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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''The Briscoe Brothers'''</span><br>
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |Mark (left) and Jay (right), at a Ring of Honor event in 2011
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |Mark (left) and Jay (right), at a [[Ring of Honor]] event in 2011
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| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" |  '''[[Tag Team Match|Tag team]]'''
| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" |  '''[[Tag Team Match|Tag team]]'''
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Members'''  
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Members'''  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Jay Briscoe<br>Mark Briscoe
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Jay Briscoe (wrestler)|Jay Briscoe]]<br>[[Mark Briscoe (wrestler)|Mark Briscoe]]
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Name(s)'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Name(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''Briscoe Brothers''''<br>'''The Briscoes'''<br>The Midnight Outlaws<br>The Briscoe Brothers 2000
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |'''Briscoe Brothers''''<br>'''The Briscoes'''<br>The Midnight Outlaws<br>The Briscoe Brothers 2000
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Combined<br>weight'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Combined<br>weight'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 430 lb (200 kg)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |460 lb (210 kg)
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Hometown'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Hometown'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Laurel, Delaware<br>'''Sandy Fork, Delaware'''<br>Southern Delaware
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Laurel, Delaware]]<br>[[Sandy Fork, Delaware]]<br>Southern Delaware
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Debut'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | May 20, 2000
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |May 20, 2000
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Promotions'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Years active'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Ring of Honor|ROH]]<br>[[Full Impact Pro|FIP]<br>[[Pro Wrestling Noah|Noah]]<br>[[Jersey All Pro Wrestling|JAPW]]<br>[[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla|PWG]]<br>[[Combat Zone Wrestling|CZW]]<br>PWU<br>PCW<br>[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]<br>[[New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)|NJPW]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |2000–2023
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Trainers'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Trainers'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Marcus Jacubs|Van Hammer]]<br>[[East Coast Wrestling Association|ECWA Wrestletech]]<br>Glenn Osborne<br>[[Combat Zone Wrestling|CZW Training School]]<br>Jon Dahmer
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Combat Zone Wrestling|CZW Training School]]<br />[[East Coast Wrestling Association|ECWA Wrestletech]]<br />Glenn Osborne<br />Jon Dahmer<br />[[Mark <!--Keith--> Heimbach<!--(1972, pg.109)-->|Van Hammer]]
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The '''Briscoe Brothers''' are the professional wrestling [[Tag Team Match|tag team]] of '''Jay Briscoe''' (Jamin McAlmond) and '''Mark Briscoe''' (Mark McAlmond). They are currently wrestling for the American promotions [[Ring of Honor (ROH)|Ring of Honor]] (ROH), [[Full Impact Pro]] (FIP), [[Combat Zone Wrestling]] (CZW), and [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG), as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion [[Pro Wrestling NOAH]]. Jay Briscoe is the current [[ROH World Championship|ROH World Champion]].
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The '''Briscoe Brothers''' or the '''Briscoes''' were a [[professional wrestling]] [[Tag Team|tag team]] consisting of American brothers [[Jay Briscoe (wrestler)|Jay Briscoe]] (Jamin "Jay" Pugh, 1984–2023) and [[Mark Briscoe (wrestler)|Mark Briscoe]] (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with the American [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH), where they were record-setting 13-time [[ROH World Tag Team Championship|ROH World Tag Team Champions]].
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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. 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|independent circuit]].
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The duo were featured on [[Ring of Honor]]'s first-ever event on February 23, 2002, and other than an 18-month hiatus from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers were focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of its biggest stars. The Briscoes were 15-time [[world tag team champions]] overall with a record 13 [[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] reigns, one [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] reign in [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW), and one [[Impact World Tag Team Championship]] reign. They also held [[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'s [[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] once, were winners of the [[NWA Crockett Cup (2022)|2022 Crockett Cup]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), and held numerous titles on the [[independent circuit]].
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Best known for working in Ring of Honor, the Briscoe Brothers are the only wrestlers currently working for the company who were featured on its first-ever event in February 2002. Other than [[Briscoe Brothers#Sabbatical from wrestling|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 eight times as a team. On December 29, 2007, during their fourth reign, the Briscoe Brothers became the longest reigning tag team champions in ROH history. The record was broken three years later by [[Kings of Wrestling (ROH)|The Kings of Wrestling]].
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They were also part of three Six-Man Tag Team Championship teams - winning the [[ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship]] once with [[Harlan LoMonaco<!--(McDonald's)-->|Bully Ray]] and NJPW's [[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship]] [[List of NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions|twice]] (with [[Toru Yano]]). On January 31, 2022, they were the inaugural inductees into the [[ROH Hall of Fame]]. As singles competitors, Jay Briscoe was a two-time [[ROH World Champion]], while Mark Briscoe won the 2013 [[Honor Rumble]].
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The Briscoe Brothers teamed together from 2000 until Jay Briscoe's sudden death in a [[car accident]] on January 17, 2023.
==Early life==
==Early life==
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The McAlmond brothers, Jamin (Jay) (born January 25, 1984) and Mark (born January 17, 1985) grew up in [[Laurel, Delaware]]. 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. At one point, both were signed to play for [[Wesley College (Delaware)]], a fact even used in wrestling storyline at one point, at ROH ''Beating the Odds'', to explain an absence from which they were returning.
