Professional wrestling career Mark Briscoe

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 combat zone wrestling (2001–2003, 2010–2012)
1.2 jersey pro wrestling (2001–2002, 2005)
1.3 ring of honor (2002 – present)

1.3.1 debut , tag team champions (2002–2004)
1.3.2 return , various feuds (2006–2013)
1.3.3 singles competition (2013–present)


1.4 new japan pro-wrestling (2016–present)

professional wrestling career
combat zone wrestling (2001–2003, 2010–2012)

jay , mark briscoe made debuts combat zone wrestling (czw) @ delaware invasion on january 20, 2001, being brought in job part of three-on-one handicap match against trent acid. @ inaugural best of best event, show atypical of czw in tournament spotlighting athletic junior heavyweight wrestling opposed violent hardcore matches, 2 advanced past first round in three-way match nick mondo stipulation whoever took fall eliminated. matched against each other in second round, jay winning , advancing further. match seen fans best of tournament, , seen in retrospect having been responsible in large part helping launch brothers careers, new independent circuit , young @ time.

after losing in title opportunities @ breakaway brawl , new beginning, brothers won czw tag team championship on july 14, 2001, defeated original h8 club @ h8 club: dead? lost it, however, in first defense, johnny kashmere , justice pain on july 28, 2001, @ lobo? mark wasn t used several months after that, jay continued on singles wrestler in time, facing justice pain czw heavyweight championship @ september slam on september 8, did not win.

at end of 2001 , 2002, czw s territory (that is, area @ held majority of events) shifting sewell, new jersey philadelphia, pennsylvania, in order hold events regularly @ old ecw arena, beginning december 15 s cage of death 3. @ event, faced nick gage , nate hatred, wore masks , identified midnight outlaws. around fact jay 17 , mark 16 @ time; meant, under 18 years of age, not legally work in sport wrestling exhibition in state of pennsylvania. czw regularly began holding shows in philadelphia area, midnight outlaws made appearances @ next 4 czw events. @ higher level of pain on april 13, 2002, jay appeared across ring midnight outlaws, tagging ruckus against mark , else. time, had turned 18. jay , ruckus won match, , last time either jay or mark appeared czw until april 12, 2003, jay , mark both returned best of best 3. jay surprise entrant after being taunted a.j. styles, , mark filling in injured ruckus. jay advanced semi finals, lost b-boy, , mark lost fill-in match sonjay dutt. 2 faced off backseat boyz czw world tag team championship @ truth or consequences on june 14, failed win belts.

on december 11, 2010, @ cage of death xii briscoes returned czw challenging newly crowned czw world tag team champions philly s wanted of blk jeez , joker title match in january. on january 7, 2011, @ small beginnings come great things philly s wanted retained czw world tag team championships against briscoe brothers in no contest. briscoes challenged philly s wanted no disqualification rematch. on february 12, 2011, @ twelve: twelfth anniversary event briscoe brothers defeated philly s wanted become new czw world tag team champions. lost title philly s wanted on may 14, 2011. briscoes returned czw again on november 10, 2012, facing dave , jake crist in losing effort.

jersey pro wrestling (2001–2002, 2005)

mark briscoe before match

mark briscoe made jersey pro wrestling (japw) debut on march 24, 2001, @ march madness night 2, losing insane dragon , dixie teaming brother jay briscoe. unclear how, if @ all, japw s ownership , management worked around pennsylvania s child labor law, both brothers underage @ time of , 2 subsequent appearances in old ecw arena. made 3 other appearances in japw in 2001, , unsuccessful challenge dragon , dixie s japw tag team championship on june 15 @ here stay.

the 6 men went on meet in rematch of sorts @ next event, royal consequences 2 on august 10, 2002, jay briscoe , insane dragon defended titles against da hit squad , team of mark briscoe , deranged in tables, ladders, , chairs match, da hit squad won. 2 shows later, on september 20 @ family crisis 2, da hit squad retained title on briscoes in regular match.

