Briscoe Brothers
Mark (left) and Jay (right), at a Ring of Honor event in Philadelphia in 2006
Tag Team
Members	Jay Briscoe Mark Briscoe
Name(s)	Briscoe Brothers The Briscoes The Midnight Outlaws
Combined weight	430 lb (195 kg)
Hometown	Laurel, Delaware
Billed from	Laurel, Delaware Sandy Fort, Delaware Southern Delaware
Debut	May 20, 2000
Promotions	Ring of Honor Full Impact Pro Pro Wrestling NOAH Jersey All Pro Wrestling Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Combat Zone Wrestling

The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3668 at the 2000 census. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. Full Impact Pro (FIP is an American independent Professional wrestling promotion based in Florida. Pro-Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW is an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG) is a Professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW) is an American based Professional wrestling promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A professional wrestling promotion (also federation or fed) is a company or Business that performs regular shows involving Professional Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. Full Impact Pro (FIP is an American independent Professional wrestling promotion based in Florida. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Pro-Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa

Their wrestling careers have seen them work in promotions all over the United States and the world, beginning in the northeast United States with the East Coast Wrestling Association and Combat Zone Wrestling. East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jim Kettner on August 27 1967. Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW) is an American based Professional wrestling promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling They have won tag team championships in nearly every promotion they have worked for, and are seen as a consistent draw and one of the best tag teams on the independent circuit. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised

Best known for working in Ring of Honor (ROH), the Briscoe Brothers, along with Bryan Danielson, are the only wrestlers currently working for the company who were featured on its first-ever event in February 2002. Bryan Danielson (born May 22 1981) is a American independent professional wrestler, also known as the "American Dragon" Other than an 18-month absence from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers have been focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of their biggest stars and holding the ROH World Tag Team Championship a record five times as a team. The Ring of Honor (ROH World Tag Team Championship is the Tag team title contested for in the independent Professional wrestling promotion Ring ^[1] On December 29, 2007, during their fourth reign, the Briscoe Brothers became the longest reigning tag team champions in ROH history. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Wrestling career 2.1 Combat Zone Wrestling 2.2 Jersey All-Pro Wrestling 2.3 Ring of Honor 2.4 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla 2.5 Sabbatical from wrestling 2.6 Pro Wrestling Unplugged 2.7 Return to Ring of Honor 2.8 Full Impact Pro 2.9 Pro Wrestling NOAH 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 References 6 External links

Early life

The Pugh brothers, Jamin (Jay)^[2] (born January 24, 1984) and Mark^[3] (born January 17, 1985) grew up in Laurel, Delaware. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3668 at the 2000 census. As high schoolers, both received honorable mention All-State honors their junior and senior years for football, Jay as a fullback and a linebacker and Mark as a tight end and a linebacker. ^[4] At one point, both were signed to play for Wesley College (Delaware),^[5] a fact even used in wrestling storyline at one point, at ROH Beating the Odds, to explain an absence from which they were returning. This article is about Wesley College in Delaware, USA See Wesley College (disambiguation for articles on other institutions named "Wesley College"

The brothers first became interested in wrestling in their youth by watching the World Wrestling Federation on one of the two channels their television could receive. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Originally, they practiced wrestling moves with one another on a trampoline before the family built a wrestling ring in their backyard. A trampoline is a Gymnastic and Recreational device consisting of a piece of taut strong Fabric stretched over a Steel frame using many coiled A wrestling ring is the ring stage that professional wrestlers wrestle in From the beginning, the two of them worked on honing their craft, taping their moves and trying to improve them. Despite the fact that their dad was a coach for their high school's wrestling team, they did not participate in amateur wrestling in their high school years. Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport Wrestling. Their first foray into professional wrestling came with the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), while they were still in high school. East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jim Kettner on August 27 1967. While their mother, Janna, was in line to purchase tickets to attend a wrestling event, a promoter for the ECWA approached her and asked if her sons had a tape of themselves wrestling. This led to the brothers debuting for ECWA, where they have no meaningful history, on May 20, 2000 under the ring names Jay and Mark Briscoe. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ^[6]

