The Briscoes

**The Briscoes** (also known as **The Brisco Brothers**) are the professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers **Jay Briscoe** (Jamin "Jay" Pugh) and **Mark Briscoe** (Mark Pugh). They are best known for their 19-year tenure with the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).

The duo were featured on ROH's first-ever event on February 23, 2002, and other than an 18-month hatus from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers had been focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of their biggest stars. The Briscoes are 13-time World Tag Team Champions overall with their record twelve ROH World Tag Team Championships and one IWGP Tag Team Championship in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). They have also held Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once, the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship once with Bully Ray and NJPW's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice with Toru Yano. They have also won numerous tag team titles on the independent circuit. On January 31, 2022, they were apart of the inaugural class of inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame.

As singles competitors, Jay is a two-time ROH World Champion, while Mark won the 2013 Honor Rumble.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *3B* (Flapjack (Briscoes) / Cutter (Ray) combination) - with Bully Ray
	+ *Briscoe Bottom* (Double sitout side slam)
	+ *Cut-Throat Driver* (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
	+ Shooting star press (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
	+ *Spike Jay-Driller* (Springboard spike double underhook piledriver)
	+ Doomsday device, sometimes with Mark springboarding

* **Signature moves**
	+ Double forehand chops
	+ High elevation double hip toss
	+ High elevation double military press drop
	+ Pendulum backbreaker (Jay) / Diving knee drop (Mark) combination
	+ *Redneck Boogie* (Crucifix powerbomb (Mark) / Neckbreaker (Jay) combination)
	+ Sidewalk slam (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
	+ Simultaneous running low-angle big boots
	+ Simultaneous running low-angle dropkicks
	+ Spinebuster (Jay) / Springboard spinning wheel kick (Mark) combination
	+ Three-point stance followed into a double shoulder block
	+ Uppercut (Mark) / leg lariat (Jay) followed by a jawbreaker (Mark) / jumping big boot (Mark) / reverse STO (Jay)

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

* **Nicknames**
	+ **"Dem Boys"**

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Combat Zone Wrestling**
		- "Automatic" by Powerman 5000
		- "Green Iron Fist" by Full Devil Jacket
		- "The Cross" by Nas
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- "My Own Summer (Shove It)" by The Deftones
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
		- **"Reach for the Sky"** by Adam Massacre
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- "Green Iron Fist" by Full Devil Jacket
		- "The Cross" by Nas
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
		- "British Steel" by James Ryan
		- "Sleeping All December" (w/ "Dueling Banjos" / "Reach for the Sky" Intro) by Death Valley Driver
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "Lion's Den" (Instrumental) by Dale Oliver
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre
	+ **Pro-Wrestling NOAH**
		- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
	+ **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre
	+ **National Wrestling Alliance**
		- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Combat Zone Wrestling**
	+ CZW World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
* **Extreme Rising**
	+ Extreme Rising Moment of the Year (2012) – Debut Against Blk Out and Los Fantásticos
	+ Match of the Year (2012) – vs. The Blk Out vs. Los Dramáticos
* **Full Impact Pro**
	+ FIP Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **Game Changer Wrestling**
	+ GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times)
* **House of Glory**
	+ HOG Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ IMPACT World Tag Team Champions (1 time)
* **Jersey Championship Wrestling**
	+ JCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Mark
* **National Wrestling Alliance**
	+ Crockett Cup (2022)
* **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	+ NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Toru Yano
* **NWA Wildside**
	+ NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked Mark #**49** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2013
	+ Ranked Jay #**7** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2015
* **Pro-Wrestling NOAH**
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **Pro Wrestling Unplugged**
	+ PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **Real Championship Wrestling**
	+ RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	+ RCW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009)
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Championship (2 times) – Jay
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (12 times)
	+ ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bully Ray
	+ Honor Rumble (2009, 2013)
	+ Tag Team of the Decade (2010s)
	+ ROH Year End Awards
		- Tag Team of the Year (2019)
	+ ROH Hall of Fame
		- Class of 2022
* **Squared Circle Wrestling**
	+ 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **USA Xtreme Wrestling**
	+ UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter* Awards**
	+ Tag Team of the Year (2007)