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The Briscoe brothers, Jamin (Jay) (born January 25, 1984) and Mark (born January 17, 1985) grew up in [[Laurel, Delaware]]. 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. At one point, both were signed to play for [[Wesley College (Delaware)]], a fact even used in wrestling storyline at one point, at ROH ''Beating the Odds'', to explain an absence from which they were returning.
The brothers first became interested in wrestling in their youth by watching the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] on one of the two channels their television could receive. Originally, they practiced wrestling moves with one another on a [[Trampoline|trampoline]] before the family built a wrestling ring in their backyard. 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. Their first foray into professional wrestling came with the [[East Coast Wrestling Association]] (ECWA), while they were still in high school. While their mother, Jana, 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 on May 20, 2000 under the ring names "Jay and Mark Briscoe".
The brothers first became interested in wrestling in their youth by watching the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] on one of the two channels their television could receive. Originally, they practiced wrestling moves with one another on a [[Trampoline|trampoline]] before the family built a wrestling ring in their backyard. 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. Their first foray into professional wrestling came with the [[East Coast Wrestling Association]] (ECWA), while they were still in high school. While their mother, Jana, 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 on May 20, 2000 under the ring names "Jay and Mark Briscoe".
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===Pro Wrestling Unplugged (2005-2006)===
===Pro Wrestling Unplugged (2005-2006)===
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===Return to Ring of Honor (2006-present)===
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=== Return to ROH (2005–2023) ===
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[[File:Briscoeslive.jpg|thumb|Mark (left) and Jay (right) at a Ring of Honor show in 2006.]]
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===Full Impact Pro (2006-2007)===
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=== Independent circuit (2006–2018) ===
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===Pro Wrestling NOAH (2007)===
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=== IWE tryout (2009) ===
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===World Wrestling Entertainment (2009)===
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===New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016)===
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===Return to Combat Zone Wrestling (2010-2011, 2012)===
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=== National Wrestling Alliance (2022)===
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===New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–)===
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===Impact Wrestling (2022)===
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==In wrestling==
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== Championships and accomplishments ==
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* '''Double-team finishing moves'''
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[[File:ROH World Champion Jay Brisco.jpg|thumb|Jay Briscoe was a two-time [[ROH World Championship|ROH World Champion]], as well as a record 13-time [[ROH World Tag Team Championship|ROH World Tag Team Champion]] with his brother Mark.]]
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** ''[[Inverted Death Valley Driver|Cut-Throat Driver]]'' (Mark) / [[Aerial Techniques#Diving leg drop|Diving leg drop]] (Jay) combination
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[[File:The Briscoe Brothers IWGP Tag Team Champions.jpg|thumb|The Briscoe Brothers as the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Tag Team Champions]] in June 2016.]]
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** [[Shooting Star Press|Shooting star press]] (Mark) / [[Aerial Techniques#Diving leg drop|Diving leg drop]] (Jay) combination
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[[File:The Briscoe Brothers NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions.JPG|thumb|The Briscoes were two-time [[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions]] (with Toru Yano)]]
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** ''Spike Jay-Driller'' ([[Double-Team Maneuvers#Aided piledriver|Springboard spike double underhook piledriver]])
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*'''[[Combat Zone Wrestling]]'''
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** [[Aerial Techniques#Springboard|Springboard]] [[Doomsday Device|doomsday device]], sometimes with Mark doing a 180° turn in mid-air
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** ''Briscoe Bottom'' ([[Double-Team Maneuvers#Double chokeslam|Double sitout side slam]]) – early 2000s
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* '''Double-team signature moves'''
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** [[Forehand Cop|Double forehand chops]] using both hands to an opponent in the corner
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** [[Double-Team maneuvers#Double hip toss|High elevation double hip toss]]
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** [[Gorilla Press Drop|High elevation double military press drop]]
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** [[Backbreaker#Pendulum backbreaker|Pendulum backbreaker]] (Jay) / [[Diving Knee Drop|Diving knee drop]] (Mark) combination
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** ''Redneck Boogie'' ([[Double-Team Maneuvers#Powerbomb, neckbreaker combination|Crucifix powerbomb (Mark) / Neckbreaker (Jay) combination]])
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** [[Double-Team Maneuvers#Sidewalk slam, top-rope legdrop combination|Sidewalk slam (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination]]
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** Simultaneous [[Big Boot|running low-angle big boot]] / [[Dropkick|running low-angle dropkick]] combination to the head of an opponent seated in the corner
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** [[Spinebuster]] (Jay) / [[Aerial Techniques#Flying spinning heel kick|Springboard spinning wheel kick]] (Mark) combination
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** [[Three-Point Stance|Three-point stance]] followed into a [[Shoulder Block|double shoulder block]]<ref name=BriscoesProfile/>
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** [[Uppercut|Uppercut]] (Mark) followed by a [[Leg Lariat|leg lariat]] (Jay) followed by a [[Jawbreaker|jawbreaker]] (Mark) followed by a [[Bicycle Kick|jumping big boot]] (Mark) and finished with a [[Facebuster#Complete Shot|reverse STO]] (Jay)
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* '''Jay's finishing moves'''
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** ''Crucible'' ([[Suplex#Sitout suplex slam|Sitout suplex slam]])
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** ''Jay-Driller'' ([[Piledriver#Double underhook piledriver|Double underhook piledriver]])
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** [[Gorilla Press|Military press]] dropped into a [[Death Valley Driver|Death Valley driver]]