Wrestling career

Combat Zone Wrestling

Jay & Mark Briscoe made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at Delaware Invasion on January 20, 2001, being brought in to job as part of a three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid. Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW) is an American based Professional wrestling promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match Michael Verde is an American professional wrestler best known by his Ring name Trent Acid, as part of The Backseat Boyz ^[7] At the inaugural Best of the Best event, a show somewhat atypical of CZW in that it is a tournament spotlighting athletic junior heavyweight wrestling as opposed to violent hardcore matches,^[8] the two advanced past the first round in a three-way match with Nick Mondo where the stipulation was whoever took the fall would be eliminated. Matthew "Matt" Burns, better known by his Ring name Nick Mondo is a retired American professional wrestler. ^[9] They were then matched against each other in the second round, with Jay winning and advancing further. ^[9] This match was seen by fans as the best of the tournament, and seen in retrospect as having been responsible in large part for helping launch the brothers' careers, as they were new to the independent circuit and very young at the time. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised ^[10]

After losing in title opportunities at Breakaway Brawl and A New Beginning,^[11][12] the brothers won the CZW Tag Team Championship on July 14, 2001, as they defeated the original H8 Club at H8 Club: Dead?^[13][14] They lost it, however, in their first defense, to Johnny Kashmere and Justice Pain on July 28, 2001 at What About Lobo?^[15] Mark wasn't used for several months after that, but Jay continued on as a singles wrestler in that time, even facing Justice Pain for the CZW Heavyweight Championship at September Slam on September 8, which he did not win. The CZW World Tag Team Championship is a Tag team title contested for in the independent Professional wrestling promotion Combat Zone Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The H8 Club is a Professional wrestling Tag team in Combat Zone Wrestling. Johnny Kashmere is an American Professional wrestler, best known as one half of The Backseat Boyz, along with Trent Acid. Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler from Pro Wrestling Unplugged better known as Justice Pain. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler from Pro Wrestling Unplugged better known as Justice Pain. The CZW World Heavyweight Championship is the top Professional wrestling title in the Philadelphia -based promotion Combat Zone Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz ^[16]

At the end of 2001 and into 2002, CZW's territory (that is, the area at which they held the majority of their events) was shifting from Sewell, New Jersey to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,^[17][18] in order to hold events regularly at the old ECW arena, beginning with December 15's Cage of Death 3. Sewell is an unincorporated area within Mantua Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə New Alhambra Arena is a former Warehouse and current multi-purpose venue used primarily for Professional wrestling and Boxing events Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of ^[19][20] At this event, they faced Nick Gage and Nate Hatred, but wore masks and were identified as The Midnight Outlaws. "The Future of Hardcore" Nick Gage is a professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. ^[19] This was likely to get around the fact that Jay was only 17 and Mark only 16 at the time; this meant, as they were under 18 years of age, that they could not legally work in a sport wrestling exhibition in the state of Pennsylvania. ^[21] As CZW regularly began holding shows in the Philadelphia area, the Midnight Outlaws made appearances at the next four CZW events. At A Higher Level of Pain on April 13, 2002, Jay appeared across the ring from the Midnight Outlaws, tagging with Ruckus against Mark and someone else. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Claude Marrow (born August 15 1978 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American independent Professional wrestler better known by his By this time, he had turned 18. Jay and Ruckus were won the match,^[22] and this was the last time either Jay or Mark appeared for CZW until April 12, 2003, where Jay and Mark both returned for Best of the Best 3. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jay was a surprise entrant after being taunted by AJ Styles, and Mark filling in for the injured Ruckus. Jay advanced to the semi finals, where he lost to B-Boy, and Mark lost his fill-in match to Sonjay Dutt. ^[23] The two faced off with the Backseat Boyz for the CZW World Tag Team Championship at Truth or Consequences on June 14, but failed to win the belts. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the ^[24]

Jersey All-Pro Wrestling

The Brothers appeared for Jersey All-Pro Wrestling (JAPW), in the ECW arena, on March 24, 2001 at March Madness Night 2, losing to Insane Dragon & Dixie in the opener. Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW is an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey. New Alhambra Arena is a former Warehouse and current multi-purpose venue used primarily for Professional wrestling and Boxing events Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the wrestling stable For other uses of the term see Special K (disambiguation. ^[25] It is unclear how, if at all, JAPW's ownership and management worked around Pennsylvania's child labor law, as both brothers were underage at the time of this and two subsequent appearances in the old ECW arena. They made three other appearances in JAPW in 2001, all against Insane Dragon & Dixie - one a victory, one that ended in a no contest due to outside interference, and the last an unsuccessful challenge for Dragon & Dixie's JAPW Tag Team Championship on June 15 at Here to Stay. The current Tag Team Champions of Jersey All Pro Wrestling are the The Latin American Exchange ( Homicide and Hernandez) which Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history ^[25]

