Jay Briscoe, an American professional wrestler and brother of Mark Briscoe who formed tag team Briscoe Brothers has died.
Jay Briscoe was born Jamin Pugh on January 25, 1984 and died on January 17, 2023 at age 38, eight days to his 39th birthday.
Jay Briscoe died in a car accident in Laurel, Delaware.
The sad news of his demise was announced on Twitter by AEW and ROH owner, Tony Khan.
At the time of death, Jay Briscoe was one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions with his brother Mark Briscoe in their 13th reign.
Jay Briscoe was also a two-time ROH World Champion and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.
Jay and his brother Mark Briscoe, best known as the Briscoe Brothers made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at Delaware Invasion on January 20, 2001.
On April 1, 2022 at Multiverse of Matches, The Briscoe Brothers made their Impact Wrestling debut, losing to The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson).
On May 7, 2022, they defeated Violent By Design (represented by Eric Young and Deaner) at Under Siege to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship for the first time.
On May 8, 2022, taping of Impact Wrestling; they successfully defended titles in a rematch against Violent By Design.
However, at Slammiversary, they lost the title against The Good Brothers.
The Briscoe Brothers have wrestled most extensively for Ring of Honor.