Briscoe Brothers

Mar 25, 2012 - by Jamie Cruickshank

Real name: Jamin Pugh
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 205 lbs.
From: Laurel, Delaware
Date of birth: January 24, 1984
Date of death: January 17, 2023
Pro debut: May 20, 2000
Trained by: ECWA, CZW, Glen Osbourne, Jon Dahmer
Finishing move: Jay-Driller

Real name: Mark Pugh
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 180 lbs.
From: Laurel, Delaware
Date of birth: January 18, 1985
Pro debut: May 20, 2000
Trained by: ECWA, CZW, Glen Osbourne, Jon Dahmer
Finishing move: Froggy Bow

Biography

– On July 14, 2001, The Briscoes defeated H8 Club (Nate Hatred & Nick Gage) to win the CZW Tag Team Titles
– On February 23, 2002, The Briscoes debuted in ROH as Jay (with Mark) lost to The Amazing Red. Mark was unable to compete due to Pennsylvania’s child labour laws
On July 13, 2002, in a match between The Briscoes, Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) and Insane Dragon & Deranged, Jay and Insane Dragon simultaneously pinned Da Hit Squad and were announced as JAPW Tag Team Champions
– On July 14, 2002, Jay Briscoe defeated Chris Divine in the final of a tournament to win the PWF United States Title
– On August 3, 2002, The Briscoes defeated The Lost Boyz (Azrieal & Gabriel), The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) & TNT (Todd Sexton & Tony Stradlin) in an Elimination Match to win the NWA Wildside Tag Team Titles
– On August 11, 2002, Jay Briscoe defeated Rapid Fire Maldonado to retain the PWF United States Title
– On October 13, 2002, Jay Briscoe defeated Chi Chi Cruz to retain the PWF United States Title
– On October 19, 2002, The Briscoes defeated The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) to win the USAPro Tag Team Titles
– On November 1, 2003, The Briscoes defeated Special K (Dixie & Izzy) to win their first ROH Tag Team Titles
– On November 28, 2003, The Briscoes defeated AJ Styles & Samoa Joe to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On February 14, 2004, The Briscoes defeated The Backseat Boyz (Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On May 15, 2004, The Briscoes competed in a series of 3 matches, defeating The Prophecy (BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff) in the second to win the ROH Tag Team Titles, but losing them in the third to The Second City Saints (CM Punk & Colt Cabana)
– On September 17, 2005, The Briscoes defeated Scott Cardinal & Jerk Jackson to win the PWU Tag Team Titles
– On October 14, 2006, The Briscoes defeated The Heartbreak Express (Phil & Sean Davis) to win the FIP Tag Team Titles
– On November 10, 2006, The Briscoes defeated The Heartbreak Express (Phil & Sean Davis) & Black Market (Joey Machete & Shawn Murphy) in a No-DQ Elimination Match to retain the FIP Tag Team Titles
– On January 7, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On February 3, 2007, The Briscoes fought Mad Man Pondo & Necro Butcher to a no contest to retain the FIP Tag Team Titles
– On February 24, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal to win the ROH Tag Team Titles for a third time
– On March 30, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Shingo & Naruki Doi to regain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On April 21, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Mad Man Pondo & Necro Butcher in a Bar Room Brawl to retain the FIP Tag Team Titles
– On April 27, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Gran Akuma & Hallowicked, Jigsaw & Mike Quackenbush and Mitch Franklin & Pelle Primeau in an Ultimate Endurance Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On April 28, 2007, The Briscoes defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) to retaint the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On May 11, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Takeshi Morishima & BJ Whitmer to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At ROH Respect Is Earned 2007, The Briscoes defeated Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On May 26, 2007, The Briscoes defeated The Black And The Brave (Tyler Black & Marek Brave) to retain the FIP Tag Team Titles
– On June 9, 2007, The Briscoes defeated The Kings Of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On June 23, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On July 17, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Muscle Outlawz (Jimmy Rave & Genki Horiguchi) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On July 27, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Nigel McGuinness & Bryan Danielson to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On August 17, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Irish Airborne (Dave & Jake Crist) to retain the FIP Tag Team Titles
– On August 24, 2007, The Briscoes defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico in a Cage Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On September 14, 2007, The Briscoes defeated The Resilience (Austin Aries & Matt Cross) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On November 3, 2007, The Briscoes defeated The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Necro Butcher) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On December 29, 2007, The Briscoes defeated No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards & Rocky Romero) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On April 12, 2008, The Briscoes defeated No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards & Rocky Romero) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles for a fifth time
– On May 10, 2008, Jay Briscoe & Austin Aries (replacing the injured Mark) defeated The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) in a No-DQ Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At ROH Glory By Honor VII, The Briscoes & Austin Aries defeated The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black & Delirious) in a Steel Cage Warfare Match
– On October 3, 2009, The Briscoes defeated BLKOUT (Ruckus & Sabian), Incoherence (Delrious & Frightmare) & Notorious Inc. (Devon Moore & Drew Blood) in a 4-Way Match to win the RCW Tag Team Titles