They made subsequent appearances for JAPW in 2002, first losing to The S.A.T. on May 3 at May Madness. The SAT (Spanish Announce Team are a Professional wrestling Tag team mostly seen in independent promotions that consists of brothers Jose Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João They then re-entered the JAPW Tag Team Championship picture, wrestling in a three-team match against Da Hit Squad and Wasted Youth, the team of Insane Dragon & Deranged, to fill the vacant championship at Unfinished Business on July 13, 2002. The current Tag Team Champions of Jersey All Pro Wrestling are the The Latin American Exchange ( Homicide and Hernandez) which Da Hit Squad was a professional wrestling Tag team in Ring of Honor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other independent promotions Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. However, it was Jay & Insane Dragon who emerged as champions, after scoring simultaneous pinfalls on the members of Da Hit Squad. ^[26] The six men went on to meet in a rematch of sorts at the next event, Royal Consequences 2 on August 10. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Jay & Dragon defended the title against Da Hit Squad and the team of Mark & Deranged in a tables, ladders, and chairs match, which Da Hit Squad won. A Tables Ladders and Chairs match, often abbreviated as a TLC, is a type of Professional wrestling match originated within World Wrestling Entertainment Two shows later, on September 20 at Family Crisis 2, Da Hit Squad successfully retained the title over the Briscoes in a regular match. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. ^[27]

The Brothers did not appear for JAPW again until late 2005, again in a tables, ladders, and chairs match for the tag team title, this time against the teams of Teddy Hart & Homicide, the Backseat Boyz, and the S. Teddy Hart (born Theodore Annis In the Calgary based Stampede Wrestling promotion Hart teamed with Smith T Nelson Erazo (born March 20 1977) is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent better known by his ring A. T. The match, which took place at JAPW's 8th Year Anniversary Show, was won Hart & Homicide. At the next show, Fall Out, the S. A. T. defeated them and thus became number one contenders to the tag team championship. ^[28] Their last JAPW appearances to date came in early 2006, losing along with the Outcast Killers to the S. A. T. once again at Wild Card II in a tag team title match, and then at Brotherly Love to the team of Sabu and Sonjay Dutt, a match they also lost. Terry Michael Brunk ( December 12 1964) better known by his Ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American ^[29]

Ring of Honor

The Briscoe Brothers have wrestled most extensively for Ring of Honor. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. Jay wrestled on ROH's first-ever show, The Era of Honor Begins, losing to Amazing Red. Jonathan Figueroa, (born April 26 1982) is an American professional wrestler better known by his Ring name, (The Amazing ^[30] Mark seconded him to the ring but could not wrestle because of Pennsylvania's child labor law (most of ROH's earliest shows took place in Philadelphia). Jay wrestled each of ROH's next four shows, against Spanky, Tony Mamaluke, Doug Williams, and James Maritato, losing to all but Mamaluke. Brian David Kendrick Together they also held the World Tag Team Championship for a brief period Charles John Spencer (born July 19 1977) They lost the title however on December 3 to Danny Doring and Roadkill. Douglas Clayton Durdle (born September 1, 1972 in Reading Berkshire) is an English professional wrestler best known by his James Maritato As the ( Kayfabe) heel cousin of Jamie Noble, he attacked then babyface Crash Holly after he defeated Noble in a match on the December ^{[31][32][33][34]} At Honor Invades Boston, when Mark was able to perform, he defeated his brother, in the second-to-last match of the night. ^[35] The Brothers went on briefly to feud against each other, during which time Jay scored a non-title win over ROH Champion Xavier at Glory By Honor. The Ring of Honor (ROH World Championship, originally named the "ROH Title" is the top championship title competed for in the independent Professional John Jirus (born in Queens New York New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor ^[36] This earned him a title shot at All-Star Extravaganza, which he did not win. ^[37] At Scramble Madness, back in Boston, the brothers' storyline involved them picking their own partners for a tag team match. Jay picked past foe Amazing Red, whereas Mark's partner was Christopher Daniels, as he seemingly joined The Prophecy. Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name The Prophecy was a heel stable in Ring of Honor, led by Christopher Daniels, who's goal was to break down Ring of Honor and rebuild in their Daniels pinned Red to win the match. ^[38] The Brothers' feud against one another concluded at the First Anniversary Show, when Jay defeated Mark in a match, and the two hugged afterward to signify their reunion. ^[39] Mark never explicitly left the Prophecy, but in forming a team with his brother, he stopped teaming with them.

