James Gibson (born December 23, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Jamie Noble.
After training at the WCW Power Plant, he made his first appearance with the promotion on July 11, 1999, under the ring name "Jamie Howard", teaming with Jet Jaguar in a loss to CG Afi and Jeremy Lopez in a dark match at Bash at the Beach.
Gibson made his pay-per-view debut at New Blood Rising on August 13, 2000, with The Jung Dragons losing to 3 Count in a double ladder match.
In November 2000, Gibson left The Jung Dragons and formed a tag team with former 3 Count member Evan Karagias.
Gibson removed his mask and adopted the ring name "Jamie Knoble", with he and Karagias performing as "Noble and Courageous".
He was assigned to the WWF developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association for seasoning, where he won the HWA Cruiserweight Championship under the Jamie Knoble name.
He won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Hurricane at King of the Ring[5] and feuded with Tajiri and Billy Kidman.
In September 2004, he began wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he formed a tag team with American Dragon.
On August 12, 2005, Gibson defeated CM Punk, Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels in an elimination four-way match to win the ROH World Championship.
[10][unreliable source] In 2007, Noble returned to competing in the cruiserweight division and performing as an enhancement talent against Rey Mysterio and Bobby Lashley.
[11] Noble returned to television on the June 8 episode of SmackDown!, teaming up with Chavo Guerrero and Daivari against Paul London, Brian Kendrick and Wang Yang in a losing effort.
[12] On the June 15 episode of SmackDown!, Noble competed in a Fatal Four-Way number one contenders match for the Cruiserweight Championship, which he lost to Jimmy Wang Yang and also involved Shannon Moore and Daivari.
[15] After his feud with Hornswoggle ended, Noble began an angle where he was easily defeated in his matches as punishment for being disrespectful to then-SmackDown!
On the February 23 episode of Raw, Noble suffered a neck injury in a match with Mike Knox, and was taken to a local hospital.
During a match with Sheamus on the November 2, 2009, episode of Raw, Noble sustained a back injury after falling from the top rope onto the concrete floor.
He made occasional appearances on WWE programming and wrestled sporadically at house shows, including a bout with World Heavyweight Champion at the time Daniel Bryan on January 13, 2012.
On the September 29, 2014, episode of Raw, Noble and fellow producer Joey Mercury aligned themselves with the villainous stable The Authority.
[37] On the February 5, 2015, episode of SmackDown, J&J Security once again teamed with Rollins, this time in a 3-on-1 handicap match against Daniel Bryan, once again in a losing effort.
On the May 29, 2020, episode of SmackDown, Noble was among officials on the scene following a hit-and-run on Elias and found a seemingly inebriated Jeff Hardy, who was then arrested.
On December 11, 2022, during the WWE Holiday Tour in Charleston, West Virginia, Noble made a one-night-only return to competition.
In his final match, Noble teamed with Braun Strowman and The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland and Butch) against The Bloodline (The Usos, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn).