3-on-1 Handicap Match to The Element the week afterwards. Krow and Ryan Payne tried to lead a post-match assault on Baron, but Baron managed to battle back, taking out Ryan and Krow with steel chairs while Ash Dubois was forced to watch it transpire from the entrance ramp.

On February 26, 2008, just two days before Ash won the WWH World Heavyweight Championship, World Wrestling Headquarters announced the re-opening of its ECW brand. In addition, WWH Management converted the WWH Hardcore Championship, at the time a third-tier championship on Showdown, to the WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship, making it the highest-ranked title on the newly-revived ECW brand. Because this title change made the World Tag Team, International, and WWH World Heavyweight Championships the only remaining belts on the Showdown brand, The Element, at that point, then held every championship on Showdown, with the exception of the other physical half of the WWH World Tag Team Championships.

On March 30, 2008, at WWH WrestleMania IV, Krow and Budy Aces successfully defended the WWH World Tag Team Championships, fending off fellow Element members Ryan Payne and Ash Dubois in what Krow described (in a pre-match press conference in a sports bar) as "the first-ever six-star Internet match in the history of the business."

That Thursday on the April 3, 2008 edition of Showdown, Krow defeated "The Crucifier" Genesis in a #1 Contender's Match to become the #1 Contender to the WWH World Heavyweight Championship -- still held by fellow Element member, Ash Dubois -- following a Cobra Clutch with the aide of a lead pipe that Ash had provided for him. After the match, however, Ash suffered the same fate as Genesis, receiving a lead-pipe-and-Cobra-Clutch combination that caused the World Champion to bleed from the mouth. This betrayal effectively ended Krow's affiliation with The Element, making Krow a bit of a lone wolf in WWH (as he'd made himself early on in ECF), and, in addition, made sure that The Element no longer held all of Showdown's championships.

On April 14, 2008, Ash Dubois left WWH, vacating the World Heavyweight Championship in the process. As a result, it was announced soon afterward that Ash's Element teammate, Ryan Payne, would be taking Ash's place in the World Heavyweight Championship match against Krow at WWH Breaking Point, coming up at the end of April.

World Heavyweight Champion
On April 27, 2008, at WWH's Pay-Per-View event in April, Breaking Point, Krow finally achieved what he'd set out to do since arriving in World Wrestling Headquarters, by defeating long-time rival Ryan Payne in a 60-Minute Ironman Match (with no disqualifications, as mandated by WWH Management). In addition, this match also saw the alliance of Jason Krow with WWH Diva Fayth Hardy.

In a rematch with Ryan Payne at Welcome to the Jungle, on May 18, 2008, Krow lost the WWH World Heavyweight Championship to Payne in a Tower of Hell Match. Rumors immediately began circulating that Krow, contrary to belief, would not get an immediate rematch for the title. Krow confirmed this, as well as the abrupt release of Fayth Hardy, a few nights on his MySpace blog, saying that he'd get his title back soon enough, but "it simply can't be the way I am now." In addition, reports soon were leaked and confirmed that the reason for Krow now having to miss an entire month of action was due to a back injury he sustained during the Tower of Hell match, in which the only way to win is to throw your opponent off of the top of the three stacked steel cages onto the floor; Krow reportedly cracked two vertebrae in his back as a result of the fall, and had to have them surgically reconstructed during his time off, as well as having a metal rod placed within the vertebrae to keep them in place. As for Fayth Hardy being released, Krow hadn't provided any comment at first, apparently unaware of her release at the time. However, in a recent sit-down interview with WWH.com, Krow revealed that Fayth Hardy had been released from her contract due to a falling-out between herself and members of WWH management.

ECW Extreme TV Stint
On Sunday, June 15, 2008, at WWH's Pay-Per-View event Final Destination, Krow made his return after the WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship Stretcher match between Chris Montana and Randy Orton, in which Montana successfully retained the title. After the match concluded, as Montana celebrated, Krow appeared in a black coat and motorcycle helmet, beginning his assault with a Crossfire before revealing himself to the audience. After a continuous onslaught (during which he debuted his new finisher, the Near-Death Experience) which saw Krow cause Montana to bleed profusely, Krow took a pen, literally filling it with Montana's blood, and signed a contract he had carried with him in his trench coat. The contract turned out to be a roster reassignment contract, as Krow's contract had apparently expired and was set for renewal during his absence; this contract placed him on the ECW Extreme TV brand, under the new ring name Jason Krow, which he would go on to use in all further wrestling promotions, except for Lords of Pain Wrestling.