Newly united as a team in ROH, the Briscoes began, in 2003, to feud with A.J. Styles and Amazing Red, then holders of the ROH Tag Team Championship, losing in title matches at Night of Champions,^[40] The Epic Encounter,^[41] and Death Before Dishonor, which by stipulation was their last match for the title for as long as Styles & Red held it. Alan Jones (born June 2 1978 (TNA where he is a three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion. The Ring of Honor (ROH World Tag Team Championship is the Tag team title contested for in the independent Professional wrestling promotion Ring ^[42] Before the last match, a poll was held on ROH's website, asking the fans if they wanted to see a third match between the two teams. Over 80% of respondents voted 'yes. ' At Beating the Odds, they returned from a brief absence to score a pair of wins which were depicted in the storyline as being improbable, Mark over ROH veteran B.J. Whitmer and Jay in a Four Corner Survival match with ROH World Champion Samoa Joe, NWA World Heavyweight Champion A. Benjamin Whitmer (born January 25, 1978) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, B The Ring of Honor (ROH World Championship, originally named the "ROH Title" is the top championship title competed for in the independent Professional Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17 1979 Before becoming a wrestler Seanoa worked as a Mortgage broker. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the primary Professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance J. Styles, and Chris Sabin, pinning Sabin to earn a future title shot at Joe. Joshua Harter (born February 4 1982) better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler, currently working ^[43] At ROH's Maryland debut, Tradition Continues, Joe retained over Jay. ^[44]

The Brothers took part in the gauntlet match at Glory By Honor 2, which was held to fill the tag team championship left vacant by Red suffering a serious knee injury. They defeated and eliminated the Special K team of Hydro and Angeldust as well as The Ring Crew Express, before being eliminated by the other Special K team in the match, Izzy & Dixie, due to outside interference from Angeldust. This article is about the wrestling stable For other uses of the term see Special K (disambiguation. Jamar Shipman was born April 21, 1985 in Elizabeth New Jersey. The Ring Crew Express (RCE is the Professional wrestling Tag team of Kevin Dunn and Kirby Marcos better known simply as Dunn and Marcos ^[45] After Izzy & Dixie later won the tag team title, the Brothers were granted a shot at it, at Main Event Spectacles. The reason given in the storyline was they were given the shot since they only lost in the gauntlet match because Special K cheated. In the opening segment of that event, they were aligned with Jim Cornette, because (in the storyline) Cornette wanted to create new champions. James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17 1961 is an American Professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter They attacked his former client, Samoa Joe, who Cornette abandoned since he already was a champion. They went on to win the belts later in the show. ^[1][46] At The Conclusion, The Battle Lines Are Drawn, and The Last Stand, which was by stipulation Joe's last shot at the tag team title for as long as the Briscoe Brothers held it, they retained the belts over Joe and a different partner each time, A. J. Styles, Bryan Danielson, and Jerry Lynn respectively. Bryan Danielson (born May 22 1981) is a American independent professional wrestler, also known as the "American Dragon" Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn (born June 12 1963) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme ^[47][48][49] Since Joe took pinfalls at The Conclusion (to Mark) and The Last Stand (to Jay), both brothers subsequently earned shots at his world title. Both fell; Mark at Final Battle 2003 and Jay at At Our Best in a memorable and bloody steel cage match. ^[50][51]

They dropped the tag team title to the CM Punk & Colt Cabana at ROH's Chicago-area debut, ROH Reborn: Stage Two,^[1][52] working in ROH for the first time as outward heels. Phillip Jack Brooks (born on October 26 1978 Depending on alignment as a crowd favorite or villain, different aspects of the culture are emphasized to encourage Scott Colton (born May 6 1980) better known by his Ring name Colt Cabana, is a Professional wrestler currently wrestling In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. At the next show, Round Robin Challenge III, the title switched three times among the teams in the round robin challenge, the Second City Saints (Punk & Cabana), the Briscoe Brothers, and the Prophecy team of Dan Maff and B. The Second City Saints were an American Professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor, consisting of CM Punk, Colt Cabana and Dan Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dan "Danny" Maff. J. Whitmer. The Briscoes defeated Maff & Whitmer in the fourth match of the night to win the title for a second time, and then lost it back to Punk & Cabana in the main event. ^[1][53] The Brothers both participated in ROH's inaugural Survival of the Fittest tournament, with Mark going over Alex Shelley in his qualifier and Jay falling to Homicide. Patrick Martin (born May 23 1983 better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Mark did not, however, win the elimination final. ^[54] After losing a two out of three falls tag team title match to Punk & Cabana at Death Before Dishonor II Part 1, ending that feud,^[55] they lost in separate singles matches to members of The Rottweilers the next night. The Rottweilers were a Professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor led by Homicide. ^[56] Between that and their victory in tag team action at Testing the Limit,^[57] it is likely that a feud was planned between the Briscoes and the Rottweilers.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

