Dear Mark, I’m sorry what happen to your brother Jay.
Jamin Pugh (January 25, 1984 – January 17, 2023) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jay Briscoe. He was best known for his time with Ring of Honor, where at the time of his death he was one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions with his brother Mark Briscoe in their 13th reign. He was also a two-time ROH World Champion and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.
My best memories of Jay was were he was teaming up with his brother Mark having a lot of great tag team matches throughout his tine in Ring Of Honor since the beginning and in other promotions across the world and holding countless championships.
Personal Life: In May 2013, Jay caused a controversy on his Twitter account, when he threatened to “fucking shoot” anybody that tries to “teach [his] kids that there’s nothing wrong with [same sex marriage]”. He had previously also made other derogatory comments about homosexual people on his Twitter account. Pugh first apologized for the comment on ROH’s website and again at a house show on May 11, explaining that the comments were meant to reflect the worldview of Jay Briscoe, ‘the redneck character he plays on TV,’ and not the views of Jay Pugh, the person behind the character. Pugh also agreed to donate his full pay from the next two shows to the Partners Against Hate (PAH) charitable organization.
Death: On January 17, 2023, Briscoe died in a car accident in Laurel, Delaware at the age of 38. His death was announced on Twitter by AEW and ROH owner, Tony Khan.
Thank you Jay for the memories.
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