Jay Briscoe (AEW)
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Jay Briscoe | ||
Birth name | Jamin Pugh | |
Born | January 24, 1984 (age 30) Laurel, Delaware | |
Resides | Sandy Fork, Delaware | |
Professional wrestling career | ||
Ring name(s) | Jay Briscoe | |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
Billed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | |
Billed from | Sandy Fork, Delaware | |
Trained by | ECWA's Wrestletech Glenn Osbourne Jon Dahmer | |
Debut | May 20, 2000 |
Jamin "Jay" Pugh (born January 24, 1984) is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed with Attitude Era Wrestling. He is a former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion with his brother Mark Briscoe
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Combat Zone Wrestling (2001–2003, 2010–2012)
[edit] Jersey All Pro Wrestling (2001–2002, 2005)
[edit] Championship Wrestling
In 2013 Championship Wrestling opened up, Jay Briscoe and his brother was one of the first few to join the promotion. Jay Briscoe soon thereafter gained immediate stardom as he qualified for the Best of Both Worlds match at the first CW pay-per-view ever. On June 9 at the Unstoppable pay-per-view, Briscoe competed in the Best of Both Worlds match along with John Cena, Alex Shelley, Christian, Kane and Curtis Axel the match was later won by John Cena, who later went on to be defeated by ring #2s Best of Both Worlds winner, Bray Wyatt to crown the first CW World Champion. On the June 14 episode of Shock, Jay defeated Randy Orton and was later on in the night drafted to Carnage. In June 2013 a tournament to crown a CW Iron Man Championship was announced, Jay was entered into the tournament. On the June 24 episode of Carnage Jay defeated Cody Rhodes in the first round of the tournament. On the July 1 episode of Carnage Jay defeated both Jimmy Jacobs and Tyson Kidd in the second round to advance to the final round, later on in the night Jon Moxley defeated Kane to advance to the final round. On the July 8 episode of Carnage, Jay competed in a tag team match teaming with Mr. Anderson but were defeated by Jon Moxley and Kane. On the July 15 episode of Carnage both Briscoe and Moxley picked each others opponents for the night in the Pick Your Poison match, Briscoe would choose Edge to face Moxley and Moxley choose Austin Aries face Briscoe, in the night during Moxley's match with Edge, Briscoe interfered allowing Moxley to win the match by disqualification, later that night Briscoe defeated Aries in his Pick Your Poison match. On July 21 at Ascension, Moxley defeated Briscoe in the final round of the tournament to win the CW Iron Man Championship. On the August 5 episode of Carnage Briscoe would defeated Austin Aries again to qualify for the first Heir to the Throne match. On the August 19 episode of Carnage Briscoe fought Brian Kendrick to a draw when Jon Moxley interfered and attacked both Kendrick and Briscoe. On August 25 at Revolt, Briscoe competed in the first-ever Elimination Hell in a Cell Heir to the Throne match along with Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Brian Kendrick, Chris Jericho and then-Iron Man Champion Jon Moxley, the match was won by Daniel Bryan. September 13 on the Shock: Night 1, Briscoe was defeated by Seth Rollins in a match for a shot at Moxley's CW Iron Man Championship at a later date. November 14 on Shock: Night 1, Briscoe was defeated by Dolph Ziggler. December 5 on the Shock: Night 1. Jay Briscoe defeated Ethan Carter III. November 12 on Shock: Night 1, Briscoe was entered into a CW World Championship tournament, but was defeated by Sterling James Keenan it would later be a "Best Match of 2013" category for CW. January 9 on Shock: Night 1, Jay Briscoe defeated Samoa Joe. On another episode of Shock, Jay Briscoe would be announced as one of the participates that would compete in the second Heir to the Throne match, this would be his second Heir to the Throne match. February 14 on Shock: Night 2, Briscoe defeated Sin Cara. After February 23 No Chance in Hell pay-per-view where Team McMahon defeated Team Heyman, there was a Brand split with Champions and Divas being on both shows, Jay Briscoe was drafted to Shock. On the March 6 episode of Shock, Briscoe defeated Ethan Carter III to qualify for the Take Your Pick ladder match at Ring of Champions, Jay would win one of the five briefcases in the Take Your Pick ladder match for a future title shot, his briefcase contact the contract for a CW Universal Championship shot. It would later be announced that on June 1, 2014 Jay Briscoe would compete in the Shock ring of the Best of Both Worlds match for a World Championship shot on the line, he would however loss in the first ring. On July 6, 2014 at the Scars and Stripes pay-per-view, Jay Briscoe faced off against Sterling James Keenan in a rematch from their championship tournament match back in December of 2013, however this time both men were counted out. The next night on July 10, 2014 episode of Shock it was announced that Jay Briscoe would recieve a CW World Heavyweight Championship shot along with the world champion, Christopher Daniels, Sterling James Keenan and Roman Reigns in a Fatal four way match at Ascension. On the July 25, 2014 episode of Shock Roman Reigns was defeated by the CW Iron Man Champion Magnus to lose his spot in the fatal four way now making it a Triple threat match, later that night Briscoe teamed with Sterling James Keenan to defeated John Cena and CM Punk in the main event. In 2014, Championship Wrestling would close down due to personal reasons.