The Briscoe Brothers have a somewhat checkered history with the California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). They have numerous times been announced for events at which they ultimately did not perform, such as when they were scheduled for a PWG World Tag Team Championship match against Roderick Strong and PAC at Giant-Size Annual #4,^[58] but wound up being replaced by Kevin Steen and El Generico. The PWG World Tag Team Championship is the Tag team championship contended in the independent Professional wrestling promotion Pro Chris Lindsey (born July 26, 1983 in Wisconsin) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ben Satterley (born 1986 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English Professional wrestler, better known as PAC (or Pac) Kevin Steen and El Generico are an independent tag team currently performing in the Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla promotions ^[59]

They were involved in the promotion's early days, appearing at their fourth-ever show Are You Adequately Prepared to Rock?, losing to Super Dragon and B-Boy. Daniel Lyon (born May 23 1975) better known by his ring name Super Dragon is an American professional wrestler. For information on the breakdancers see B-boy. Benjamin "Benny" Cuntapay (born December 29, 1978) is an American ^[60] Due to the costs of bringing them in from the East coast and the sabbatical from the sport the Brothers took, they did not appear again until 2006, at Enchantment Under the Sea, falling to El Generico and Quicksilver. "The Generic Luchador" El Generico is a Canadian Professional wrestler, with the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico. ^[61] At the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles, the Brothers' numerous no-shows were worked into the company's kayfabe when PWG announced days before that they had been pulled from the tournament as punishment, but they wound up showing up anyway, attacking Commissioner Dino Winwood on Night One and wrestling in a three-team match on Night Two, with the teams of Scott Lost & Chris Bosh and Homicide & B-Boy for the tag team championship, held and retained by Lost & Bosh. In Professional wrestling, kayfabe (ˈkeɪfeɪb KAY-fayb) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" that is the portrayal of professional ^[62] The Brothers then appeared for PWG on May 19 and May 20, 2007 in the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament to fill the then-vacant tag team championship. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. After defeating the Kings of Wrestling on Night One and the Havana Pitbulls on Night Two, they lost in the finals to Strong and PAC. For the short-lived TNA stable see Kings of Wrestling (TNA The Kings of Wrestling, is the Professional wrestling stable The Havana Pitbulls were a Professional wrestling Tag team, consisting of Rocky Romero and Ricky Reyes. ^[59]

At PWG's ¡Dia de los Dangerous! show, Commissioner of Food & Beverage Excalibur announced that the Briscoes would return at PWG's March 7, 2008 show, to which the crowd chanted "They won't show!" Commissioner Dino Winwood commented that Excalibur gets mad at Winwood booking Roderick Strong, but at least Strong shows up. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Chris Lindsey (born July 26, 1983 in Wisconsin) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Briscoes both arrived for the show but they were unable to defeat Joey Ryan and Scott Lost for the tag team championship following interference from Eddie Kingston and Claudio Castagnoli. "The Professional" Scott Lost is an American Professional wrestler from Southern California. Eddie Kingston (born in Yonkers New York) is an American Professional wrestler who most notably performs for CHIKARA, IWA Mid-South Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler.

Sabbatical from wrestling

The brothers went on an extensive hiatus from professional wrestling, beginning in August 2004. As was announced before ROH's Scramble Cage Melee, Mark was injured in a motorcycle accident between Testing the Limit and that show, and thus both brothers had left Ring of Honor. ^[63] As Jay didn't wish to return to wrestling without his brother, they stopped taking bookings from any company. After making their returns in late 2005 to JAPW, ROH, the only company which they had regularly been working for at the time of Mark's accident, hyped their return at the Fourth Anniversary Show in February 2006. ^[64]