the briscoes did not appear japw again until late 2005, again in tables, ladders, , chairs match tag team title, time against teams of teddy hart , homicide, backseat boyz, , s.a.t.. match, took place @ japw s 8th year anniversary show, won hart , homicide. @ next show, fall out, s.a.t. defeated them , became number 1 contenders tag team championship. more recent japw appearances came in 2006, losing along outcast killers s.a.t. once again @ wild card ii in tag team title match, , @ brotherly love team of sabu , sonjay dutt, match lost. in october 2008, briscoes competed @ japw s 11th anniversary show against lax (homicide , hernandez). during brawl outside ring, mark suffered large gash on side of head.

ring of honor (2002 – present)
debut , tag team champions (2002–2004)

mark briscoe unable wrestle on roh s first-ever show era of honor begins in philadelphia because of pennsylvania s child labor laws; however, mark did accompany brother jay ring @ event in loss amazing red. mark subsequently able perform @ honor invades boston, defeated brother in second-to-last match of night. brothers went on briefly feud against each other, during time jay scored non-title win on roh champion xavier @ glory honor. earned him title shot @ all-star extravaganza, did not win. @ scramble madness, in boston, brothers storyline involved them picking own partners tag team match. jay picked past foe amazing red, whereas mark s partner christopher daniels, seemingly joined prophecy. daniels pinned red win match. brothers feud against 1 concluded @ first anniversary show, when jay defeated mark in match, , 2 hugged afterward signify reunion. mark never explicitly left prophecy, in forming team brother, stopped teaming them.

newly united team in roh, briscoes began, in 2003, feud a.j. styles , amazing red, holders of roh tag team championship, losing in title matches @ night of champions, epic encounter, , death before dishonor, stipulation last match title long styles , red held it. before last match, poll held on roh s website, asking fans if wanted see third match between 2 teams. on 80% of respondents voted yes . @ beating odds, returned brief absence score pair of wins depicted in storyline being improbable, mark on roh veteran b.j. whitmer , jay in 4 corner survival match roh world champion samoa joe, nwa world heavyweight champion a.j. styles, , chris sabin, pinning sabin earn future title shot @ joe. @ roh s maryland debut, tradition continues, joe retained on jay.

the brothers took part in gauntlet match @ glory honor 2, held fill tag team championship left vacant red suffering serious knee injury. defeated , eliminated special k team of hydro , angeldust ring crew express, before being eliminated other special k team in match, izzy , dixie, due outside interference angeldust. after izzy , dixie later won tag team title, brothers granted shot @ it, @ main event spectacles. reason given in storyline given shot since lost in gauntlet match because special k cheated. in opening segment of event, aligned jim cornette, because, in storyline, cornette wanted create new champions. attacked former client, samoa joe, cornette abandoned since champion. went on win belts later in show. @ conclusion, battle lines drawn, , last stand, stipulation joe s last shot @ tag team title long briscoe brothers held it, retained belts on joe , different partner each time, a.j. styles, bryan danielson, , jerry lynn respectively. since joe took pinfalls @ conclusion (to mark) , last stand (to jay), both brothers subsequently earned shots @ world title. both fell; mark @ final battle 2003 , jay @ at our best in memorable , bloody steel cage match.

they dropped tag team title cm punk , colt cabana @ roh s chicago-area debut, roh reborn: stage two, working in roh first time outward heels. @ next show, round robin challenge iii, title switched 3 times among teams in round robin challenge, second city saints (punk , cabana), briscoe brothers, , prophecy team of dan maff , b.j. whitmer. briscoes defeated maff , whitmer in fourth match of night win title second time, , lost punk , cabana in main event. brothers both participated in roh s inaugural survival of fittest tournament, mark going on alex shelley in qualifier , jay falling homicide. mark did not, however, win elimination final. after losing 2 out of 3 falls tag team title match punk , cabana @ death before dishonor ii part 1, ending feud, lost in separate singles matches members of rottweilers next night. between , victory in tag team action @ testing limit, feud planned between briscoes , rottweilers.