Return to Showdown
On Sunday, June 22, 2008, just after Krow made his ECW debut in a victory over Lucas Stevenson, it was announced that the ECW Extreme TV brand would be re-merged with Showdown due to roster issues, placing Krow back on Showdown. In addition, ECW's championships would still be defended, but only until after the upcoming War Games Pay-Per-View, after which they would simply be re-merged with Showdown's titles. This, however, hadn't seemingly affected plans for Krow to face Chris Montana for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at the event.

On the July 3, 2008 edition of Thursday Night Showdown, Jason Krow and then-ECW World Television Champion Kraig Reynolds met in an ECW Rules Match with the title on the line. Despite various forms of interference, including Chris Montana assaulting Krow mid-match, Krow defeated Reynolds for the title. Because of this, Krow now had to wrestle an additional match at War Games, defending his new title against Jeff Hardy -- Reynolds' scheduled War Games opponent -- in a First Blood Match. At War Games, on Sunday, July 13, 2008, Krow successfully defended his WWH ECW World Television Championship against Jeff Hardy, and also successfully defeated Chris Montana in a Solitary Confinement Match, a match of Krow's own design, for the WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship, which was thought to have made him the first (and only) Grand Slam Champion in World Wrestling Headquarters history; however, upon closer inspection of title history, Adrian Hart discovered that former WWH Diva Spirit Fire actually achieved the Grand Slam before Krow, although Krow is technically still the first male competitor to do this in WWH.

Krow would then lose both titles simultaneously in an All-or-Nothing ECW Extreme Rules Match to his real-life and kayfabe protege, "Mainstream" Jared Smith, on August 10, 2008, at the WWH Pay-Per-View on that date, Grindhouse. The ECW TV Title would subsequently be merged into the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Jason Krow defeated Jared Smith in their rematch for the WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship in a Hell in a Cell match at SummerSlam 2008, on Sunday, August 31, 2008.

After it was announced on September 7, 2008 that Jared Smith resigned from World Wrestling Headquarters due to a (legitimate) severe knee injury suffered in the Hell in a Cell match with Jason Krow, Krow developed a sub-gimmick in which he began referring to himself as a "Career Killer", referencing that he was responsible, whether directly or indirectly, for ending the careers of both Chris Montana (at War Games) and Jared Smith (at SummerSlam).

On the September 25, 2008 edition of Showdown, Krow lost the WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Zane Strident, a member of the stable which Krow founded, Los Illuminados. The stable has, however, since become defunct, due to the feud with Strident, as well as fellow member Ryan Payne suddenly taking a leave of absence from the company.

Drafted to Inner Circle
Just days before the re-opening of WWH's Inner Circle brand, the company held its 2008 Draft. Krow was drafted from Showdown to Inner Circle as the #1 Draft Pick, and was soon booked to face WWH Champion -- and former Los Illuminados stablemate -- Zane Strident for the title at the October Pay-Per-View event X-Games, in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match. Krow lost the match after outside interference from an anonymous hooded figure, seemingly on behalf of Zane Strident; however, the wrestler playing the hooded man was released from WWH long before the matter could be resolved.

After the loss at X-Games, Krow was left out of the Survivor Series 2008 card, as Zane Strident was already booked to take place in a "Match of Champions" Elimination Tag Team Match that pitted Showdown's champions versus those of Inner Circle; therefore, Krow (kayfabe) wished not to directly participate, since he wouldn't be able to challenge Zane Strident for the WWH Championship under such circumstances. However, Krow would get a chance to play a pivotal role in the belt's fate, due to the fact that he -- along with Lucas Alexander and Frost -- was eligible to be chosen to be a special guest referee during Zane Strident's WWH Championship defense against then-heel Jeff Hardy, at WWH's first interactive Pay-Per-View, Hard Drive. Krow was selected for the referee's position with 58.5% of the votes; however, Zane Strident was still able to retain the title, after Krow was knocked out by a fed-up Zane Strident, and Zane slammed Krow's unconscious hand against the mat to "count" a pin-fall by Zane.

