The Briscoes The Briscoe Brothers are a tag team consisting of brothers Jamin ( Jay ) and Mark Pugh ( Mark Briscoe ) who wrestle under the surname Briscoe . They currently wrestle for the American promotions Ring of Honor ( ROH ) and Full Impact Pro ( FIP ) as well as the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH . Career history . The Briscoe Brothers are well known for their work in Ring of Honor , but before that , they wrestled for Combat Zone Wrestling . Having already made a name for themselves in CZW , the Briscoes joined ROH and appeared on its first show , " The Era of Honor Begins " . Due to state laws in Pennsylvania ( which is where the majority of ROH ' s early shows took place ) , Mark , who was only 17 years old at the time , could not wrestle . He did however accompany his older brother Jay to the ring for his matches . Jay ' s first match was against Amazing Red , which he lost . Jay began to build a number of loses , and backstage criticism from Mark led to a feud between the two . This war of words from Mark even saw the Briscoes ' parents try to calm things down between them . At " Honor Invades Boston " , age laws no longer applied since they were out of Philadelphia , and a match took place between the brothers , which Mark won . Having been embarrassed by losing to his younger brother , Jay vowed not to lose any more matches . He redeemed himself at the next show by beating Amazing Red in a rematch , and at " Glory By Honor " , Jay scored a pinfall victory over ROH Champion Xavier in a non - title match . Because of this victory , Jay got a title match , but could not beat the champion again . At ROH ' s " One Year Anniversary Show " , Jay and Mark wrestled each other one final time , and this time , Jay was the winner . After this match , the feud ended and they began teaming together . The Briscoes immediately challenged for the ROH Tag Team Championship against Amazing Red and A . J . Styles , but did not win . At " Glory By Honor 2 " , they were part of a Gauntlet Match for the vacant title , but were eliminated by Special K . During this time , Jay and Mark also challenged Samoa Joe for the World Title , but neither beat him . After many attempts at the tag title , the Briscoes defeated Special K to become the new champions . Though they couldn ' t defeat Joe in singles competition , they did successfully defend the tag title against him three times , with Joe having a different partner each time . At " Reborn : Stage One " , the Briscoes defeated the debuting Havana Pitbulls in a non - title match . The next night , they lost the title to CM Punk and Colt Cabana . At the next show , " Round Robin Challenge III " , the tag team title was defended in the Round Robin Challenge , and in each of the three matches , the title changed hands . The Briscoes defeated Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer to become two - time champions , but later that night , they lost it back to Punk and Cabana . Both Mark and Jay competed in " Survival of the Fittest ' 04 " . Jay lost his qualifying match against Homicide , and Mark beat Alex Shelley to advance to the six man match , but was eliminated . After this , the Briscoes began a feud with The Rottweilers . At " Reborn : Completion " , they teamed with former enemy Samoa Joe to face Homicide and the Havana Pitbulls . At " Death Before Dishonor II Part 2 " , Jay lost another singles match to Homicide and Mark lost to Low Ki . Both matches were hard hitting , but the Rottweilers ' cheating ways were too much for the Briscoes to handle . The Briscoes got retribution at " Testing The Limit " when they defeated Homicide and Low Ki in a tag team match . This match would be their last match in ROH for nearly two years as they took a break from ROH and wrestling in general . In late 2005 , the Briscoe Brothers returned to wrestling in Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged , where they won the tag team title . In early 2006 , it was announced that they would be returning to ROH . They came back with a new attitude and made an immediate impact in their return match by defeating Tony Mamaluke and Sal Rinauro and Jason Blade and Kid Makaze . The Briscoes set their sights on Generation Next , the stable which included the World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong . At " Best in the World " , Roderick Strong and stablemate Jack Evans defeated the Briscoes . This loss did not discourage them , and at " The 100th Show " , they beat Generation Next member Matt Sydal and his partner AJ Styles . The Briscoes then got a title shot against Aries and Strong . The night before this match , Jay and Mark beat Aries and Strong in singles matches . Despite the momentum gained from these victories , they were not able to beat the champions for the title . Because it was a very close match , the Briscoes received another title shot . They lost again , but still received a third shot with the stipulation that it would be their last shot . The Briscoes lost for the third time , and they could no longer challenge for the tag title as long as Aries and Strong held them ( this is no longer in effect , because of their loss of the title ) . On October 14 , 2006 , The Briscoes won the FIP Tag Team Championship over the Heartbreak Express . On January 7 , 2007 , in their first Pro Wrestling NOAH match , The Briscoes defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Jr . Heavyweight Tag Team title . On January 21 , 2007 , The Briscoes lost the GHC Jr . Heavyweight Tag Team Title to Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzuki . On February 24 , 2007 , Jay and Mark Briscoe defeated the team of Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to become three - time ROH World Tag Team Champions . Their reign would be short - lived , as they lost the title in their first defence a week later , on March 3 , against Shingo Takagi and Naruki Doi in Liverpool , England . The next night March 4 they fought each over to a double knockout in a one off match . Then on March 30 , 2007 they received a rematch against Shingo and Doi . Despite Mark having to leave the match after a concussion sustained from a shooting star press to the outside , Jay finished the match alone and regained the title for the Briscoes . After the match Jay was challenged by Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for a title shot on April 28th in Chicago . Two weekends later Mark returned in the middle of his brother Jay ' s and Erick Stevens match against Kevin Steen & El Generico , however Mark was beaten up by the duo and was pinned by Steen after a Package Piledriver . The next weekend at an FIP show in Florida Mark returned with his brother Jay to take on Necro Butcher & Mad Man Pondo in an insane brawl which saw Mark jump off the ring crew truck and onto Butcher and Pondo who were laid out onto two tables . The Briscoes went on to retain their belts in that matchup and Mark was back in action after only 3 weeks of time off . At " The Battle of St . Paul " on April 27 , the Briscoes successfully defended the ROH World Tag Team Championships in an Ultimate Endurance Match against Pelle Primeau & Mitch Franklin , Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw , and Hallowicked & Gran Akuma . The following night , at " Good Times , Great Memories " they retained the titles against The Murder City Machine Guns . At " Reborn Again " on May 11 , the Briscoes once again retained against ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima & BJ Whitmer .