The Brisco Brothers were a highly successful team, amassing over twenty tag team championships over the course of thirteen years. This was an anything goes match against Necro Butcher of the Age of the Fall, which he did not win. 85: 12.05.2019: ROH World Tag Team Title: The Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) defeat The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) (17:17) Not only did they elevate tag team wrestling, they made major contributions to the business as a whole. After failing to show up to the fifth anniversary show, Life During Wartime on July 6, 2008, Excalibur announced that Jay was "fired" from the company (even though PWG has never been contractual) and wouldn't be allowed to come back. The Briscoe Brothers were both a big part of the conversation when ROH nixed their contracts. Adam Cole would unify the two belts by winning a ladder match, but Briscoe would capture the World Title again in 2014 for a 286-day reign. Styles, and Mark filling in for the injured Ruckus. Random: TIL that Wes Brisco, former TNA wrestler and son of Gerald Brisco, is engaged to Red Velvet, but none of these people are related to The Briscoe Brothers. On November 11, at Evening the Odds, the Briscoes were aligned with newly crowned FIP Heavyweight Champion Roderick Strong as members of his team for a five-on-five elimination match, where the three of them were the only survivors. [108] Jay made his first successful title defense on May 4 at Border Wars 2013 against Adam Cole. [123] On May 17, the Briscoe Brothers took part in the ROH/New Japan Pro-Wrestling co-produced War of the Worlds iPPV, where they unsuccessfully challenged Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. I got to know the guys and talk to them. His last name is slightly easier to pronounce than it looks. [33] In October 2008, the Briscoes competed at JAPW's 11th Anniversary Show against LAX (Homicide and Hernandez). Of course, Gerald and his brother, Jack, were known by this name. ", "Combat Zone Wrestling Cage of Death 3", "Combat Zone Wrestling A Higher Level of Pain", "Combat Zone Wrestling Truth or Consequences", "Ring of Honor The Era of Honor Begins", "Ring of Honor The Battle Lines are Drawn", "Ring of Honor Round Robin Challenge III", "Ring of Honor Survival of the Fittest", "Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor Night 1", "Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor Night 2", "Press Release for PWG's "Giant Size Annual #4", "Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Titannica on Saturday, April 10! The reasoning that stands out as it surrounds the controversy created by Jay Briscoes homophobic tweets back in 2013. [102] On September 17 at Death Before Dishonor IX, the All Night Xpress defeated the Briscoe Brothers in a ladder match to become the number one contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship. They went on to win the belts later in the show. [124] On September 6 at All Star Extravaganza 6, Jay recaptured the ROH World Championship from Michael Elgin, becoming only the second two-time holder of the title. [48], The Brothers took part in the gauntlet match at Glory By Honor 2, which was held to fill the tag team championship left vacant by Red suffering a serious knee injury. The Pugh brothers, Jamin (Jay)[5] (born January 25,[6] 1984)[5] and Mark[7] (born January 18, 1985)[7] grew up in Laurel, Delaware. [103] At Final Battle 2011 on December 23, the Briscoes defeated Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the seventh time. [95] On November 30, the Briscoes had a match which was taped to be included in Undeniable, a tag team title defense against Davey Richards and Rocky Romero, which they won. [47] At ROH's Maryland debut, Tradition Continues, Joe retained over Jay. Together, they became a formidable tag team and won dozens of championship titles. They also held Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once, the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship once with Bully Ray and NJPW's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice (with Toru Yano). They have, numerous times, been announced for events at which they ultimately did not perform, such as when they were scheduled for a PWG World Tag Team Championship match against Roderick Strong and PAC at Giant-Size Annual #4,[62] but wound up being replaced by then-PWG World Champion El Generico and Kevin Steen. In the ring, The Briscoes and FTR embraced, ending their year-long feud. The Brothers did not appear for JAPW again until late 2005, again in a tables, ladders, and chairs match for the tag team title, this time against the teams of Teddy Hart and Homicide, the Backseat Boyz, and The S.A.T. 53 talking about this. Mark eventually suffered the fall in the match after several bumps to the head. night", "Show results 6/22 ROH BITW iPPV in Baltimore, Md. AEW President Tony Khan notably owns ROH. They won the titles back on December 14, 2018, for the tenth time, but lost them to Villain Enterprises at the ROH 17th Anniversary Show. On September 5, both participated in the International Gran Prix torneo cibernetico and were eliminated the same day; Jay was defeated by ltimo Guerrero and Mark lost to Carstico. [4] On April 20, ROH's official website reported that Mark had sustained a wrist injury due to Jacobs stabbing him with his trademark rail spike and stood to miss up to six months. On January 31, 2022, they were the inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame. I don't think it's just kayfabe at this point. Reddit's largest professional wrestling community. In August of 2004, The Briscoe Brothers wrestled what would be their final match in Ring of Honor for over a year, and not by choice. I respect the hell out of what theyve done. 