– At ROH Final Battle 2009, The Briscoes defeated The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On January 9, 2010, The Briscoes defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On February 13, 2010, The Briscoes defeated The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On February 12, 2011, The Briscoes defeated Philly’s Most Wanted (Joker & Sabian) to win the CZW Tag Team Titles for a second time
– At CZW’s Best of the Best X, The Briscoes & Devon Moore defeated Philly’s Most Wanted & Robert Anthony to retain the CZW Tag Team Titles for the Briscoes and win the CZW Heavyweight Title for Moore
– On May 14, 2011, The Briscoes defeated The Nigerian Nightmares (Maifu & Saifu) to retain the CZW Tag Team Titles
– At ROH Final Battle 2011, The Briscoes defeated Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) to win their 7th ROH Tag Team Titles
– On January 21, 2012, The Briscoes defeated Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On February 17, 2012, The Briscoes defeated Team Ambition (Davey Richards & Kyle O’Reilly) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At ROH 10th Anniversary Show, The Briscoes defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On day 1 of Showdown In The Sun, The Briscoes defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) in a Proving Ground Match
– On day 2, The Briscoes defeated Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On April 14, 2012, The Briscoes defeated First Class (Kevin Graham & Mike Van Slyke) to win the 2CW Tag Team Titles
– On April 28, 2012, The Briscoes defeated Hallowicked & Jigsaw to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles. The next day, they retained against Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team
– At Boiling Point ’12, The Briscoes defeated SCUM (Jimmy Jacobs & Steve Corino) in a Relaxed Rules Match
– At Final Battle ’12, The Briscoes defeated Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander and SCUM (Jimmy Jacobs & Steve Corino) in a Sudden Death Rules Match to regain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On January 5, 2013, The Briscoes defeated Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On January 18, 2013, The Briscoes defeated The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Supercard of Honor VII, Jay defeated Kevin Steen to win the ROH World Title
– At Border Wars ’13, Jay defeated Adam Cole to retain the ROH World Title. Over the next onth, he retained the title against Adam Cole, BJ Whitmer, Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards
– At Best In The World ’13, Jay defeated Mark to retain the ROH World Title. He retained against Matt Hardy the next day
– At ROH/NJPW Global Wars, The Briscoes defeated The Decade (BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) and reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) in a 3-Way Match
– At Best In The World ’14, The Briscoes defeated Matt Hardy & Michael Bennett in a No-DQ Match
– On July 27, 2014, Jay defeated ROH Television Champion Jay Lethal by DQ
– At ROH All Star Extravaganza VI, Jay defeated Michael Elgin to win the ROH World Title, whilst Mark defeated Hanson
– On September 27, 2014, Jay defeated Michael Bennett to retain the ROH World Title
– On November 30, 2014, Jay defeated Tommaso Ciampa to retain the ROH World Title
– At Final Battle ’14, Jay defeated Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor to retain the ROH World Title
– On January 3, 2015, Jay defeated Matt Taven to retain the ROH World Title
– On January 30, 2015, Jay defeated Michael Bennett to retain the ROH World Title
– At ROH’s 13th Anniversary Show, Jay defeated Hanson, Michael Elgin & Tommaso Ciampa in a Four Corner Survival Match to retain the ROH World Title
– Through the rest of March, Jay defended the ROH World Title against Jimmy Jacobs, Silas Young & Samoa Joe
– At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds ’15, Jay defeated Bobby Fish to retain the ROH World Title
– At ROH/NJPW Global Wars ’15, The Briscoes, War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) & Roderick Strong defeated The Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson)
– On May 30, 2015, Jay defeated Hanson to retain the ROH World Title
– At Best in the World ’15, Mark defeated Donovan Dijak
– At Death Before Dishonor XIII, The Briscoes defeated Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Beretta)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 10, The Briscoes & Toru Yano defeated The Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Bad Luck Fale) to win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– Through February 2016, The Briscoes & Toru Yano traded the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles with various incarnations of The Bullet Club. The month ended with them losing the belts to Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks
– At NJPW Dominion ’16, The Briscoes defeated The Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Best In The World ’16, Mark defeated Roderick Strong
– On August 14, 2016, The Briscoes defeated The Bullet Club (Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On September 22, 2016, The Briscoes defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At ROH’s 15th Anniversary Show, The Briscoes & Bully Ray defeated War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) & Davey Boy Smith Jr
– On March 11, 2017, The Briscoes & Bully Ray defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Vinny Marseglia) & Silas Young to win the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– In April 2017, The Briscoes & Bully Ray defended the ROH Six-Man Titles against The Rebellion (Caprice Coleman, Rhett Titus & Shane Taylor) and The Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Hangman Page)
– At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds ’17, Bully Ray & The Briscoes defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero & Beretta) in a No-DQ Match to retain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Death Before Dishonor XV, The Briscoes & Bully Ray defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan)
– At Final Battle ’17, The Briscoes defeated Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer in a Street Fight
