Mark Briscoe

**Mark Pugh** (born January 18, 1985) is an professional wrestler best known as **Mark Briscoe**.

He previously wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a record 12-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his brother Jay, and held the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship once (along with Jay and Bully Ray). In 2022, he and Jay were announced as the inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame.

He and Jay have also wrestled in Japan, working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) - where they held the IWGP Tag Team Championship once, and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice (along with Toru Yano) - and Pro Wrestling Noah, where they are former GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Cut-Throat Driver* / *Mark-Out* (Inverted Death Valley driver)
	+ *Froggy Bow* (Frog splash transitioned into an elbow drop)
	+ *Power Supply* (Modified figure-four leglock)
	+ *Thunder Slam* (Over-the-shoulder back-to-belly piledriver)

* **Signature moves**
	+ *Crab Walk* (Second rope sideways ropewalk senton)
	+ Fisherman buster
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- Crane
		- Pele
		- Super
	+ Moonsault
	+ Rebound clothesline
	+ Release powerbomb
	+ *Redneck Kung Fu* (Multiple throat thrusts followed by a leg drop bulldog)
	+ Saito suplex
	+ Shooting star press, sometimes while springboarding to the outside
	+ Slingshot double foot stomp
	+ Springboard cutter
	+ Ura-nage

* **Managers**
	+ Jay Briscoe
	+ Jim Cornette
	+ Papa Briscoe
	+ Uncle Jethro

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Sensei of Redneck Kung-Fu"
	+ "The Sussex County Chicken"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Combat Zone Wrestling**
		- "Automatic" by Powerman 5000 (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Green Iron Fist" by Full Devil Jacket (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "The Cross" by Nas (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- "My Own Summer (Shove It)" by The Deftones (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Green Iron Fist" by Full Devil Jacket
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- "Green Iron Fist" by Full Devil Jacket (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- “Can't Get The Best of Me” by Cypress Hill
		- "The Cross" by Nas (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "British Steel" by James Ryan (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Sleeping All December" (w/ "Dueling Banjos" / "Reach for the Sky" Intro) by Death Valley Driver (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "Lion's Den" (Instrumental) by Dale Oliver (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
		- **"Reach for the Sky"** by Adam Massacre (used as a member of the Briscoes)
	+ **Pro-Wrestling NOAH**
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
	+ **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)
	+ **National Wrestling Alliance**
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre (used as a member of the Briscoe Brothers)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Combat Zone Wrestling**
	+ CZW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Extreme Rising**
	+ Match of the Year (2012) – with Jay Briscoe vs. The Blk Out vs. Los Dramáticos
	+ Extreme Rising Moment of the Year (2012) – with Jay Briscoe Debut Against Blk Out and Los Fantásticos
* **Full Impact Pro**
	+ FIP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Game Changer Wrestling**
	+ GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jay Briscoe
* **House of Glory**
	+ HOG Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jay Briscoe
* **IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ IMPACT World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Jersey Championship Wrestling**
	+ JCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **National Wrestling Alliance**
	+ Crockett Cup (2022) - with Jay Briscoe
* **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
	+ NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jay Briscoe and Toru Yano
* **NWA Wildside**
	+ NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked #**49** of the top 500 wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2013
* **Pro Wrestling Noah**
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Pro Wrestling Unplugged**
	+ PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Real Championship Wrestling**
	+ RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
	+ RCW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (12 times) – with Jay Briscoe
	+ ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bully Ray and Jay Briscoe
	+ Honor Rumble (2009, 2013)
	+ Tag Team of the Decade (2010s) – with Jay Briscoe
	+ ROH Year End Awards
		- Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Jay Briscoe
	+ ROH Hall of Fame
		- Class of 2022
* **Squared Circle Wrestling**
	+ 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* **USA Xtreme Wrestling**
	+ UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Briscoe
* **Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards**
	+ Tag Team of the Year (2007) – with Jay Briscoe