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** [[Senton|Diving senton]] – early 2000s
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* '''Jay's signature moves'''
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** [[Big Boot|Arched big boot]]
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** [[Cannonball|Cannonball senton]]
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** [[Aerial Techniques#Diving leg drop|Diving leg drop]]
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** [[Elevated Cutter|Elevated]] [[Cutter|cutter]]
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** [[Frog Splash|Frog splash]]
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** [[Frankensteiner|Hurricanrana]]
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** [[Muscle Buster|Muscle buster]]
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** [[Reverse STO|Reverse STO]], sometimes into the turnbuckle
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** [[Suplex#Sitout inverted suplex slam|Sitout inverted suplex slam]], sometimes from the [[Superplex|top rope]]
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** [[Suplex#Three-quarter nelson suplex|Three-quarter nelson suplex]]
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* '''Mark's finishing moves'''
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** ''Cut-Throat Driver'' / ''Mark-Out'' ([[Inverted Death Valley Driver|Cut-throat inverted Death Valley driver]])
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** [[Shooting Star Press|Shooting star press]], sometimes [[Aerial Techniques#Springboard|springboarding]] to the outside
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* '''Mark's signature moves'''
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** [[Brainbuster#Fisherman brainbuster|Fisherman buster]]
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** [[Moonsault]]
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**''Froggy Bow'' (Frog Splash elbow drop)
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** ''Redneck Kung Fu (Multiple [[Throat Thrust|throat thrust]]s followed by a [[Leg Lariat|leg lariat]] to the back of the opponent's head)
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** [[Suplex#Saito suplex|Saito suplex]]<ref name=markprofile/>
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** [[Slingshot|Slingshot]] [[Diving Double Foot Stomp|double foot stomp]]
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** [[Springboard|Springboard]] [[Cutter|cutter]]
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** [[Superkick]]
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** [[Powerslam#Ura-nage|Ura-nage]]
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* '''[[Manager]]'''
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** [[Jim Cornette]]
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* '''[[Music in professional wrestling|Entrance themes]]'''
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** '''"[[Gimme Back My Bullets]]"''' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
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** "[[God's Son#Track listing|The Cross]]" by Nas
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** "Sleeping All December" by Death Valley Driver
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==Championships and accomplishments==
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* '''[[Combat Zone Wrestling]]'''
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** [[CZW World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of CZW World Tag Team Champions#Title history|2 times]])
** [[CZW World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of CZW World Tag Team Champions#Title history|2 times]])
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*'''[[Extreme Rising]]'''
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*'''Extreme Rising'''
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**Match of the Year (2012) <small>vs. The Blk Out vs. Los Dramáticos</small>
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**Extreme Rising Match of the Year (2012) <small>vs. Blk Out vs. Los Dramáticos</small>
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**Extreme Rising Moment of the Year (2012) <small>Debut in a Cage match against Blk Out and Los Fantásticos.</small>
**Extreme Rising Moment of the Year (2012) <small>Debut in a Cage match against Blk Out and Los Fantásticos.</small>
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*'''[[Full Impact Pro]]'''
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* '''[[Full Impact Pro]]'''
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**[[FIP Tag Team Championship]] ([[FIP Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])
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** [[FIP Tag Team Championship]] ([[FIP Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])
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*'''[[Game Changer Wrestling]]'''
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**[[Game Changer Wrestling#GCW Tag Team Championship|GCW Tag Team Championship]] (3 times)
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* '''[[NWA Wildside]]'''
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* '''[[House of Glory]]'''
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** [[NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship|NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])
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** [[House of Glory#Tag Team Championship|HOG Tag Team Championship]] (1 time)
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*'''[[Impact Wrestling]]'''
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* '''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
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**[[Impact World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of Impact World Tag Team Champions|1 time]])
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** PWI ranked Jay #'''49''' of the top 500 wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2008
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*'''[[Jersey Championship Wrestling]]'''
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** PWI ranked Mark #'''50''' of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008
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**JCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Mark
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* '''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
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* '''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'''
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** [[Crockett Cup]] ([[Crockett Cup (2022)|2022]])
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*'''[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]'''
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**[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWGP Tag Team Champions|1 time]])
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**[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions|2 times]]) – with [[Toru Yano]]
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*'''[[NWA Wildside]]'''
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**[[NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship|NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])
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* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