– At ROH’s 16th Anniversary Show, The Briscoes defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Supercard of Honor XII, The Briscoes defeated Jay Lethal & Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On April 15, 2018, The Briscoes defeated Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On April 27, The Briscoes defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At War of the Worlds ’18, The Briscoes defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– The next night, The Briscoes defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On May 24, in Edinburgh, Scotland, The Briscoes defeated The Bullet Club (Hangman Page & Cody) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Best In The World ’18, The Briscoes defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Death Before Dishonor ’18, The Briscoes defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– The next night, The Briscoes defeated Coast 2 Coast (Shaheem Ali & Leon St Giovanni) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Glory By Honor ’18, The Briscoes defeated Brian Milonas & The Beer City Bruiser to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At House of Hardcore 52, The Briscoes defeated Teddy Hart & Rich Swann
– At Final Battle ’18, The Briscoes defeated SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) and The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) in a Ladder War to regain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– The next night, The Briscoes defeated SoCal Uncensored to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On January 12, 2019, The Briscoes defeated Colt Cabana & Chuckie T to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Honor Rising ’19, The Briscoes defeated Juice Robinson & David Finlay to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At War of the Worlds ’19, The Briscoes defeated Lifeblood (Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams)
– At Best In The World 2019, The Briscoes fought Eli Drake & Nick Aldis to a double-countout
– At Manhattan Mayhem 2019, The Briscoes defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) in a Street Fight to regain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On July 21, The Briscoes defeated The Bouncers (Brian Milonas & The Beer City Bruiser) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At ROH Summer Supercard, The Briscoes defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) in a Ladder War to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On August 25, The Briscoes defeated The Rock N Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On September 7, The Briscoes defeated The Bouncers (Brian Milonas & The Beer City Bruiser) and Hechicero & Rey Bucanero to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Death Before Dishonor 2019, The Briscoes defeated Lifeblood (Mark Haskins & Bandido) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On October 12, The Briscoes defeated Luke & PJ Hawx to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On November 2, The Briscoes defeated The Master and The Machine (Marcus Kross & Griff Garrison) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At ROH’s 19th Anniversary Show, Jay defeated EC3
– At Best In The World 2021, The Briscoes defeated PJ Black & Brian Johnson
– On October 23, 2021, The Briscoes defeated The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) to win the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On November 14, The Briscoes defeated The Second Gear Crew (AJ Gray & Effy) to retain the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On December 4, The Briscoes defeated Dante Leon & Ninja Mack to retain the GCW Tag Team Titles
– At Final Battle 2021, The Briscoes defeated The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On December 17, The Briscoes defeated Brody King & PCO to retain the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On January 1, 2022, The Briscoes defeated Alex Zayne & Blake Christian to retain the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On January 15, The Briscoes defeated The Rejects (Reed Bentley & John Wayne Murdoch) to retain the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On February 12, The Briscoes defeated The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On March 11, The Briscoes defeated Arez & Penta El Zero Miedo to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles and win the HOG Tag Team Titles
– The Briscoes won the 2022 Crockett Cup, defeating The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams & Harry Smith) in the final
– On March 31, The Briscoes defeated The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) and Nick Gage & SLADE to win the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On April 15, The Briscoes defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb & TJP) to retain the HOG Tag Team Titles
– At Impact Under Siege, The Briscoes defeated Violent By Design (Eric Young & Deaner) to win the Impact Tag Team Titles
– On the May 19, 2022 episode of Impact, The Briscoes defeated Violent By Design (Joe Doering & Deaner) to retain the Impact Tag Team Titles
– On May 27, The Briscoes defeated The Mane Event (Jay Lyon & Midas Black) to retain the HOG Tag Team Titles
– At the ‘Ric Flair’s Last Match’ event, The Briscoes defeated The Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross)
– On August 13, The Briscoes defeated Los Mazisos (Miedo Extremo & Ciclope) in a Death Match to win the GCW Tag Team Titles
– On August 28, The Briscoes defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) and The Mane Event (Jay Lyon & Midas Black) to retain the HOG Tag Team Titles
– On September 24, The Briscoes defeated The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) to retain the HOG Tag Team Titles
– On October 29, The Briscoes defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) to retain the HOG Tag Team Titles
– At Final Battle 2022, The Briscoes defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– Jay Briscoe passed away in a car accident on January 17, 2023. He was only 38 years old
– Mark Briscoe wrestled a tribute match to his brother on AEW Dynamite on January 25, 2023, defeating Jay Lethal

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