Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco (born September 19, 1946) is an American retired

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. Brisco is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion

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, where he was a backstage producer, and, during the 1990s, an on-screen character, working alongside Pat Patterson as the "stooges" for the Mr. McMahon character (portrayed by former WWE CEO and Chairman

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). He was most recently a WWE

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where he focused on exclusively recruiting

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into the company. Debuting in 1969, Brisco wrestled for multiple

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(NWA)

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throughout the 1970s and early-1980s, in particular

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and

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, winning dozens of

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. Throughout his career, he teamed with his elder brother Jack as The Brisco Brothers. After retiring in 1985, Brisco moved into a backstage role with the

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(now WWE). He had a late career resurgence between 1997 and 2000 alongside fellow veteran wrestler Pat Patterson as the onscreen " stooge" of WWE chairman

. Both Briscos were inducted into the

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Amateur wrestling career

Gerald Brisco grew up with five siblings and an absent father in Oklahoma. He followed his brother, Jack Brisco, into

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, and was eventually awarded an athletic scholarship to

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after winning two AAU tournaments and only losing two high school matches, placing second in Oklahoma States in his only two years of high school wrestling due to broken leg in football. He was a starter on the OSU freshman team winning several matches and tournaments. During the

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of 1968, Brisco was in

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with Jack, and was asked to substitute for his brother's injured

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partner despite his lack of professional training. After Brisco contracted

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and injured his knee, he decided to drop out of college and become a full-time professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

The Brisco Brothers (1967–1984)

Brisco was trained by his brother and debuted in 1967 as his

partner, using the name Gerald Brisco. The Brisco Brothers were a highly successful team, amassing over twenty tag team championships over the course of thirteen years. They arrived in

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in 1970 (with Brisco becoming Jerry Brisco) and dominated the singles and tag divisions for several years thereafter. It was also in the late 1970s that the Brisco's discovered Terry Bollea, the future wrestling legend best known as Hulk Hogan, who they introduced to

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for training. Jerry Brisco would amass a number of singles championships throughout the 1970s, including becoming the first holder of Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship. On June 20, 1981, he defeated

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for the

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In 1983, while teaming in the Mid-Atlantic territory, the brothers turned

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against the team of

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and

Jay Youngblood Steven Nicolas Romero (June 21, 1955 – September 2, 1985) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Jay Youngblood. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions in a tag team with Ricky Ste ...

, the

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. The two teams traded the belts back and forth until the feud culminated at the first

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, with Steamboat and Youngblood regaining the championship. The brothers would hold the title one last time in 1984, ultimately losing to the team of Wahoo McDaniel and

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. They would leave the Mid-Atlantic area shortly after. The Briscos held minority interests in

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. In 1984, dissatisfied with the direction of the company and smaller than expected

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s, they convinced equally disgruntled majority

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Paul Jones to give them

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of his shares. The three men and Jim Barnett sold their shares to

, enabling him to increase his dominance of the professional wrestling world.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE (1984–2020)

The brothers entered the

in the fall of 1984, once again assuming their familiar role as fan favorites. The Briscos unsuccessfully challenged the North-South Connection, Adrian Adonis and

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, for the

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. Both men would retire from the ring in early 1985. After retiring, Brisco began working backstage as a road agent and talent scout for McMahon. Following the 1997

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, Brisco capitalized on his notoriety by becoming an onscreen "stooge" of Vince McMahon along with Pat Patterson. The duo portrayed a pair of bumbling comic heels and joined The Corporation and the McMahon-Helmsley Faction. They lampooned

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(then working for

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, the rival of WWF) by mimicking his trademark gestures and using "Real American", his old entrance theme. Gerald Brisco - King of the Ring 2000

On the May 18, 2000 episode of ''

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'' Brisco won his first WWF championship when he pinned a sleeping

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to win the perpetually contested Hardcore Championship. Crash regained the title on June 12 but Brisco was intent on regaining. He pursued Holly around

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but ran afoul of

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, who had agreed to protect Holly. Brisco eventually regained the title the following week with the aid of Pat Patterson in the midst of a match between Crash and his cousin,

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. As Patterson and Brisco celebrated the victory, Patterson poured

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in Brisco's eyes then broke a second bottle over his head. He then pinned the (

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)

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Brisco to win the Hardcore Championship. Patterson hid from Brisco in drag in the women's locker room, and, after Brisco pursued him into the locker room, Vince McMahon booked them in a Hardcore Evening Gown Match at the

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. In the course of the match, Holly interfered and pinned Patterson, regaining the title once again. On July 15, 2005, Brisco was inducted into the

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. He appeared at

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in a party scene and also on the July 23, 2007 edition of ''RAW''. On March 29, 2008, Brisco and his brother were inducted into the

the night before

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. In June 2009, Brisco suffered three strokes. Four months later, it was announced that Brisco would not be returning to his position as a road agent in WWE. In March 2010, Jerry Brisco did return to the WWE as a

and recruiter for NXT. According to

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, on October 19, 2011, Brisco suffered another stroke, a minor one. During the '' Raw Reunion'' episode on July 22, 2019, Brisco pinned Pat Patterson off-screen backstage to win the

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. He became the third person to win both the WWE Hardcore Championship and the WWE 24/7 Championship. He would soon after lose the title to

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. He was furloughed, along with many other WWE employees, on April 15, 2020, and was officially released on September 10.

Personal life

Brisco is married, he and his wife Barbara have two sons named Wesley (born 1983) who is also a professional wrestler, known as

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, a former FCW Tag Team Champion and Joseph who is a grad student at USF Tampa. Brisco also co-owned a

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with his brother Bill, and longtime partner Travis Allred, known as the Brisco Brothers Body Shop. Jack Brisco was also a partner in the business before his death in 2010. The Briscos were inducted into the

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Hall Of Fame in June 2016. On August 11, 2018, Brisco was inducted into the NWHOF Florida Chapter as “Outstanding American.”

Other media

Brisco appears as a manager alongside Pat Patterson in ''

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''. After leaving WWE, Brisco began hosting a

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series with

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Championships and accomplishments

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**Lou Thesz Award (2015) **Other honoree (

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) *

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( 1 time) ** NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 8 times) – with

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** NWA Florida Television Championship ( 1 time) ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (

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) – with Jack Brisco ** NWA North American Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (

) – with Jack Brisco ** NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 3 times) *

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** ESA International Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

**Class of 2005 *

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( 5 times) – with

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(1), Jack Brisco (2),

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(1), and

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(1) ** NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship ''(Northern Division)'' ( 1 time)While almost always defended in the

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promotion, Brisco won the championship while working on a card hosted by

via a working relationship between the two promotions. **NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship ''(Georgia version)'' (1 time) *

** NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

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** NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship ( 3 times) Briscos NWA World Tag Team Championship 1983

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( 1 time) ** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' ( 3 times) – with

( 1 time) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him # 54 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Jack Brisco in 2003. **PWI ranked him #217 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "

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" in 2003 * St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2023 *

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** NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

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** WWC North American Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Jack Brisco ** WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE ** WWF Hardcore Championship (

) **

( 1 time) **

( Class of 2008) *

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(2023) - with Jack Brisco

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