[edit] Ring of Honor
[edit] Debut and Tag Team Champions (2002–2004)
[edit] Return and various feuds (2006–2013)
[edit] ROH World Champion (2013–present)
[edit] Attitude Era Wrestling
[edit] Tag Team Champion (2014)
[edit] Various tag team feuds (2014-present)
[edit] "AEW TakeOver" and Tag Team Champions (2016-present)
In 2015, The Briscoe Brothers would begin pursuing some singles competition, Jay Briscoe began pursuing the AEW World Heavyweight Championship at AEW 2, Jay was defeated by Brock Lesnar in a No Disqualification match. At The Last Stand, Jay would defeated Rhino in a Last Man Standing match. In June 2015, Jay Briscoe took part in the Road to Superclash tournament, but was defeated by Damien Sandow. At Superclash, The Briscoes competed in a Tag Team gauntlet match for the AEW Tag Team Championships, but failed to regain the titles. At the 4th Year Anniversary, the Briscoes Brothers competed in a Fatal four way match for a shot at the AEW Tag Team Championship at Devil's Night: Concussion, the match was won by The Vaudevillains. On the January 11 Concussion, the Briscoe Brothers defeated The New Day for a Tag Team Championship match, after the match they defeated The Wolves to win the AEW Tag Team Championship, this would began what the Briscoes call the "Briscoe TakeOver", both men would pursue the singles championships as well as the Tag Team Championship.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Crucible (Sitout suplex slam)
- Jay-Driller (Double underhook piledriver)
- Military press dropped into a Death Valley driver
- Diving senton – early 2000s
- Signature moves
- Arched big boot
- Cannonball
- Diving leg drop
- Elevated cutter
- Frog splash
- Full nelson slam
- Hurricanrana
- Muscle buster
- Reverse STO, sometimes into the turnbuckle
- Sitout inverted suplex slam, sometimes from the top rope
- Three-quarter nelson suplex
- With Mark Briscoe
- Double-team finishing moves
- Briscoe Bottom (Double sitout side slam) – early 2000s
- Cut-Throat Driver (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
- Shooting star press (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
- Spike Jay-Driller (Springboard spike double underhook piledriver)
- Springboard doomsday device, sometimes with Mark doing a 180° turn in mid-air
- Double-team signature moves
- Double forehand chops using both hands to an opponent in the corner
- High elevation double hip toss
- High elevation double military press drop
- Pendulum backbreaker (Jay) / Diving knee drop (Mark) combination
- Redneck Boogie (Crucifix powerbomb (Mark) / Neckbreaker (Jay) combination)
- Sidewalk slam (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination
- Simultaneous running low-angle big boot / running low-angle dropkick combination to the head of an opponent seated in the corner
- Spinebuster (Jay) / Springboard spinning wheel kick (Mark) combination
- Three-point stance followed into a double shoulder block
- 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)
- Double-team finishing moves
- Manager
- Jim Cornette
- Uncle Jethro
- Poppa Briscoe
- Mark Briscoe
- One Dirty Briscoe (O.D.B.)
- Entrance themes
- "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (while teaming with Mark Briscoe)
- "The Cross" by Nas (while teaming with Mark Briscoe)
- "Reach for the Sky" by Adam Massacre
[edit] Championship and accomplishments
- Attitude Era Wrestling
- AEW Tag Team Championship (3 time, current) – with Mark Briscoe
- Award Show
- Tag Team of the Year (2015) – with Mark Briscoe
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mark Briscoe
- Full Impact Pro
- FIP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Jersey All Pro Wrestling
- JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Insane Dragon
- NWA Wildside
- NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- PWF United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked Jay #27 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Pro Wrestling Unplugged
- PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Real Championship Wrestling
- RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Championship (2 times)
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with Mark Briscoe
- Squared Circle Wrestling
- 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- USA Xtreme Wrestling
- UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Briscoe
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Tag Team of the Year (2007) – with Mark Briscoe