Jay Briscoe
Jamin Pugh (January 25, 1984 – January 17, 2023) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Jay Briscoe. He was best known for his time with Ring of Honor, where at the time of his death was one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions with his brother Mark Briscoe in their 13th reign. He was also a two-time ROH World Champion and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.
| Jay Briscoe | |
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| Ring name(s) | Jay Briscoe Kenny Murdoch[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Born | January 25, 1984 Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | January 17, 2023 (aged 38) Laurel, Delaware, U.S. |
| Billed from | Sandy Fork, Delaware |
| Trained by | Eddie Valentine Glen Osbourne Jim Kettner |
| Debut | May 20, 2000 |
On January 17, 2023, Briscoe died in a car accident in Laurel, Delaware, 8 days before he would have turned 39. His death was announced on Twitter by AEW and ROH owner, Tony Khan.[3]
Championships and accomplishments
Briscoe as ROH World Champion, a title he won twice
Briscoe as NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion in February 2016.
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- Extreme Rising
- Match of the Year (2012) with Mark Briscoe vs. Blk Out vs. los Dramáticos [9]
- Extreme Rising Moment of the Year (2012) with Mark Briscoe Debut in a Cage match against Blk Out and los Fantásticos.
- Full Impact Pro
- Game Changer Wrestling
- House of Glory
- Impact Wrestling
- Impact World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe[23]
- Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Class of 2024[24]
- Jersey All Pro Wrestling
- JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with the Insane Dragon[25]
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Crockett Cup (2022) – with Mark Briscoe
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe[26]
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times, first) – with Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano[27]
- NWA Wildside
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 7 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015[31]
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Pro Wrestling Unplugged
- PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Real Championship Wrestling
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Championship (2 times)[35]
- ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bully Ray and Mark Briscoe[36]
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (13 times) – with Mark Briscoe[37][38]
- Honor Rumble (2009)[N 1][39]
- ROH Year-End Award (3 times)
- ROH Hall of Fame (class of 2022)[43]
- Squared Circle Wrestling
- 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe[44]
- USA Xtreme Wrestling
- UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe[45]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Tag Team of the Year (2007) – with Mark Briscoe
- Feud of the Year (2022) Briscoe Brothers vs. FTR[46]
- Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award (2023) as part of the Pugh family
Jay Briscoe Media
Jay Briscoe (right) and Mark Briscoe at a Ring of Honor event in 2006.
Briscoe (right) confronting Adam Cole over which one is the real ROH World Champion in January 2014.
Footnotes
- ↑ Jay and his brother Mark were the co-winners of the 2009 Honor Rumble due to it using a tag team-oriented format rather than a singles wrestler-oriented format.
References
- ↑ Jay Briscoe (in en,de). Cagematch. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ Jay Briscoe – Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ↑ Jay Briscoe Passes Away at 38-years-old (in EN) (January 17, 2023)Ring Side News. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. CZW H8 Club: Dead? – Event @ Break Away Tavern in Smyrna, Delaware, USA (July 14, 2001)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. CZW Twelve: Anniversary – Event @ Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (February 12, 2011)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. CZW World Tag Team Championship (July 14, 2001)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. CZW What About Lobo? – Event @ Champs Arena in Sewell, New Jersey, USA (July 28, 2001)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. CZW Proving Grounds – Event @ Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (May 14, 2011)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ 2012 Extreme Rising End of the Year Award Winners Announced (2013-02-21)Extremereunion.net. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. FIP Southern Justice – Event @ Sumter County Fairgrounds in Bushnell, Florida, USA (October 14, 2006)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. FIP Tag Team Championship (October 14, 2006)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. FIP Unstoppable 2007 – Event @ National Guard Armory in Crystal River, Florida, USA (November 9, 2007)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW War Ready – Pay Per View @ Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California (October 23, 2021)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 6 Part 1 – Pay Per View @ Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, USA (March 31, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW Homecoming Weekend 2022 – Tag 1 – Pay Per View @ Carousel Room At Showboat Hotel Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA (August 13, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW Tag Team Championship (October 23, 2021)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW The Wrld On GCW 2022 – Pay Per View @ Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, USA (January 23, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW Paranoid – Pay Per View @ Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California (April 9, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. GCW The Art Of War 2022 – Pay Per View @ Grand Sports Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA (September 3, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. HOG Salvation – Pay Per View @ NYC Arena in New York City, New York, USA (March 11, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. HOG Tag Team Championship (March 11, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. HOG Revelations - Pay Per View @ La Boom in New York City, New York, USA (December 17, 2022)Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. Impact World Tag Team Championship (May 8, 2022)Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ↑ https://www.pwinsider.com/article/180604/jay-and-mark-briscoe-to-be-inducted-into-indie-wrestling-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024.html?p=1
- ↑ JAPW Tag Team Championship history.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave. NJPW Dominion live results: Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP HW Championship. Wrestling Observer Newsletter (2016-06-18). Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ↑ No Title (in ja). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ↑ Westcott, Brian, Roelfsema, Eric, Tanabe, Hisaharu, and Dupree, Jim. Georgia Tag Team Title/NWA Wildside Tag Team Title History (2007)Jump City Productions. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ PWF United States Heavyweight Championship history.
- ↑ PWF United States Championship Tournament results.
- ↑ Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015. The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
- ↑ RCW October Onslaught (in de)Cagematch. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ↑ RCW Tag Team Championship (in de)Cagematch. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ↑ RCW Tag Team Championship Tournament results.
- ↑ Radican, Sean. Radican's ROH "Supercard of Honor VII" iPPV blog 4/5 – Steen defends vs. Jay Briscoe, ROH vs. S.C.U.M. Ten Man Tag. Pro Wrestling Torch (2013-04-05). Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ↑ Johnson, Mike. ROH spoiler from ongoing Las Vegas taping. Pro Wrestling Insider (2017-03-12). Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ↑ Ring Of Honor Tag Team ChampionshipRing of Honor. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Westcott, Brian. ROH Tag Team Title History (2007)Jump City Productions. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ ROH on HDNet #28 results.
- ↑ Tag Team of the Year: The Briscoes. Ring of Honor (16 January 2020). Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ↑ Tag Team of the Decade: The Briscoes. Ring of Honor (20 January 2020). Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ↑ Thomas, Jeremy. ROH Announces Its 2021 Year-End Awards. Www.411mania.com. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ↑ Briscoes Are First Inductees into ROH Hall of Fame (31 January 2022).
- ↑ 2CW Tag Team Championship history.
- ↑ Tsakiries, Phil, Westcott, Brian, and Knights, Kriss. UWX Tag Team Title History (2007)Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave. February 27, 2023, Observer Newsletter: 2022 Observer Awards issue. Figure4WeeklyWrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 28 February 2023.