On the December 9th, 2008 edition of Tuesday Night Inner Circle, Jason Krow, and his fiance, then-World Heavyweight Champion Lucky Lawliet, were scheduled to attend an on-air wedding reception, their wedding having taken place the previous day. However, before the festivities could get underway, Zane Strident made an appearance, showing a video of Krow and his ex-girlfriend, Amy Roucka-Hart, the night before the wedding. Eventually, the video showed a clip of Krow and Roucka-Hart kissing, which sent Lawliet into an emotional rage. After the broadcast, it was reported on WWH.com that Lawliet had vacated the World Heavyweight Championship, (kayfabe) left the company, and filed for divorce from Krow. Lawliet wasn't seen within the company for several weeks following the incident.

WWH Champion and the Age of the Fall (2009)
After a few short, sporadic feuds, and being left off the card for both the 2009 Royal Rumble and Clash of the Champions Pay-Per-View events, it was announced that Krow would be one of the two men competing for the currently vacant WWH Championship at the next Pay-Per-View, Souled Out, on Sunday, March 8, 2009. In addition, about a week later, a newcomer named The Punisher was named Krow's opponent for the WWH Championship bout, and that Lucky Lawliet, Krow's ex-wife, would be presiding over the match as the special referee. After using a metal spike, and debuting his new version of the Shadow of Death (a guillotine choke), Krow successfully won the WWH Championship. However, after the match, he, Ashley Renee, and Jack Flener violently attacked The Punisher, causing him to bleed, and hung him from the ceiling upside-down. As the blood of The Punisher dripped onto Krow, and his new WWH Championship, he announced the beginning of the new heel stable known as The Age of the Fall.

Over the following weeks, the Age of the Fall (and Krow in particular) would begin a series of calculated assaults on Lucky Lawliet -- who had won the 2009 Royal Rumble Match in January -- during or after her matches, mainly due to the announcement Krow would have to defend the WWH Championship against Lawliet at WrestleMania V, on Sunday, April 5th, in the main event match of the event. One such attack caused Lucky Lawliet's match with Age of the Fall member Ashley Renee on Tuesday Night Inner Circle to end in disqualification when Krow, who was at ringside, blatantly attacked Lawliet with a chair and nearly hit her in the face with a metal spike, if not for a surprise appearance by Lawliet's on-screen boyfriend -- and Krow's old nemesis -- Zane Strident. This incident caused WWH officials to make the announcement that Jason Krow versus Lucky Lawliet at WrestleMania would be held with no disqualifications. Despite busting Lawliet open, and attempted interference on behalf of the rest of the Age of the Fall, Jason Krow lost the WWH Championship to Lucky Lawliet at WrestleMania V.

On Monday, April 13, 2009, it was suddenly announced, without any prior warning to the roster, that Inner Circle would be closed down as a brand due to a sudden purge of talent from World Wrestling Headquarters. This incident is being reported as a "talent management mishap", though rumors quickly began flying around that Adrian Hart released a massive amount of talent in a fit of rage. In any case, one victim of the talent purge was Devin Copeland, forcing WWH Management to make a quick decision regarding the World Tag Team Championships held by Copeland and Rocco Ross. It was announced on April 15 that Krow and Age of the Fall stablemate Ashley Renee would be the new World Tag Team Champions, under a "varient" of the infamous "Freebird Rule".

Independent Circuit and Training Career (2008 - current)
In addition to his pro-circut activity, Jason Krow has been wrestling on the independent circuit, primarily in Mexico, where he has been given the nickname Las Plagas, which, in Spanish, means "the plague."

Krow has also become a trainer for World Wrestling Headquarters, working particularly with the wrestlers in the developmental Demolition roster. Many under his wing have complimented him on being a good teacher, and are glad he's "the Shane Douglas to our Naturals."

= In Wrestling =


 * Finishing Moves
 *  Near-Death ExperienceTM (Spinning Fireman's carry into falling chokeslam) - Innovated
 * Shadow of DeathTM (Wrenching guillotine choke, usually transitioned from a DDT)
 * D.M.D. (Dead Man's Drop)TM (Pumphandle kneeling belly-to-belly piledriver) - Innovated


