Jay Briscoe, the one-half of the Briscoe Brothers tag team passed away at the age of 38 years old. Ringside News reported the emergency medical services log from the call where Jay Briscoe passed away. It appears that a woman also died at the scene. This story gets even worse as more information is revealed. It is believed that Jay Briscoe’s daughter was also in the wreck, and she was referred to as a “critical pediatric” in the log.
Bryan Alvarez later reported that Jay Briscoe’s daughter’s school is closed tomorrow. He posted an official announcement from the school which described this event as “an unthinkable tragedy.”
Briscoes parents believe Jay heard their yell
Briscoe’s parents believe he was still alive when they arrived at the scene of the crash.
“My husband did the yell to him,” Jana Pugh, Briscoe’s mother, told NBC10. “Calls him Chum. He said, ‘Chum, we’re here.’ So if he was conscious at all at that time he would’ve heard that. And I like to think he did.”
Friends, family and fans continue to mourn Jay Briscoe, a popular pro wrestler who died in a Delaware car crash. @tfurlong spoke with Briscoe's mother who described her son's passion for wrestling: https://t.co/FgpZqwm9ke pic.twitter.com/xpOpQZweS8
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) January 19, 2023
During his 20+ year wrestling career, Jay Briscoe was most well known for his time in Ring of Honor along with his brother Mark Briscoe. The two brothers were 13-time ROH Tag Team Team Champions that also recently won the titles against from FTR last month at ROH Final Battle. It was a match praised heavily by the wrestling world as one of the best tag team matches ever
The Briscoes are also in the ROH Hall of Fame that were inducted in the inaugural Hall of Fame that was announced last year. Jay was also a two-time ROH World Champion as well.
