Mark Briscoe
| Mark Briscoe | |
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Briscoe in February 2016
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| Birth name | Mark Pugh |
| Born |
January 18, 1985 Laurel, Delaware |
| Residence | Sandy Fork, Delaware |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Mark Briscoe Keno Murdoch |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg) |
| Billed from | Sandy Fork, Delaware |
| Trained by | Eddie Valentine Glen Osbourne Jim Kettner |
| Debut | May 20, 2000 |
Mark Pugh (born January 18, 1985) is an American professional wrestler best known as Mark Briscoe. He is currently signed with Ring of Honor and working for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is a record eight-time ROH World Tag Team Champion and a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion with his brother Jay Briscoe. He has also held the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice.
Jay and Mark Briscoe made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at Delaware Invasion on January 20, 2001, being brought in to job as part of a three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid. 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, 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. They were then matched against each other in the second round, with Jay winning and advancing further. This match was seen by fans as the best of the tournament, and seen in retrospect as having been responsible in large part for helping launch the brothers' careers, as they were new to the independent circuit and very young at the time.
After losing in title opportunities at Breakaway Brawl and A New Beginning, the brothers won the CZW Tag Team Championship on July 14, 2001, as they defeated the original H8 Club at H8 Club: Dead? They lost it, however, in their first defense, to Johnny Kashmere and Justice Pain on July 28, 2001, at What About Lobo? Mark wasn't used for several months after that, but Jay continued on as a singles wrestler in that time, even facing Justice Pain for the CZW Heavyweight Championship at September Slam on September 8, which he did not win.
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