 * Signature Moves
 * Crossfire (Running high-impact shoulder tackle)
 * Overdose Driver (Swinging leg hook fireman's carry slam)
 * Triple-6 (Spinning reverse STO)
 * V.S.D. (Victory Star Drop) (Krow applies a bodyscissors to an opponent on the top rope and then performs a backflip, driving the opponent head first into the mat)
 * Code Omega (Springboard backflip three–quarter facelock diving sitout reverse DDT)
 * Death Valley Driver
 * CK3 (Side-hammerlock double-knee backbreaker)
 * Mt. Holly Bomb (Pumphandle sit-out powerbomb)
 * Natare Bianco
 * Dragon sleeper
 * Multiple kicks and knee strikes
 * Super kick
 * Busaiku knee kick
 * Shining Wizard
 * Glimmering Warlock
 * Yakuza kick
 * Scorpion Rising (Step-up axe kick)
 * Multiple shoot kicks to an opponent's legs and/or ribcage
 * Multiple knee strikes to an opponent's head
 * Running step-up Enzuigiri
 * Multiple DDT variations
 * Snap
 * Implant
 * Tornado
 * Running
 * Elevated
 * Double-arm
 * Sharpshooter
 * Russian Leg Sweep transitioned into a cross armbar
 * Koji Clutch
 * Spider Twist (as innovated by Mariko Yoshida)
 * Release German suplex
 * Rolling triangle lancer
 * Canadian back-rack piledriver
 * Vertebreaker
 * Rocking-horse submission


 * Managers
 * Krystal Ramone
 * Amanda Cortez
 * Amy Roucka-Hart
 * Fayth Hardy
 * Lucky Lawliet


 * Signature Weapons/Foreign Objects
 * Metal spike
 * Barbwire-wrapped steel chairs


 * Catchphrases
 * "If you cross me...I'll break you!"
 * "Let them hate. As long as they fear."


 * Nicknames
 * "The Hardcore Enigma"
 * "Las Plagas" (Spanish for "the plague")
 * "The (Self-Proclaimed) Hardcore Messiah"
 * "The (Self-Proclaimed) Hardcore Legend"
 * "The One-Man Genocide"
 * "The Whole F'N' Show"
 * "The (Self-Proclaimed) Career Killer"
 * "The Jersey Devil"
 * "Hutch" (only by friends and family)
 * "Danny Boy" (only by friends and family)


 * Taunts and Mannerisms
 * Slowly dusting off his hands after hitting a finisher/winning a match, as if it was all in a day's work.
 * Offering a genuine-looking handshake to an opponent just before the start of the match; the opponent goes for it, but Krow instead slaps the opponent unexpectedly; done mostly to newer wrestlers on the roster, especially when Krow is a champion.
 * Spitting blood into an opponent's face as a show of disrespect, especially outside of the confines of a match.
 * Walking over and wiping his feet on a downed opponent, basically using them as a doormat, especially when making his exit from the ring.
 * While in a managerial or ringside position, lighting up a cigarette, taking a puff, and blowing the smoke in an opponent's face.


 * Entrance Music
 * "Chapter Four" - Avenged Sevenfold
 * "Critical Acclaim" - Avenged Sevenfold
 * "You're Gonna Pay" - Jim Johnston
 * "Ministry of Darkness" - Jim Johnston
 * "Duality" - Slipknot
 * "Murder Song" - Scum of the Earth
 * "Pink Roses" - Glassjaw
 * "My Time" - Chris Warren
 * "The Game" - Drowning Pool
 * "The Haunted" - Walls of Jericho

Wrestlers Trained

 * Frank Evans
 * Jason Kristopher
 * Jared Smith
 * Johnathon Sampson
 * Jason Foxx
 * Sean Hunter
 * Jerry Smith
 * Kimikura Setzu

= Championships and Accomplishments = Extreme Championship Federation
 * ECF World Tag Team Championship (1 time; w/ Frank Washington) (First)
 * ECF World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) (First) (Most Reigns) (Shortest Reign)

World Wrestling Headquarters
 * WWH International Championship (1 time)
 * WWH ECW World Television Championship (1 time)
 * WWH World Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) -- with Buddy Aces (1 time) and with Ashley Renee (1 time, current)
 * WWH World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * WWH ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 time) (Tied for Most Reigns)
 * WWH Championship (1 time)
 * WWH Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)
 * 4th Triple Crown Champion
 * 2nd Grand Slam Champion

Miscellaneous
 * eWrestling Encyclopedia Featured Wrestler (April 2008 - July 2008)

= Personal Life =

Krow has previously been in an off-screen relationship with former WWH Diva Amy Roucka. However, for reasons unspecified by either, the relationship deteriorated.

Krow is a dedicated fan of hard rock music, though he admits he'll "listen to anything that doesn't sound like monkeys fighting over a cupcake while falling down a flight of stairs." Some of his favorite bands include A Perfect Circle, Glassjaw, Secret Lives of the Freemasons, Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, and others.

= External Links =
 * World Wrestling Headquarters