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[79][80] During this time, they also feuded with Kenta and his partners Davey Richards and Naomichi Marufuji, facing Kenta and Richards at Time to Man Up and Kenta and Marufuji at Glory By Honor V: Night One. If it was him being in character, I wouldn't get the heat. In the southeastern United States, however, there is one sibling connection that stands above the rest Jack & Gerald Brisco. The Briscoes next appeared on May 19 and May 20, 2007, to participate in the inaugural Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, created to declare new World Tag Team Champions. They defeated and eliminated the Special K team of Hydro and Angeldust as well as The Ring Crew Express, before being eliminated by the other Special K team in the match, Izzy and Dixie, due to outside interference from Angeldust. They thought that was their way of getting booked a little bit more. Jay Briscoe wasn't injured in this accident, but decided he didn't want to compete without his brother, so he took a hiatus from wrestling until Mark was able to return. They threw some bombs online at Tony Khan and AEW's tag team division, but their arrival never. At All Star Extravaganza VIII, The Briscoes teamed with Toru Yano and were defeated by Kushida, A. C. H. and Jay White in the first round of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament. [174] They made their first successful title defense on August 14 against the Bullet Club team of Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi. View Gerald Brisco Bio Information including height, weight, hometown, signature move, championships and more. The reason given in the storyline was they were given the shot since they only lost in the gauntlet match because Special K cheated. [140], On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on a hiatus after Final Battle in December, with a return tentatively scheduled for April 2022. [74] They then feuded for the tag team championship again, but much as they had against Styles and Red three years earlier, they lost in three shots against the champions at the time, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong, at Ring of Homicide,[75] Destiny,[76] and Unified. This came after a report that a person of influence in WarnerMedia did not want the brothers in AEW, following Jay Briscoe's homophobic tweets from 2013. Post match, FTR were attacked by Colten and Austin Gunn, who had targeted FTR for weeks on AEW programming, causing The Briscoes to return to the ring to chase off the Gunns. [112][114] On July 3, Ring of Honor stripped Jay of the ROH World Championship. Before Tony Khan bought the company, Ring of Honors instability had progressed to the point that it simply released everyone under contract in late 2021. 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Are they the Brisco Brothers? [11] At the inaugural Best of the Best event, a show somewhat atypical of CZW in that it is a tournament spotlighting athletic junior heavyweight wrestling as opposed to violent hardcore matches,[12] the two advanced past the first round in a three-way match with Nick Mondo where the stipulation was whoever took the fall would be eliminated. In the beginning, I wasnt happy about it either, but I didnt know them. [135][136][137] The Briscoes returned to ROH [14], After losing in title opportunities at Breakaway Brawl and A New Beginning,[15][16] the brothers won the CZW Tag Team Championship on July 14, 2001, as they defeated the original H8 Club at H8 Club: Dead? Click to reveal The brothers went on an extensive hiatus from professional wrestling, beginning in August 2004. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Are Mark and Jay Briscoe related to Gerald Brisco? [34] Mark seconded him to the ring but could not wrestle because of Pennsylvania's child labor law (most of ROH's earliest shows took place in Philadelphia). In 2008, The Brisco Brothers were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. [73], In their second-round match of the tournament, against Homicide and Ricky Reyes, Mark was replaced by Joker, who subsequently turned on Jay to cost them the match. [122] The two world titles were unified in a ladder match on April 4 at Supercard of Honor VIII, where Cole was victorious, following outside interference from Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett. With that, Jay and Mark Briscoe began branching out to other companies more frequently than they had in the past. The Briscoe Brothers are regarded as one of the greatest tag teams of all time. [81][82], At Fifth Year Festival: Chicago, the Brothers finally reached the top of the mountain again, defeating Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to win the tag team championship. [109] On June 22 at Best in the World 2013, Jay successfully defended the ROH World Championship against Mark. Ring of Honor, their current employer at the time, condemned his comments and donated his following two paychecks to Partners Against Hate, a non-profit that works to reduce such behavior against juveniles. He lost the ROH world title for it, only to get it back less than a year later. Before becoming featured players in the tag team division however, The Briscoe Brothers actually started off as singles competitors, going as far as feuding with one another. once again at Wild Card II in a tag team title match, and then at Brotherly Love to the team of Sabu and Sonjay Dutt, a match they also lost. The Briscoes then challenged Philly's Most Wanted to a no disqualification rematch. [105] On December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, the Briscoe Brothers defeated S.C.U.M. Thus, the two faced off what was described as "one time only" at Fifth Year Festival: Finale. : Briscoe retains his version of the ROH Title, new #1 contender, tag champs lose, Bennett uses Punk's finisher, more", "Show results - 4/4 ROH Supercard of Honor: ROH World champ determined in Ladder War, new TV champion, more", "Caldwell's ROH iPPV results 