Pro Wrestling Unplugged

The Brothers worked for Philadelphia-based Pro Wrestling Unplugged (PWU) since at least September 17, 2005, when they defeated The S. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A. T. and All Money is Legal to win the then-vacant PWU Tag Team Championship. They held that title until April 22, 2006, when they dropped it to the S. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A. T. ^[65] After further appearances in 2006, which were all matches they lost, the Briscoe Brothers entered PWU's Pitbulls/Public Enemy Tag Team Tournament on October 20. This article is about the Extreme Championship Wrestling team The Public Enemy was the Tag team of Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW World Championship Wrestling Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony They advanced past the first round match, winning over the Krash Krew, but in the course of this match, Mark was injured when Jay inadvertently struck him in the mouth with the backswing of a chairshot. Mark was taken to the hospital after the match and subsequently lost a number of teeth and sustained damage to his gums as well. ^[66] In their second-round match of the tournament, against Homicide & Ricky Reyes, Mark was replaced by Joker, who subsequently turned on Jay to cost them the match. Ricky Reyes (born Richard Nelly Diaz De La Cruz (born August 28, 1978) is a Cuban American Professional wrestler known for his appearances Joker is an American independent Professional wrestler who works for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion IWA Mid-South, They made one further appearance, at an event cross-promoted by PWU and Juggalo Championshit Wrestling. Juggalo Championship Wrestling (abbreviated JCW and formerly known as Juggalo Championshit Wrestling is an independent Professional wrestling promotion run This was a four-way singles match involving Jay & Mark and the members of the S. A. T. to determine the number-one contender to the PWU World Heavyweight Championship, won by Jose Maximo. ^[66]

Return to Ring of Honor

The Briscoe Brothers returned at the Fourth Anniversary Show, forcibly including themselves in a match that was at first between the teams of Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro and Jason Blade & Kid Mikaze. Charles John Spencer (born July 19 1977) They lost the title however on December 3 to Danny Doring and Roadkill. Salvatore "Sal" Rinauro (born September 12 1982) is an American Professional wrestler. They won in their re-debut. ^[67] They then feuded for the tag team championship again, but much as they had against Styles & Red three years earlier, they lost in three shots against the champions at the time, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong, at Ring of Homicide,^[68] Destiny,^[69] and Unified. Dan Solwold He wrestled in the midwest for several years before his east coast wrestling career was jumpstarted after he progressed to the finals of the 2004 ^[70] As before, the storyline was that this cost them any chance at the belts for as long as those champs held them. It was around this time that the Brothers became enforcers for Jim Cornette's heel character as ROH Commissioner,^[71] fighting battles against his enemies, most notably Homicide and his partner Samoa Joe at Glory By Honor V: Night Two and in anything goes, falls count anywhere, elimination match at Dethroned. Enforcer is a Professional wrestling term for one of two situations James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17 1961 is an American Professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter ^[72][73] During this time, they also feuded with KENTA and his partners Davey Richards and Naomichi Marufuji, facing KENTA & Richards at Time to Man Up and KENTA & Marufuji at Glory By Honor V: Night One. also known by his Ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler and one of the last two trainees of the All Japan Pro Wrestling David Richards (born March 1 1983 in Othello Washington) is an American Professional wrestler, better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling NOAH and the US based independent wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ^[74][75]

At Fifth Year Festival: Chicago, the Brothers finally reached the top of the mountain again, defeating Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to win the tag team championship. Matthew Joseph Korklan (born March 19 1983 is an American professional wrestler best known as Matt Sydal ^[1][76] Their reign, however, proved to be exceptionally brief, as they in turn to dropped the belts to Naruki Doi and Shingo Takagi in their first defense, at Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool. is a Japanese Wrestler for Dragon Gate. He currently is the leader of WORLD-1 Shingo Takagi (鷹木信悟 born November 21 1982 in Yamanashi) is a former Japanese bodybuilder turned professional wrestler ^[77] After this match, the storyline was that the brothers felt they needed to "man up" due to losing the title in their first defense, just as they had the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship earlier in the year. The Global Honored Crown (GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a Professional wrestling Tag team title in Japanese promotion Thus, the two faced off what was described as "one time only" at Fifth Year Festival: Finale. The match ended in a draw, with both of them unable to answer the referee's standing ten-count. ^[78] At the next event, All-Star Extravaganza III, they won the title back from Doi & Shingo,^[1] but in the course of the match Mark was seriously injured attempting a Shooting Star Press to the floor. ^[79] Mark was kept in the ICU of hospital for two nights, and suffered a seizure there before eventually being released. ^[80] Two weeks later, at Fighting Spirit, Mark made an unadvertised and unannounced return, entering through the crowd to come to his brother's side during his match with Erick Stevens against Kevin Steen and El Generico. Erick Stevens (born March 12, 1982) is an American professional wrestler from Sarasota Florida. Kevin Steen and El Generico are an independent tag team currently performing in the Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla promotions The storyline was that with Mark out and injured, Jay was tagging with Stevens as a replacement. The No Remorse Corps then ran in and attacked Stevens, and Jay was momentarily left without a partner until Mark entered. Mark eventually suffered the fall in the match after several bumps to the head. ^[81]

