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The Briscoes or The Briscoe Brothers were a tag team consisting of brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin 'Jay' Pugh, 1984-2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH), where they were a record setting 13 time ROH World Tag Team Champions.
The duo were featured on Ring of Honor's very first every event on February 23rd, 2002, and other than an 18-month hiatus from August 2004 - February 2006, the brothers were focal points of the company throughout it's history, feuding with some of its biggest stars. The Briscoes were 15-time World Tag Team Champions overall, with a record 13 ROH World Tag Team Championship reigns, one IWGP Tag Team Championship reign in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), and one Impact World Tag Team Championship reign. They also held Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once, were winners of the 2022 Crockett Cup in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and held numerous other titles on the independent wrestling circuit.
They were also part of three Six-Man Tag Team Championship teams - winning 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). On January 31st, 2022, they were the inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame. As singles competitors, Jay Briscoe was a former two-time ROH World Champion, while Mark won the 2013 Honor Rumble.
The Briscoes teamed up with each other from 2000 until Jay Briscoe's sudden death in a car accident on January 17th, 2023.
RING OF HONOR CAREER (2002-2004):
The Briscoes have wrestled most extensively for Ring of Honor. Jay wrestled on the very first ROH show, The Era of Honor Begins, losing to The Amazing Red. 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). Jay wrestled each of ROH's next four shows, against Spanky, Tony Mamaluke, Doug Williams and James Maritato, losing to all but Mamaluke. At Honor Invades Boston, when Mark was able to perform, he defeated his brother, in the second-to-last match of the night. The Briscoes went on briefly to feud against one another, during which time Jay scored a non-title win over ROH World Champion Xavier at Glory By Honor. This earned him a championship shot at All-Star Extravaganza, which he failed to win. At Scramble Madness, back in Boston, the brothers' storyline involved them picking their own partners for a tag team match. Jay picked past foe Amazing Red, whereas Mark picked Christopher Daniels, as he seemingly joined The Prophecy. Daniels pinned Red to win the match. The Briscoes' feud against one another concluded at the First Anniversary Show, when Jay defeated Mark in a match, and the two hugged afterward to signify their reunion. Mark never explicitly left The Prophecy, but in forming a team with his brother, he stopped teaming with them.
Newly united as a team in ROH, The Briscoes began, in 2003, to feud with AJ Styles and Amazing Red, then holders of the ROH World Tag Team Championship, losing in title matches at Night of Champions, The Epic Encounter and Death Before Dishonor, which by stipulation was their last match for the title as long as Styles and Red still held it. Before the last match, a poll was conducted on ROH's website, asking if the fans wanted to see a third match between the two teams. Over 80% of the respondents voted "Yes". At Beating The Odds, they returned from a brief absence to score a pair of wins which were depicted in the storyline as being improbable. Mark over ROH veteran BJ Whitmer and Jay in a Four Corner Survival Match with ROH World Champion Samoa Joe, NWA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles and Chris Sabin, pinning Sabin to earn a future title shot at Joe. At ROH's Maryland debut show, Tradition Continues, Joe retained over Jay.
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