Wesley Brisco (born February 21, 1983) is an

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known for his time in

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(TNA), where he is a former member of

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. He is a member of the Brisco wrestling family; the son of former

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mainstay

Gerald Brisco Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco (born September 19, 1946) is an American retired professional wrestler. Brisco is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion WWE, where he was a backstage producer, and, during the 1990s, an on-screen character, ...

and the nephew of former

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. He currently performs for Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling (ARW), where he is the current ARW Heavyweight Champion in his second reign and a former Atomic Next Level Champion.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2009–2011)

Brisco signed a developmental contract with

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in 2009 and was sent to

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for further training. He debuted on March 3, 2009, winning a Battle Royal. The next year, he formed a tag team with

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, winning the Florida Tag Team Championship on November 4, 2010 when they defeated the previous champions,

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and

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. On December 1 Woods and Brisco vacated the Tag Team Championship, after Brisco was sidelined with an injury. After this, Brisco was released from his contract.

Independent circuit (2011–present)

After being released from WWE, Brisco started wrestling in the independent circuit, primarily in

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. Brisco debuted on independent circuit at Florida Underground Wrestling, on October 14, 2011, when he teamed up with

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and defeated JD Maverick and Kennedy Kendrick. 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. 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. 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. Their feud ended in a dark match at

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with Santee once again coming out on top. 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 as Sam 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. Brisco went on a month long tour of Puerto Rican promoting

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which started on July 14 when he defeated Mr. X. 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 in

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. He also won another tournament with

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, defeating

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, to be the first NWA Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Champions. On October 26, 2012, at a

he competed against the WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion

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and

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in a losing effort in a non-title match. He wrestled a Loser Leaves WWC Match vs

in a no-contest after

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interfered, 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 (

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) fire him. On February 23, 2013, Brisco & Riley lost the Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Championships. On March 7, 2014, at NWA FUW Idus of March, Brisco defeated

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to win the NWA FUW Heavyweight Championship. He lost the title on November 28, 2014 against JD Maverick.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Debut (2012–2013)

Brisco made his

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(TNA) debut on the October 11, 2012, episode ''

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'', in a backstage segment with

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. Three days later at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view, Brisco appeared during Angle's entrance. Brisco would then begin to feud with the villainous

stable, alongside Kurt Angle, after fending off the stable with a metal pipe, during a tag team match between Aces & Eights and Angle and

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on the November 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. Angle then recommended Brisco to for TNA's Gut Check program. The following week, Brisco defeated Garett Bischoff in his Gut Check match, becoming the first contestant to win their tryout match. On the next episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', the storyline Gut Check judges agreed to give Brisco a TNA contract. Brisco wrestled his first match on a TNA pay-per-view on December 9 at

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, teaming with

, Kurt Angle, and

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to defeat Aces & Eights (

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, D.O.C., and two masked members) in an eight-man tag team match. On the following episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Brisco and Bischoff teamed up to defeat

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and Robbie T in a tag team match.

Aces & Eights (2013–2014)

Aces & Eights prepare to attack Hulk Hogan

On the January 31 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Brisco and Bischoff revealed themselves as members of Aces & Eights and attacked Kurt Angle, turning heel in the process. Brisco explained his turn the following week, claiming he should not have had to start at the bottom due to his Brisco family status. On March 10 at

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, Brisco defeated

in a steel cage match, following interference from Aces & Eights Vice President

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. On the September 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Brisco and Garett Bischoff defeated the TNA World Tag Team Champions

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and Gunner in a non-title match. On the September 26th episode

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, 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,

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came 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.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014)

On April 14, 2014,

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(NJPW) announced that Brisco would be making his debut for the promotion representing the

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(NWA) on May 3 at

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. At the event, Brisco unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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. Brisco returned to the promotion on May 25 at

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, where he and

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unsuccessfully challenged

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(

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and Satoshi Kojima) for the

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in a three-way match, which also included K.E.S. (

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and

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Personal life

Brisco was born in

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and has a brother named Joseph who is a grad student at the

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. He is the son of

and nephew of

. On December 18, 2020, it was announced the Brisco was engaged to

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star Red Velvet.

Championships and accomplishments

*Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling **ARW Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current) **ARW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Garrett Bischoff **ARW Next Level Championship (1 time) *

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**Future Legend (2015) *Continental Wrestling Federation **CWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with JD Maverick *

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( 1 time) – with

*French Lake Wrestling Association **FLWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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**FC! BANG Hardcore Championship (1 time) **FC! BANG International Championship (1 time) *Great North Wrestling **GNW Canadian Championship (2 times) **GNW World Television Championship (1 time) *Impact Pro Wrestling **IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Malice * NWA Florida Underground Wrestling/Signature Pro Wrestling **

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( 1 time) **FUW Cuban Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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** Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

*Paragon Pro Wrestling **PPW World Championship (1 time) **PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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**PWI ranked him #101 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the

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in 2013 *

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winner *Universal Championship Wrestling **UCW United States Championship (1 time) *

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** Worst Gimmick (2013)

References

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