return , various feuds (2006–2013)

mark (left) , jay (right) @ ring of honor show in 2006.

the briscoe brothers returned roh @ fourth anniversary show in 2006, forcibly including in match @ first between teams of tony mamaluke , sal rinauro , jason blade , kid mikaze. won in re-debut. feuded tag team championship again, had against styles , red 3 years earlier, lost in 3 shots against champions @ time, austin aries , roderick strong, @ ring of homicide, destiny, , unified. before, storyline cost them chance @ belts long champs held them. around time brothers became enforcers jim cornette s heel character roh commissioner, fighting battles against enemies, notably homicide , partner samoa joe @ glory honor v: night 2 , in goes, falls count anywhere, elimination match @ dethroned. during time, feuded kenta , partners davey richards , naomichi marufuji, facing kenta , richards @ time man , kenta , marufuji @ glory honor v: night one.

at fifth year festival: chicago, brothers reached top of mountain again, defeating christopher daniels , matt sydal win tag team championship. reign, however, proved brief, in turn dropped belts naruki doi , shingo takagi in first defense, @ fifth year festival: liverpool. after match, storyline brothers felt needed man due losing title in first defense, had ghc junior heavyweight tag team championship earlier in year. thus, 2 faced off described 1 time @ fifth year festival: finale. match ended in draw, both of them unable answer referee s standing ten-count. @ next event, star extravaganza iii, won title doi , shingo, in course of match mark injured attempting shooting star press floor. mark kept in icu of hospital 2 nights, , suffered seizure there before being released. 2 weeks later, @ fighting spirit, mark made unadvertised , unannounced return, entering through crowd come brother s side during match erick stevens against kevin steen , el generico. storyline mark out , injured, jay tagging stevens replacement. no remorse corps ran in , attacked stevens, , jay momentarily left without partner until mark entered. mark suffered fall in match after several bumps head. began feud steen , generico. after retaining tag title on claudio castagnoli , matt sydal @ roh s first pay-per-view respect earned, steen , generico showed , demanded title shot; scene followed wild brawl on building. feud followed on both roh s standard canon, steen defeating mark @ fight @ roxbury, , ppv series, brothers retaining tag team title against steen , generico @ driven, after steen repeatedly attacked both brothers ladder. briscoes retained on steen , generico in steel cage match @ caged rage , in roh s first-ever ladder match @ man up.

after ladder match, jimmy jacobs , other members of age of fall attacked brothers , hanged jay upside-down apparatus held belts. announced not included in footage shown on ppv, although after shown on roh s video wire , included dvd of event. after mark again injured in motorcycle accident, though considerably less serious, jay alone in match held @ taping roh s fourth ppv, undeniable. goes match against necro butcher of age of fall, did not win. on november 30, briscoes had match taped included in undeniable, tag team title defense against davey richards , rocky romero, won. @ final battle 2007, briscoes lost roh world tag team championship jimmy jacobs , tyler black of age of fall, won on april 12, 2008, @ injustice, defeating richards , romero, had since won championship jacobs , black. on april 20, roh s official website reported mark had sustained wrist injury due jacobs stabbing him trademark rail spike , stood miss 6 months. next day, company announced jay , partner of choosing continue recognized tag team champions. partner later revealed austin aries. after successful defense against jacobs & black on may 10 @ new level, championship declared vacant. mark returned active competition @ northern navigation on july 25, teaming jay , aries defeat age of fall in no disqualification match. on december 19, 2009, @ final battle 2009, briscoes won roh world tag team championship record sixth time defeating american wolves (davey richards , eddie edwards). went on lose championship kings of wrestling (chris hero , claudio castagnoli) @ big bang! pay-per-view on april 3. on august 23, 2010, ring of honor announced company had signed briscoe brothers contract extensions. briscoe brothers ended feud kings of wrestling on december 18 @ final battle 2010, teamed father mike papa briscoe in six-man tag team match, defeated hero, castagnoli , manager shane hagadorn. on january 25, 2011, ring of honor announced briscoe brothers had signed new contract extensions promotion. on march 19 @ manhattan mayhem iv, briscoe brothers turned heel after suffering upset loss against night xpress (kenny king , rhett titus). on september 17 @ death before dishonor ix, night xpress defeated briscoe brothers in ladder match become number 1 contenders roh world tag team championship. @ final battle 2011 on december 23, briscoes defeated wrestling s greatest tag team (charlie haas , shelton benjamin) win roh world tag team championship seventh time, turning faces in process. on may 12, 2012, @ border wars, briscoe brothers lost title haas , benjamin. on december 16 @ final battle 2012: doomsday, briscoe brothers defeated s.c.u.m. (jimmy jacobs , steve corino) , caprice coleman , cedric alexander in three-way match win roh world tag team championship eighth time. lost title bobby fish , kyle o reilly on march 2, 2013, @ 11th anniversary show.