They then began to feud with Steen & Generico. After successfully retaining the tag title over Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal at ROH's first pay-per-view Respect is Earned, Steen & Generico showed up and immediately demanded their title shot; the scene followed with a wild brawl all over the building. Respect is Earned was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view promoted by Ring of Honor. ^[82] The feud was followed on both ROH's standard canon, with Steen defeating Mark at A Fight at the Roxbury,^[83] and the PPV series, with the Brothers successfully retaining the tag team title against Steen & Generico at Driven, after which Steen repeatedly attacked both brothers with a ladder. ROH Driven is a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor. ^[84] The Briscoes then retained over Steen & Generico in a steel cage match at Caged Rage and in ROH's first-ever ladder match at Man Up. Man Up was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view promoted by Ring of Honor. ^[85][86]

After the ladder match, Jimmy Jacobs and the other members of The Age of the Fall attacked the Brothers and hanged Jay upside-down from the apparatus which held up the belts. Chris Scoville (born February 17, 1984 in Grand Rapids Michigan) better known by his ring name Jimmy Jacobs, is an American The Age of the Fall is a stable primarily in Ring of Honor and its sister promotion Full Impact Pro, but also in other independent promotions such as Pro Wrestling It was announced that this would not be included in the footage shown on PPV,^[87] although it was soon after shown on ROH's video wire and was included with the DVD of the event. After Mark was again injured in a motorcycle accident, though considerably less serious, Jay was alone in a match held at the taping for ROH's fourth PPV, Undeniable. Undeniable was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view promoted by Ring of Honor. This was an anything goes match against Necro Butcher of the Age of the Fall, which he did not win. Not to be confused with Necrobutcher Dylan Keith Summers (born July 13 1973 in Morgantown West Virginia ^[88] On November 30, the Briscoes had a match which was taped to be included in Undeniable, a tag team title defense against Davey Richards and Rocky Romero, which they won. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats David Richards (born March 1 1983 in Othello Washington) is an American Professional wrestler, better known by his ring name John R Rivera born on October 28 1982 is a Cuban American Professional wrestler better known by his Ring name Rocky Romero and At Final Battle 2007, the Briscoes lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black of The Age of the Fall,^[1] but won it back on April 12, 2008, defeating Richards and Romero, who had since won the championship from Jacobs and Black. Colby Lopez (born May 28, 1986 in Buffalo Iowa) better known by his ring name Tyler Black, is an American professional Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common On April 20, ROH's official website reported that Mark had sustained a wrist injury due to Jacobs stabbing him with his trademark rail spike and stood to miss up to six months. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. In Rail terminology, a spike is a large nail with an offset head that is used to secure rails or Fishplates (or baseplates to ties in the track The next day, the company announced that Jay and a partner of his choosing would continue to be recognized as the tag team champions. ^[89] This partner was later revealed to be Austin Aries. ^[90] After their successful defense against Jacobs & Black on May 10, the championship was declared vacant. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. ^[91]

Full Impact Pro

The Briscoe Brothers began regularly working for ROH's sister promotion, Full Impact Pro (FIP), in September 2006, after two appearances in May. They won the FIP Tag Team Championship from The Heartbreak Express in their fourth event with the promotion, Southern Justice,^[92] after previously winning a number one contenders match over Davey Richards and Colt Cabana. The Heartbreak Express is a Tag team that have been together since 2000 based in Florida and competing regularly all over the the Southeastern Independent circuit David Richards (born March 1 1983 in Othello Washington) is an American Professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Scott Colton (born May 6 1980) better known by his Ring name Colt Cabana, is a Professional wrestler currently wrestling On November 11, at Evening the Odds, the Briscoes were aligned with newly crowned FIP Heavyweight Champion Roderick Strong as members of his team for a five-on-five elimination match, where the three of them were the only survivors. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare The Full Impact Pro (FIP World Heavyweight Championship, originally the FIP Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested for the independent Professional After Necro Butcher beat Mark and Mad Man Pondo fought Jay to a no contest on February 2 at Dangerous Intentions '07, the two of them, known as a team as The Deathmatch Kings, fell in a tag title match the next night at In Full Force '07. Not to be confused with Necrobutcher Dylan Keith Summers (born July 13 1973 in Morgantown West Virginia Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Both brothers competed in the FIP Florida Heritage Title Tournament held at the next event, the Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts, but Mark fell to Delirious in the first round and Jay to Roderick Strong in the semifinals. Delirious is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling on the Independent circuit, most notably in Ring of Honor. Their feud with the Deathmatch Kings continued at International Impact weekend, April 20 and April 21, culminating in the Brothers retaining the tag team title in a bar room brawl on night two. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) The Briscoes further went on in 2007 to retain the title in matches over the likes of Tyler Black & Marek Brave, Black & Trik Davis, and Irish Airborne. ^[93] On November 9, at Unstoppable 2007, their year-long title reign ended, when they dropped the belts to Kenny King and Jason Blade. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all For the football player of the same name see Kenny King (football player. ^[94][92]

