Ring of Honor wrestling star Jay Briscoe dead at 38 - New York Post

Jay Briscoe, 1 of the champion nonrecreational tag-team wrestlers successful the world, has died astatine 38 years old.

Briscoe, whose existent sanction is Jamin Pugh, was a longtime fixture successful Ring of Honor. The Briscoes — Jay, and his member Mark — are 13-time tag-team champions of the promotion, which included a contiguous reign.

The quality was announced by AEW laminitis Tony Khan, who purchased Ring of Honor past March.

“Sadly, Jamin Pugh has passed away. Known to fans arsenic Jay Briscoe, helium was a prima successful ROH for implicit 20 years, from the archetypal amusement until today,” Khan tweeted Tuesday night. “Jay and his member Mark dominated ROH, reigning arsenic champions to this day. We’ll bash immoderate we tin to enactment his family. Rest In Peace Jamin.”

Pro wrestling newsman Dave Meltzer added that Briscoe was 1 of 2 radical who died successful a car mishap successful Laurel, Del.

Ring of Honor wrestling prima Jay Briscoe died successful a car mishap astatine 38 years old.AEW

The Briscoes are 13-time Ring of Honor tag-team champions.AEW

The Briscoes person been portion of Ring of Honor since 2002. Jay Briscoe has besides been their satellite champion doubly arsenic a singles competitor.

Tributes to Briscoe person begun pouring in.

“I’ve been successful tears since I heard the news. I conscionable don’t person the words. Rest successful Peace Jay,” tweeted Cash Wheeler, of the tag-team FTR. The teams wrestled a trilogy of the matches, with the astir caller coming successful December.

Added the pro wrestler Danhausen: “One of the apical highlights of my abbreviated ROH tally and vocation was being capable to not lone enactment with the Briscoes, but having the implicit privilege to wrestle Mark and Jay. One of the champion wrestlers to ever bash it and ever truthful bully and adjuvant to everyone. Rest successful peace.”

“Jay Briscoe was 1 of the toughest men I ever had the privilege of sharing a ringing with, arsenic good arsenic being a tremendous brother, father, and man,” AEW’s Christopher Daniels tweeted. “I’m truthful blessed to person had the accidental to cognize him and wrestle him arsenic often arsenic I did. Rest successful Peace, Jay, I emotion you.”