Jamin Dale Pugh, better known by his ring name Jay Briscoe, was an American professional wrestler.
48 Facts About Jay Briscoe
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Jay Briscoe was best known for his time with his brother Mark Briscoe as the Briscoe Brothers in Ring of Honor, where he was a two-time ROH World Champion, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion, and record 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champion.
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Jay Briscoe was inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame in 2022.
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Jay Briscoe was trained to wrestle by Eddie Valentine, Glen Osbourne, and Jim Kettner.
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Jay Briscoe debuted on May 20,2000, at the age of 16.
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The Jay Briscoe Brothers made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling at Delaware Invasion on January 20,2001, being brought in to job as part of a three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid.
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At A Higher Level of Pain on April 13,2002, Jay Briscoe appeared across the ring from the Midnight Outlaws, tagging with Ruckus against Mark and someone else.
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On December 11,2010, at Cage of Death XII, the Jay Briscoe Brothers Returned to CZW challenging newly crowned CZW World Tag Team Champions Philly's Most Wanted of Blk Jeez and Joker to a title match in January.
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On February 12,2011, at "Twelve: The Twelfth Anniversary Event" The Jay Briscoe Brothers defeated Philly's Most Wanted to become the new CZW World Tag Team Champions.
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The Jay Briscoe Brothers returned to CZW again on November 10,2012, facing Dave and Jake Crist in a losing effort.
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Jay Briscoe made his Jersey All Pro Wrestling debut on March 24,2001, at March Madness Night 2, losing to Insane Dragon and Dixie teaming with his brother Mark Briscoe.
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In October 2008, the Jay Briscoe Brothers competed at JAPW's 11th Anniversary Show against LAX.
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In February 2002, Jay Briscoe wrestled on Ring of Honor's first-ever show, The Era of Honor Begins, losing to Amazing Red.
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Jay Briscoe wrestled each of ROH's next four shows, against Spanky, Tony Mamaluke, Doug Williams, and James Maritato, losing to all but Mamaluke.
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The Brothers went on briefly to feud against each other, during which time Jay Briscoe scored a non-title win over ROH Champion Xavier at Glory By Honor.
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Jay Briscoe picked past foe Amazing Red, whereas Mark's partner was Christopher Daniels, as he seemingly joined The Prophecy.
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The Brothers' feud against one another concluded at the First Anniversary Show, when Jay Briscoe defeated Mark in a match, and the two hugged afterward to signify their reunion.
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The Jay Briscoe Brothers defeated Maff and Whitmer in the fourth match of the night to win the title for a second time, and then lost it back to Punk and Cabana in the main event.
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The Brothers both participated in ROH's inaugural Survival of the Fittest tournament, with Mark going over Alex Shelley in his qualifier and Jay Briscoe falling to Homicide.
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The Jay Briscoe Brothers returned to ROH at the Fourth Anniversary Show in February 2006, forcibly including themselves in a match that was at first between the teams of Tony Mamaluke, Sal Rinauro, Jason Blade and Kid Mikaze.
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At Fifth Year Festival: Chicago in February 2007, the Jay Briscoe Brothers defeated Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to win the tag team championship.
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The storyline was that with Mark out and injured, Jay Briscoe was tagging with Stevens as a replacement.
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The No Remorse Corps then ran in and attacked Stevens, and Jay Briscoe was momentarily left without a partner until Mark entered.
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At Final Battle in December 2007, the Jay Briscoe Brothers lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black of The Age of the Fall, but won it back on April 12,2008, at Injustice, defeating Richards and Romero, who had since won the championship from Jacobs and Black.
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On December 19,2009, at Final Battle 2009, the Jay Briscoe Brothers won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for a record sixth time by defeating the American Wolves.
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The Jay Briscoe Brothers ended their feud with the Kings of Wrestling on December 18,2010, at Final Battle 2010, where they teamed with their father Mike "Papa" Jay Briscoe in a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Hero, Castagnoli and their manager Shane Hagadorn.
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On January 25,2011, Ring of Honor announced that the Jay Briscoe Brothers had signed new contract extensions with the promotion.
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At Final Battle 2011 on December 23,2011, the Jay Briscoe Brothers defeated Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the seventh time, turning back to faces in the process.
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On May 12,2012, at Border Wars, the Jay Briscoe Brothers lost the title back to Haas and Benjamin.
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Jay Briscoe made his first successful title defense on May 4,2013, at Border Wars 2013 against Adam Cole.
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On June 22 at Best in the World 2013, Jay successfully defended the ROH World Championship against his brother Mark Briscoe.
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Jay Briscoe returned to ROH in September 2013 at Death Before Dishonor XI to hand the ROH World Championship to the winner of the tournament, Adam Cole, who proceeded to attack him afterwards.
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Jay Briscoe received his shot at the ROH World Championship on December 14 at Final Battle 2013, but was defeated by Cole in a three-way match, which included Michael Elgin.
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On February 8,2014, Jay Briscoe defeated Cole to retain his version of the ROH World Championship.
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On September 6,2014, at All Star Extravaganza 6, Jay Briscoe defeated Michael Elgin to win the ROH World Championship, becoming only the second two-time ROH World Champion.
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On December 7, at Final Battle 2014, Jay Briscoe successfully retained the ROH World title after defeating Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor, which would end their year-long feud.
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On March 1,2015, at the ROH 13th Anniversary Show, Jay Briscoe successfully retained the ROH World Championship defeating Tommaso Ciampa, Michael Elgin and Hanson in a four corner survival match.
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On March 27,2015, at Supercard of Honor IX, Jay Briscoe defeated Samoa Joe in Joe's return match to Ring of Honor successfully retaining the ROH World Championship.
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At Best in the World '16 in June 2016, Jay Briscoe failed to regain the ROH World title against Jay Briscoe Lethal; the two shook hands afterwards.
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At Field of Honor in August 2016, the Jay Briscoe Brothers took part in gauntlet match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship that was won by the Addiction.
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In September 2017 at Death Before Dishonor XV, Jay Briscoe turned on Bully Ray, costing himself, Mark and Ray their match against Hangman Page and the Young Bucks for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
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In March 2018 at ROH 16th Anniversary Show, the Jay Briscoe Brothers defeated the Motor City Machine Guns to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the ninth time.
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In March 2022, both Jay Briscoe Brothers were inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame.
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In December 2022, at Final Battle, the Jay Briscoe Brothers defeated FTR in a dog collar match to become 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champions.
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The Jay Briscoe Brothers returned to NJPW in June 2016 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall, where they defeated Guerrillas of Destiny to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
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Jay Briscoe agreed to donate his full salary from the next two shows to the Partners Against Hate charity.
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Jay Briscoe's death was announced on Twitter by Ring of Honor owner Tony Khan.
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Jay Briscoe's funeral was held on January 29,2023, at Laurel High School, with eulogies being delivered by his parents, brother, and fellow wrestler Caprice Coleman.