Wes Brisco Wesley " Wes " Brisco ( February 21 , 1983 ) is an American professional wrestler Known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , where he is was a member of Aces & Eights . He is a member of the Brisco wrestling family ; the son of former Championship Wrestling from Florida mainstay Gerald Brisco and the nephew of former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2009 - 2011 ) . Brisco signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2009 and was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling for further training . He debuted on March 3 , 2009 , winning a Battle Royal . The next year , he formed a tag team with Xavier Woods , winning the Florida Tag Team Championship on November 4 , 2010 when they defeated the previous champions , Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman . On December 1 Woods and Brisco left the Tag Team Championship , after Brisco was sidelined with an injury . After this , Brisco was released from his contract . Independent circuit ( 2011 - present ) . After being released from WWE , Brisco started wrestling in the independent circuit , primarily in Florida . Brisco debuted on independent circuit at Florida Underground Wrestling , on October 14 , 2011 , when he teamed up with Dakota Darsow and defeated JD Maverick and Kennedy Kendrick . The two teams began feuding and took each other on in one on one and tag team competition with both sides achieving wins and losses . On March 6 , 2012 , the feud culminated in a no holds barred street fight to become the number one contenders for the FUW Tag Team Championship which Maverick and Kendrick won . Brisco and Darsow split up looking for greener pastures in singles competitions . Brisco defeated Bruce Santee only days after the teams loss and went on to lose to Santee for the FUW Heavyweight Championship . Their feud ended in a dark match at Ring of Honor with Santee once again coming out on top . on April 24 , Brisco defeated Fidel Sierra for the FUW Cuban Heavyweight Championship . He would hold the title for several months , fending off opponents such as Sam Shaw , Nick Fame and Darsow . On July 7 , Brisco lost the Cuban Heavyweight Championship to JD Maverick and that also turned out to be his farewell match . Brisco went on a month long tour of Puerto Rican promoting World Wrestling Council which started on July 14 when he defeated Mr . X . He also defeated Donny Fuggedaboudit and Johnny Fuggedaboudit with JD Maverick to crown them as the first CWF Tag Team Champions at CWF SuperClash on August 4 , 2012 in Orlando , Florida . He also won another tournament with Cassidy Riley , defeating The Headbangers , to be the first NWA Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Champions . On October 26 , 2012 , at a World Wrestling Council he competed against the WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion Rey Fénix and Andy Leavine in a losing effort in a non - title match . He wrestled a Loser Leaves WWC Match vs Andy Leavine in a no - contest after Rey Fenix interfered , and attacked both of them at the same time with 2 steel bars . The following week , he competed with the same stipulation , except this time it was anything goes , and he defeated Andy Leavine , to ( kayfabe ) fire him . On February 23 , 2013 , Brisco & Riley lost the Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Championships . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2012 – 2014 ) . Brisco made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debut on the October 11 , 2012 , episode " Impact Wrestling " , in a backstage segment with Kurt Angle . Three days later at the Bound for Glory pay - per - view , Brisco appeared during Angle ' s entrance . Brisco would then begin to feud with the villainous Aces & Eights stable , alongside Kurt Angle , after fending off the stable with a metal pipe , during a tag team match between Aces & Eights and Angle and Garett Bischoff on the November 15 episode of " Impact Wrestling " . Angle then recommended Brisco to for TNA ' s Gut Check program . On the next episode of " Impact Wrestling " , the storyline Gut Check judges agreed to give Brisco a TNA contract . Brisco wrestled his first match on a TNA pay - per - view on December 9 at Final Resolution , teaming with Garett Bischoff , Kurt Angle , and Samoa Joe to defeat Aces & Eights ( Devon , DOC , and two masked members ) in an eight - man tag team match . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Brisco and Bischoff teamed up to deafeat Robbie E and Robbie T in a tag team match . On the January 31 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Brisco and Bischoff revealed themselves as members of Aces & Eights and attacked Kurt Angle , turning heel in the process . Brisco explained his turn the following week , claiming he should not have had to start at the bottom due to his Brisco family status . On March 10 at Lockdown , Brisco defeated Kurt Angle in a steel cage match , following interference from Aces & Eights Vice President D ' Lo Brown . On the September 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , Brisco and Garett Bischoff defeated the TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm and Gunner in a non - title match . On the September 26th episode Magnus , Samoa Joe and Sting defeated Garrett Bischoff , Knux and Brisco in a six - man tag team match after Joe made Brisco tap out to the Coquina Clutch . After the match , Bully Ray came to the ring and told Brisco that he was out of Aces and Eights , but Brisco refused to hand his kutte over to Ray . Ray then hit Brisco with a Clothesline and a Piledriver , after which Knux and Bischoff eventually took the kutte off Brisco and gave it to Ray officially removing him from the group . After four month hiatus , TNA announced that Brisco was released from his TNA contract on January 13 , 2014 . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 2014 ) . On April 14 , 2014 , New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Brisco would be making his debut for the promotion representing the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014 . At the event , Brisco unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Brisco returned to the promotion on May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena , where he and Rob Conway unsuccessfully challenged Tencozy ( Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima ) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship in a three - way match , which also included K . E . S . ( Davey Boy Smith , Jr . and Lance Archer ) . Paragon Pro Wrestling ( 2015 - 2016 ) . Brisco debuted on the June 9 , 2015 edition of PPW Paragon Pro TV where he wrestled a Three - Way title match for the PPW Heavyweight Championship against Caleb Konley and the champion Jessy Sorensen . On May 31 , 2016 Brisco and Jessy Sorensen became the PPW Tag Team Champions . Personal life . Brisco was born in Tampa , Florida and has a brother . He is the son of Gerald Brisco and nephew of Jack Brisco . On October 20 , 2012 Brisco was hospitalized due to renal failure resulting from dehydration .