singles competition (2013–present)

on june 22 @ best in world 2013, mark unsuccessfully challenged brother jay briscoe roh world championship. on june 25, reported both jay s , mark s contracts roh had expired , not renewed. on july 16, roh announced mark sixteenth , final entrant in tournament determine new roh world champion. mark eliminated tournament in first round match on july 27 adam cole. on september 28, mark won honor rumble earn shot @ roh world championship, later same event defeated cole. on may 17, 2014, briscoe brothers took part in roh/new japan pro wrestling co-produced war of worlds ippv, unsuccessfully challenged bullet club (doc gallows , karl anderson) iwgp tag team championship.

at death before dishonor xiv mark unsuccessfully of defeating bobby fish roh world television championship. @ field of honor briscoes (jay briscoe , mark briscoe) in tag team gauntlet match unsuccessfully of winning roh world tag team championship included addiction (christopher daniels , frankie kazarian), war machine (hanson , ray rowe), night express (rhett titus , kenny king), chaos (gedo , toru yano), cheeseburger , ferrara , leon st. giovanni , shaheem ali. @ star extravaganza viii briscoe teamed toru yano , defeated kushida, ach , jay white in first round of roh world six-man tag team championship tournament. @ final battle briscoe unsuccessfully against young bucks (matt jackson , nick jackson) roh world tag team championship.

on march 11, 2017, briscoes , bully ray defeated kingdom win roh world six-man tag team championship. lost title dalton castle , boys on june 23 @ best in world. briscoes , bully ray challenged title again on september 22 @ death before dishonor xv, defeated hangman page , young bucks, when jay turned on ray. on october 20, mark turned on ray, attacking him , tommy dreamer brother.

new japan pro-wrestling (2016–present)

the briscoe brothers iwgp tag team champions in june 2016

through roh s working relationship new japan pro wrestling, briscoes made njpw debut on january 4, 2016, @ wrestle kingdom 10 in tokyo dome, teamed toru yano defeat bullet club (bad luck fale, tama tonga , yujiro takahashi) become inaugural never openweight 6-man tag team champions. through affiliation yano, briscoes became part of chaos stable. 3 made first successful title defense following day against bullet club trio of fale, matt jackson , nick jackson. on february 11 @ new beginning in osaka, briscoes , yano lost never openweight 6-man tag team championship fale, tonga , takahashi in second defense. briscoes , yano regained title 3 days later @ new beginning in niigata. on february 20 @ honor rising: japan 2016, briscoes , yano lost title elite (kenny omega, matt jackson , nick jackson).

the briscoes returned njpw on june 19 @ dominion 6.19 in osaka-jo hall, defeated guerrillas of destiny (tama tonga , tanga loa) win iwgp tag team championship. made first successful title defense on august 14 against bullet club team of hangman page , yujiro takahashi. on september 22 @ destruction in hiroshima, briscoe brothers defeated reigning iwgp junior heavyweight tag team champions young bucks second successful title defense. on october 10 @ king of pro-wrestling, lost title tonga , loa.