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** Ranked Jay #'''7''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[PWI 500]] in 2015
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** Ranked Mark #'''49''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
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** Ranked #'''3''' of the top 50 Tag Teams in the ''[[PWI Tag Team 50]]'' in 2022
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*'''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'''
** [[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] ([[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])
** [[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] ([[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])
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* '''Pro Wrestling Unplugged'''
* '''Pro Wrestling Unplugged'''
** PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time)
** PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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* '''Real Championship Wrestling'''
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* '''[[Real Championship Wrestling]]'''
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**RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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**[[RCW Tag Team Championship|RCW Tag Team Championship]] (1 time)
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**RCW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009)
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*'''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
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* '''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
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**[[ROH World Championship]] ([[List of ROH World Champions|2 times]]) – [[Jay Briscoe (wrestler)|Jay Briscoe]]
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** [[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions#Title history|8 times]])
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**[[ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship]] ([[ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Harlan LoMonaco<!--(McDonald's)-->|Bully Ray]]
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**[[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions|13 times]])
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**[[ROH Honor Rumble|Honor Rumble]] ([[ROH Honor Rumble#List of Winners|2009]], [[ROH Honor Rumble#List of Winners|2013]]){{small|<sup>[[#Notes|[N 1]]]</sup>}}
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**ROH Year-End Award (3 times)
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***Tag Team of the Year (2019)
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***Tag Team of the Decade (2010s)
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***Tag Team of the Year (2021)
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**[[ROH Hall of Fame]] (class of 2022)
*'''Squared Circle Wrestling'''
*'''Squared Circle Wrestling'''
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**2SW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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**2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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* '''USA Xtreme Wrestling'''
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* '''USA Pro Wrestling / USA Xtreme Wrestling'''
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**UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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** USA Pro/UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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* '''''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''''
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* '''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]'''
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** [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (2007)
** [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (2007)
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** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Feud of the Year|Feud of the Year]] (2022) {{small|vs. [[FTR (professional wrestling)|FTR]]}}
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===Jay Briscoe===
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== Notes ==
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*'''[[Jersey All Pro Wrestling]]'''
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#{{note|HonorRumble}} <sup>1</sup>The Briscoe Brothers were the co-winners of the 2009 Honor Rumble due to it using a tag team-oriented format rather than a singles wrestler-oriented format. Mark won the 2013 Honor Rumble.
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**[[JAPW Tag Team Championship]] ([[JAPW Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])  – with The Insane Dragon
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*'''Premier Wrestling Federation'''
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**PWF United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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* '''[[Ring of Honor (ROH)|Ring of Honor]]'''
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** [[ROH World Championship]]  ([[List of ROH World Champions#Title history|1 time]])
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=== Mark Briscoe===
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*'''Jersey Championship Wrestling'''
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**JCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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* '''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
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** PWI ranked Mark #'''49''' of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
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* '''[[Ring of Honor (ROH)|Ring of Honor]]'''
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== References ==
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** Honor Rumble (2013)
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==References==
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== External links ==
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==External links==
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{{GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship}}
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{{CZW World Tag Team Championship}}
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{{Chaos (professional wrestling)}}
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{{IWGP Tag Team Championship}}
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{{NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship}}
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{{FIP World Tag Team Championship}}
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{{Game Changer Wrestling Tag Team Championship}}
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{{ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship}}
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{{Impact World Tag Team Championship}}
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{{Crockett Cup}}
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{{All Elite Wrestling}}
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{{ROH Honor Rumble}}
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{{ROH World Tag Team Championship}}

