Jay Briscoe

**Jamin "Jay" Pugh** (January 25, 1984 – January 17, 2023) is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name **Jay Briscoe**. He has previously worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and IMPACT Wrestling.

He is a record 12-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his brother, Mark Briscoe, with whom he also has a reign as IWGP Tag Team Champion in NJPW, as well as being part of three Six-Man Tag Team Championship teams in both ROH and NJPW. As a singles wrestler, Briscoe is also a two-time ROH World Champion. On 2022, along with his brother they were inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame.

On January 17, 2023, Pugh died in an auto accident in Laurel, Delaware.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Crucible* (Sitout suplex slam)
	+ *Jay-Driller* (Double underhook piledriver)
	+ Lariat
	+ Military press dropped into a Death Valley driver
	+ Senton

* **Signature moves**
	+ Arched big boot
	+ Cannonball
	+ Discus forearm smash
	+ Diving leg drop
	+ Elevated cutter
	+ European uppercut
	+ Frog splash
	+ Full nelson slam
	+ Hangman's neckbreaker
	+ Muscle buster
	+ Reverse STO, sometimes into the turnbuckle
	+ Sitout reverse suplex slam
	+ Stretch plum
	+ Suicide dive
	+ Superkick
	+ Three-quarter nelson suplex

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

* **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
		- "The Cross" by Nas
	+ **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 Mark Briscoe
* **Extreme Rising**
	+ Match of the Year (2012) – with Mark Briscoe vs. The Blk Out vs. Los Dramáticos
	+ Extreme Rising Moment of the Year (2012) – with Mark Briscoe Debut Against Blk Out and Los Fantásticos
* **Full Impact Pro**
	+ FIP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* **Game Changer Wrestling**
	+ GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Mark Briscoe
* **House of Glory**
	+ HOG Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Mark Briscoe
* **IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ IMPACT World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* **Jersey All Pro Wrestling**
	+ JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Insane Dragon
* **National Wrestling Alliance**
	+ Crockett Cup (2022) - with Mark Briscoe
* **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
	+ NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano
* **NWA Wildside**
	+ NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* **Premier Wrestling Federation**
	+ PWF United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ PWF United States Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2009)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked #**7** of the top 500 wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2015
* **Pro-Wrestling NOAH**
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* **Pro Wrestling Unplugged**
	+ PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* **Real Championship Wrestling**
	+ RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
	+ RCW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009) – with Mark Briscoe
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Championship (2 times)
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (12 times) – with Mark Briscoe
	+ ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bully Ray and Mark Briscoe
	+ Honor Rumble (2009)
	+ Tag Team of the Decade (2010s) – with Mark Briscoe
	+ ROH Year End Awards
		- Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Mark Briscoe
	+ ROH Hall of Fame
		- Class of 2022
* **Squared Circle Wrestling**
	+ 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* **USA Xtreme Wrestling**
	+ UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Tag Team of the Year (2007) – with Mark Briscoe