The Briscoe Brothers | |
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Mark (left) and Jay (right), at a Ring of Honor event in 2011
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Tag team | |
Members |
Jay Briscoe Mark Briscoe |
Name(s) |
The Briscoe Brothers The Briscoes The Midnight Outlaws The Briscoe Brothers 2000 |
Combined weight |
460 lb (210 kg) |
Hometown |
Laurel, Delaware Sandy Fork, Delaware Southern Delaware |
Debut | May 20, 2000 |
Years active | 2000–present |
Promotions |
ROH FIP Noah JAPW PWG CZW PWU PCW TNA NJPW |
Trainer |
Van Hammer ECWA Wrestletech Glenn Osborne CZW Training School Jon Dahmer |
The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh). They are currently wrestling for the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).
The Briscoe Brothers are best known for their work in Ring of Honor and, along with Christopher Daniels are the only wrestlers currently working for the company who were featured on its first-ever event on February 23, 2002. Other than an 18-month absence from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers have been focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of their biggest stars.
The Briscoes are record eight-time ROH World Tag Team Champions and one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. They have also held the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice with Toru Yano. They have also won numerous tag team titles on the independent circuit.
As singles competitors, Jay is a two-time ROH World Champion, while Mark won the 2013 Honor Rumble.
The Pugh brothers, Jamin (Jay) (born January 25, 1984) and Mark (born January 17, 1985) grew up in Laurel, Delaware. As high schoolers, both received honorable mention All-State honors their junior and senior years for football, Jay as a fullback and a linebacker and Mark as a tight end and a linebacker. At one point, both were signed to play for Wesley College (Delaware), a fact even used in wrestling storyline at one point, at ROH Beating the Odds, to explain an absence from which they were returning.