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Wes Brisco

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Wes Brisco
Brisco in 2014
Birth nameWesley Brisco
Born(1983-02-21)February 21, 1983(age 41)[1]
Tampa, Florida,U.S.[1]
FamilyGerald Brisco(father)
Jack Brisco(uncle)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Wes Brisco[2]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg)[2]
Billed fromTampa, Florida[2]
Trained bySteve Keirn[1]
DebutJune 2009[1]

Wesley Brisco[1](born February 21, 1983) is an Americanprofessional wrestlerknown for his time inImpact Wrestling(TNA), where he is a former member ofAces & Eights.He is a member of the Brisco wrestling family; the son of formerChampionship Wrestling from FloridamainstayGerald Briscoand the nephew of formerNWA World Heavyweight ChampionJack Brisco.[2]

Professional wrestling career

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World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2009–2011)

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Brisco signed a developmental contract withWorld Wrestling Entertainmentin 2009 and was sent toFlorida Championship Wrestlingfor further training. He debuted on March 3, 2009, winning a Battle Royal. The next year, he formed a tag team withXavier Woods,winning the Florida Tag Team Championship on November 4, 2010 when they defeated the previous champions,Johnny CurtisandDerrick Bateman.[3]On December 1 Woods and Brisco vacated the Tag Team Championship, after Brisco was sidelined with an injury.[4][5]After this, Brisco was released from his contract.

Independent circuit (2011–present)

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After being released from WWE, Brisco started wrestling in the independent circuit, primarily inFlorida.Brisco debuted on independent circuit at Florida Underground Wrestling, on October 14, 2011, when he teamed up withDakota Darsowand defeated JD Maverick and Kennedy Kendrick.[6]The two teams began feuding and took each other on in one on one and tag team competition with both sides achieving wins and losses.[6]On March 6, 2012, the feud culminated in a no holds barred street fight to become the number one contenders for the FUW Tag Team Championship which Maverick and Kendrick won.[6]Brisco and Darsow split up looking for greener pastures in singles competitions. Brisco defeated Bruce Santee only days after the team's loss and went on to lose to Santee for the FUW Heavyweight Championship.[6]Their feud ended in a dark match atRing of Honorwith Santee once again coming out on top.[6]on April 24, Brisco defeated Fidel Sierra for the FUW Cuban Heavyweight Championship. He would hold the title for several months, fending off opponents such asSam Shaw,Nick Fame and Darsow. On July 7, Brisco lost the Cuban Heavyweight Championship to JD Maverick and that also turned out to be his farewell match.[6]

Brisco went on a month long tour ofPuerto RicanpromotingWorld Wrestling Councilwhich started on July 14 when he defeated Mr. X.[7]He also defeated Donny Fuggedaboudit and Johnny Fuggedaboudit with JD Maverick to crown them as the first CWF Tag Team Champions at CWF SuperClash on August 4, 2012 inOrlando, Florida.He also won another tournament withCassidy Riley,defeatingThe Headbangers,to be the first NWA Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Champions.[8]On October 26, 2012, at aWorld Wrestling Councilhe competed against theWWC Universal Heavyweight ChampionRey FénixandAndy Leavinein a losing effort in a non-title match. He wrestled a Loser Leaves WWC Match vsAndy Leavinein a no-contest afterRey Fenixinterfered, and attacked both of them at the same time with 2 steel bars. The following week, he competed with the same stipulation, except this time it was anything goes, and he defeated Andy Leavine, to (kayfabe) fire him. On February 23, 2013, Brisco & Riley lost the Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Championships.[9]

On March 7, 2014, at NWA FUW Idus of March, Brisco defeatedMichael Tarverto win the NWA FUW Heavyweight Championship.[10]He lost the title on November 28, 2014 against JD Maverick.[11]

Brisco works in the Canadian promotion Great North Wrestling based in Ottawa, Ontario and Eastern Ontario. He made his debut in 2016. His gimmick was the Aces of Eights. On June 30, 2017, Brisco won the GNW Canadian Title defeatingRene DupreeandHannibalin a triple threat match in Pembroke, Ontario. He dropped the title back to Hannibal on August 5th in Ottawa, Ontario.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–2014)

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See also:Aces & Eights
Wes Brisco (standing by theturnbuckles) as a member of Aces & Eights.

Brisco made hisTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA) debut on the October 11, 2012, episodeImpact Wrestling,in a backstage segment withKurt Angle.[12]Three days later at theBound for Glorypay-per-view, Brisco appeared during Angle's entrance.[13]Brisco would then begin to feud with the villainousAces & Eightsstable, alongside Kurt Angle, after fending off the stable with a metal pipe, during a tag team match between Aces & Eights and Angle andGarett Bischoffon the November 15 episode ofImpact Wrestling.Angle then recommended Brisco to for TNA'sGut Checkprogram.[14]The following week, Brisco defeated Garett Bischoff in his Gut Check match, becoming the first contestant to win their tryout match.[15]On the next episode ofImpact Wrestling,the storyline Gut Check judges agreed to give Brisco a TNA contract.[16]Brisco wrestled his first match on a TNA pay-per-view on December 9 atFinal Resolution,teaming withGarett Bischoff,Kurt Angle, andSamoa Joeto defeat Aces & Eights (Devon,D.O.C.,and two masked members) in an eight-man tag team match.[17]On the following episode ofImpact Wrestling,Brisco and Bischoff teamed up to defeatRobbie EandRobbie Tin a tag team match.[18]

On the January 31 episode ofImpact Wrestling,Brisco and Bischoff revealed themselves as members of Aces & Eights and attacked Kurt Angle, turning heel in the process.[19]Brisco explained his turn the following week, claiming he should not have had to start at the bottom due to his Brisco family status.[20]On March 10 atLockdown,Brisco defeatedKurt Anglein a steel cage match, following interference from Aces & Eights Vice PresidentD'Lo Brown.[21]On the September 5 episode ofImpact Wrestling,Brisco and Garett Bischoff defeated theTNA World Tag Team ChampionsJames StormandGunnerin a non-title match.[22]On the September 26th episodeMagnus,Samoa Joe and Sting defeated Garrett Bischoff, Knux and Brisco in a six-man tag team match after Joe made Brisco tap out to the Coquina Clutch. After the match,Bully Raycame to the ring and told Brisco that he was out of Aces and Eights, but Brisco refused to hand his kutte over to Ray. Ray then hit Brisco with a clothesline and a piledriver, after which Knux and Bischoff eventually took the kutte off Brisco and gave it to Ray - officially removing him from the group. After a four-month hiatus, TNA announced that Brisco was released from his TNA contract on January 13, 2014.[23]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014)

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On April 14, 2014,New Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW) announced that Brisco would be making his debut for the promotion representing theNational Wrestling Alliance(NWA) on May 3 atWrestling Dontaku 2014.[24][25]At the event, Brisco unsuccessfully challengedSatoshi Kojimafor theNWA World Heavyweight Championship.[26][27]Brisco returned to the promotion on May 25 atBack to the Yokohama Arena,where he andRob Conwayunsuccessfully challengedTencozy(Hiroyoshi Tenzanand Satoshi Kojima) for theNWA World Tag Team Championshipin a three-way match, which also includedK.E.S.(Davey Boy Smith Jr.andLance Archer).[28][29]

Personal life

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Brisco was born inTampa, Floridaand has a brother named Joseph who is a grad student at theUniversity of South Florida.He is the son ofGerald Briscoand nephew ofJack Brisco.On December 18, 2020, it was announced that Brisco was engaged toAEWstarRed Velvet.[30]

Championships and accomplishments

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