Pro Wrestling NOAH

The Briscoe Brothers toured with NOAH in 2007, winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on January 7, 2007 from the team of Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. The Global Honored Crown (GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a Professional wrestling Tag team title in Japanese promotion Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (金丸義信 Kanemaru Yoshinobu) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he holds However, they quickly dropped it two weeks later to Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki, essentially making them transitional champions. Ricky Marvin (born Ricardo Fuentes Romero) is a Mexican professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Japanese promotion Pro Kotaro Suzuki (鈴木鼓太郎 Suzuki Kotarō born June 18, 1978 in Warabi Saitama is a Professional wrestler who currently wrestles for ^[95] They returned for three shows in July, the first a time limit draw against KENTA & Taiji Ishimori, the second a victory alongside Nigel McGuinness over Takuma Sano, Takashi Sugiura, & Tsutomu Hirayanagi, and the third a loss with McGuinness to Mitsuharu Misawa (NOAH's owner), Yoshinari Ogawa, & Ricky Marvin. is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Nigel McGuinness is the Ring name of an English professional wrestler, currently working for Ring of Honor in the United States is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently goes by the name Takuma Sano is a Japanese professional wrestler. He became famous working for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Yoshinari Ogawa (小川良成 Ogawa Yoshinari is a Japanese Professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. ^[96]

In wrestling

Finishers and signature moves of the team^[97]

• Springboard Doomsday Device, sometimes with Mark doing a 360° turn in the air
• Spike J-Driller (Springboard spike double underhook piledriver)
• Cut-Throat Driver (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
• Shooting star press (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
• Crucifix powerbomb (Mark) / Neckbreaker (Jay) combination
• Sidewalk slam (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
• Pendulum backbreaker (Jay) / Diving knee drop (Mark) combination
• Spinebuster (Jay) / Springboard spinning heel kick (Mark) combination
• Uppercut (Mark) followed by a leg lariat (Jay) followed by a jawbreaker (Mark) followed by a jumping big boot (Mark) and finished with a reverse STO (Jay)
• High elevation double hip toss
• High elevation double military press drop
• Three-point stance into a double shoulder block
• Double forehand chops using both hands to an opponent in the corner
• Simultaneous running low-angle yakuza kick / running low-angle dropkick combination to the head of an opponent seated in the corner

Jay's finishing and signature moves^[2]

• J-Driller (Double underhook piledriver)
• Second rope cutter
• Sitout suplex slam, sometimes using an inverted variation
• Three-quarter nelson suplex
• Military press into Death Valley driver
• Muscle Buster
• Cannonball senton
• Diving leg drop
• Arched big boot
• Hurricanrana
• Frog splash

Mark's finishing and signature moves^[3]

• Cut-Throat Driver (Cut-throat inverted Death Valley driver)
• Shooting star press
• Multiple throat thrusts followed by a Leg lariat to the back of the opponent's head
• Leg hook brainbuster
• Moonsault
• Shooting star plancha
• Springboard cutter
• Slingshot double foot stomp
• Saito suplex
• Ura-nage
• Superkick

Entrance Music

• Gimme Back My Bullets – Lynyrd Skynyrd
• The Cross – Nas

Championships and accomplishments

• Combat Zone Wrestling

• CZW Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[13]

• Full Impact Pro

• FIP Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[92]

• NWA Wildside

• NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[98]

• Pro Wrestling NOAH

• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[95]

• Pro Wrestling Unplugged

• PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[65]

• Ring of Honor

• ROH World Tag Team Championship (5 times)^[1]

• USA Xtreme Wrestling

• UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[99]

References

External links

• The Briscoe Brothers' official site

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