Current revision as of 04:17, 19 January 2024

The Briscoe Brothers
Mark (left) and Jay (right), at a Ring of Honor event in 2011
Tag team
Members Jay Briscoe
Mark Briscoe
Name(s) Briscoe Brothers'
The Briscoes
The Midnight Outlaws
The Briscoe Brothers 2000
Combined
weight 		460 lb (210 kg)
Hometown Laurel, Delaware
Sandy Fork, Delaware
Southern Delaware
Debut May 20, 2000
Years active 2000–2023
Trainers CZW Training School
ECWA Wrestletech
Glenn Osborne
Jon Dahmer
Van Hammer

The Briscoe Brothers or the Briscoes were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of American brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh, 1984–2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where they were record-setting 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champions.

The duo were featured on Ring of Honor's first-ever event on February 23, 2002, and other than an 18-month hiatus from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers were focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of its biggest stars. The Briscoes were 15-time world tag team champions overall with a record 13 ROH World Tag Team Championship reigns, one IWGP Tag Team Championship reign in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and one Impact World Tag Team Championship reign. They also held Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once, were winners of the 2022 Crockett Cup in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and held numerous titles on the independent circuit.

They were also part of three Six-Man Tag Team Championship teams - winning 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). On January 31, 2022, they were the inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame. As singles competitors, Jay Briscoe was a two-time ROH World Champion, while Mark Briscoe won the 2013 Honor Rumble.

The Briscoe Brothers teamed together from 2000 until Jay Briscoe's sudden death in a car accident on January 17, 2023.

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[edit] Early life

The Briscoe brothers, Jamin (Jay) (born January 25, 1984) and Mark (born January 17, 1985) grew up in Laurel, Delaware. 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. At one point, both were signed to play for Wesley College (Delaware), a fact even used in wrestling storyline at one point, at ROH Beating the Odds, to explain an absence from which they were returning.

The brothers first became interested in wrestling in their youth by watching the International Wrestling Federation on one of the two channels their television could receive. Originally, they practiced wrestling moves with one another on a trampoline before the family built a wrestling ring in their backyard. 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. Their first foray into professional wrestling came with the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), while they were still in high school. While their mother, Jana, 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 on May 20, 2000 under the ring names "Jay and Mark Briscoe".

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Combat Zone Wrestling (2001-2002, 2003)

[edit] Jersey All Pro Wrestling (2001, 2002, 2005)

[edit] Ring of Honor (2002-2004)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

[edit] Sabbatical from wrestling (2004-2005)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Unplugged (2005-2006)

[edit] Return to ROH (2005–2023)

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Mark (left) and Jay (right) at a Ring of Honor show in 2006.

[edit] Independent circuit (2006–2018)

[edit] IWE tryout (2009)

[edit] New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016)

[edit] National Wrestling Alliance (2022)

[edit] Impact Wrestling (2022)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

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Jay Briscoe was a two-time ROH World Champion, as well as a record 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his brother Mark.
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The Briscoe Brothers as the IWGP Tag Team Champions in June 2016.
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The Briscoes were two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions (with Toru Yano)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 1The Briscoe Brothers were the co-winners of the 2009 Honor Rumble due to it using a tag team-oriented format rather than a singles wrestler-oriented format. Mark won the 2013 Honor Rumble.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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