5/17: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of War of the Worlds - ROH Title & IWGP Title main events, new ROH tag champs, Steen vs. Nakamura, more", "ROH IPPV news: New ROH World champion, former WWE star & Hardy returning, more from Saturday's event", "Caldwell's ROH BITW PPV Report 6/19: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Briscoe vs. [131] At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds in May, The Briscoes lost to Guerillas of Destiny once more, failing to win the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Lethal Title vs. [169] The three made their first successful title defense the following day against another Bullet Club trio of Fale, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson. The Brisco Brothers. [127] They lost the title to Dalton Castle and The Boys on June 23 at Best in the World. Jay and Dragon defended the title against Da Hit Squad and the team of Mark and Deranged in a tables, ladders, and chairs match, which Da Hit Squad won. [43] Mark never explicitly left the Prophecy, but in forming a team with his brother, he stopped teaming with them. Their impact on wrestling is massive even though many younger fans do not know who they are. Thats why he cut back his WWE responsibilities. Considered one of the best tag teams in the world, The Briscoe Brothers may be a little under the radar for some AEW fans. [158] The Briscoes returned to CZW again on November 10, 2012, facing Dave and Jake Crist in a losing effort. On December 19, 2009, at Final Battle 2009, the Briscoes won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for a sixth time by defeating The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards). [116] Mark was eliminated from the tournament in his first round match on July 27 by Adam Cole. [141][142][143][144] Due to this, The Briscoes worked for many independent companies, such as Game Changer Wrestling and for the National Wrestling Alliance for the remainder of 2021. Jack Brisco remained a top singles star, but also formed a long-lasting and successful tag team with younger brother Jerry (whom Jack trained for the business). The Briscoes defeated Maff and Whitmer in the fourth match of the night to win the title for a second time, and then lost it back to Punk and Cabana in the main event. The Briscoe Brothers was the name of a professional wrestling tag team consisting of American brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh, 1984-2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). It was around this time that the Brothers became enforcers for Jim Cornette, the ROH Commissioner,[78] fighting battles against his enemies, most notably Homicide and his partner Samoa Joe at Glory By Honor V: Night Two and in anything goes, falls count anywhere, elimination match at Dethroned. [130] On December 15, 2017, at Final Battle The Briscoe Brothers won against Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer in a New York Street Fight. This bout would mark the beginning of a long and fairly consistent relationship with ROH. [58] After losing a two out of three falls tag team title match to Punk and Cabana at Death Before Dishonor II Part 1, ending that feud,[59] they lost in separate singles matches to members of The Rottweilers the next night. He literally said he'd shoot anyone who said gay marriage is OK. Gerrys been out of control for a while. [88] They then began to feud with Steen and Generico. Theyre great guys. Cindy Ord / Getty Images file. [28], The Brothers appeared for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW), in the ECW arena, on March 24, 2001, at March Madness Night 2, losing to Insane Dragon and Dixie in the opener. Both fell; Mark at Final Battle 2003 and Jay at At Our Best in a memorable and bloody steel cage match.[54][55]. on the May 19 episode of Impact, The Briscoe Brothers defeated Violent By Design (Deaner and Joe Doering) to retain the titles. [60] Between that and their victory in tag team action at Testing the Limit,[61] it is likely that a feud was planned between the Briscoes and the Rottweilers. Brisco reportedly tired of the hectic life of a champion and asked that the belt be taken off him. [107], On April 5 at Supercard of Honor VII, Jay defeated Kevin Steen to become the ROH World Champion. They made three other appearances in JAPW in 2001, all against Insane Dragon & Dixie one a victory, one that ended in a no contest due to outside interference, and the last an unsuccessful challenge for Dragon and Dixie's JAPW Tag Team Championship on June 15 at Here to Stay. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, You're BoDallas Horseman, There's No Cure For That. Lets take a look at their careers, and what fans should know about them. Didnt Jay get shit for tweeting some quite homophobic things a while ago? 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[4][57] The Brothers both participated in ROH's inaugural Survival of the Fittest tournament, with Mark going over Alex Shelley in his qualifier and Jay falling to Homicide. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. The Brisco Brothers (1967-1984) [ edit] Brisco in 1979 Brisco was trained by his brother and debuted in 1967 as his tag team partner, using the name Gerald Brisco. Both brothers competed in the FIP Florida Heritage Title Tournament held at the next event, the Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts, but Mark fell to Delirious in the first round and Jay to Roderick Strong in the semifinals. [119] On October 26 at Glory By Honor XII, Jay entered a storyline, where he introduced his own ROH World Championship belt titled the "Real World Title", claiming that he was the true champion since he had never been defeated for the title. [173], The Briscoes returned to NJPW on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall, where they defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.