The Second City Saints was an American professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor , consisting of CM Punk , Colt Cabana and Ace Steel , consisting of all three members representing Chicago, Illinois . They were also managed sporadically by Lucy and Traci Brooks .
183-703: The group was formed in 2003 and would feud with Raven , The Prophecy and Generation Next before CM Punk left ROH to wrestle in World Wrestling Entertainment in August 2005. Following Punk's departure, Cabana and Steel teamed together one other time as the Second City Saints, when they competed in a losing effort against Jimmy Rave and Sal Rinauro of The Embassy . Second City Saints enjoyed huge championship success in ROH as Punk held
366-417: A "Loser Leaves ECW" match . During the bout, Raven abandoned his new valet , Chastity, and unsuccessfully begged Beulah to take him back. Dreamer ultimately won the match by pinning Raven for the first time, marking the end of their lengthy feud and the end of Raven's ECW career. Raven subsequently left ECW and rejoined World Championship Wrestling. On June 30, 1997, Levy made his return to WCW as Raven. He
549-518: A "Loser leaves JCW" Ladder match . However, Raven returned to the company at Bloodymania III in a losing effort against his old nemesis Sabu in a Raven's Rules match . Levy was the heavyweight champion of CWA Pro Wrestling, an independent professional wrestling promotion based out of Orangeburg, South Carolina , from March 15 through August 8, 2008. He won the championship when he defeated Timber in Charlotte, North Carolina , on March 15. He
732-501: A Lethal Lockdown match . At Turning Point , EV 2.0 faced Fortune in a ten-man tag team match, where each member of EV 2.0 put their TNA careers on the line. In the end, EV 2.0 lost the match and Sabu was released from TNA. Two weeks later on Impact! , Raven was forced to put his TNA future on the line in a match against the TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy. Hardy won the match and as
915-485: A Necro Butcher Rules match against Necro Butcher on night two. After failing to show up to the fifth anniversary show, Life During Wartime on July 6, 2008, Excalibur announced that Jay was "fired" from the company (even though PWG has never been contractual ) and wouldn't be allowed to come back. However, nearly two years later on March 20, 2010, it was announced that the Briscoe Brothers would return to
1098-490: A car accident on January 17, 2023. The Pugh brothers, Jamin (Jay) (January 25, 1984 – January 17, 2023) and Mark (born January 18, 1985) grew up in Laurel, Delaware . As high schoolers, both received honorable mention All-State honors their junior and senior years for football, Jay as a fullback and a linebacker and Mark as a tight end and a linebacker. At one point, both were signed to play for Wesley College (Delaware) ,
1281-609: A chair shot later dubbed "the chair shot heard 'round the world." The footage of the chair shot was incorporated into the title sequence of ECW Hardcore TV . At Wrestlepalooza on August 5, 1995, during an eight-man tag team match, Raven, Richards and the Dudley Brothers defeated Tommy Dreamer, Cactus Jack and the Pitbulls after Cactus Jack, Dreamer's long-time ally, turned on him, joining Raven's Nest. On September 16, 1995 at Gangstas Paradise , Raven and Richards lost
1464-579: A stable of lackeys known as " Raven's Nest ", with Richards the first member. In February, Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson joined the stable, calling Raven the "voice of [their] generation ". On March 18, 1995, at Extreme Warfare , Dreamer lost to the four members of Raven's Nest in a gauntlet match . On April 8, 1995, at Three Way Dance , Raven fired Hotbody and Stetson, replacing them with The Pitbulls . Later that evening, Raven expounded on his history with Dreamer, revealed that they had attended summer camp together as children, where Raven became
1647-422: A steel chair shot , and Raven began to shave Robinson's afro. Sabu appeared from out of the crowd and scared Raven off, leaving Robinson with a half shaved afro. The tag team of Raven and Sexy Slim Goody had a match against Corporal Robinson and Sabu in the following episode. Raven walked out on the match with the stolen championship belt, fleeing from Sabu. At Bloodymania II , Raven lost to Corporal Robinson in
1830-703: A surfboard to the ring. According to him, he didn't like the character nor the High-Flying style, but he was forced by the promoters. He was originally managed by J. T. Southern . Levy competed in the WCW light heavyweight division, winning the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship from Brian Pillman on June 20, 1992, at Beach Blast . He held the title until July 5, 1992, when he was defeated by Brad Armstrong . Levy went on to align himself with Diamond Dallas Page and Vinnie Vegas as
2013-564: A wrestling ring in their backyard. From the beginning, the two of them worked on honing their craft, taping their moves and trying to improve them. Despite the fact that their dad was a coach for their high school's wrestling team, they did not participate in amateur wrestling in their high school years. Their first foray into professional wrestling came with the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), while they were still in high school. While their mother, Jana,
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#17327869072862196-429: A DDT on a chair and in doing so, turned heel. The following week, Raven explained his turn by saying that he had not forgotten how Dreamer had "stolen", and later married, his girlfriend Beulah McGillicutty, who turned on Raven back in 1996 during his and Dreamer's initial feud. On August 8 at Hardcore Justice Raven defeated Dreamer in a "Final Showdown" match refereed by Mick Foley. On the following episode of Impact! ,
2379-415: A House of Fun match, on the August 9 episode of Impact! . He teamed with Robert Roode and James Storm against the team of Chris Harris, Rhino, and Kazarian. Raven lost to Kaz, who had rebelled against him, at Hard Justice despite having the remaining members of Serotonin involve themselves in the match. He then issued a challenge to Abyss and Rhino at Bound for Glory . Abyss later had Black Reign added to
2562-471: A backstage meeting in August 1999, which involved every contracted WCW wrestler, Eric Bischoff offered anyone their release right then and there. Levy was the only one to stand up and walk out, as he was dissatisfied with WCW's creative direction. Levy was granted his release and left the company. As a condition to leaving WCW, Levy was not allowed to directly join the WWF upon leaving the promotion as levied by
2745-502: A campaign against Sabu, disrespecting the memory of his uncle and assaulting Sabu's mouthpiece, Sonjay Dutt , until Sabu finally broke and attacked him on July 23. Raven defeated Sabu in a No Holds Barred match on August 4, and a scheduled return match on August 18 was canceled after Sabu suffered a legitimate back injury. He also competed in the very first Monster's Ball match , with Abyss and Brown. On June 19, 2005, Raven turned face and fulfilled his self-proclaimed destiny when he won
2928-434: A day as Raven defeated Diamond Dallas Page at Spring Stampede and lost the belt the following night to Bill Goldberg on Nitro . He blamed The Flock and Saturn in particular for his loss. This led to a series of matches, culminating in a match at Fall Brawl that if Raven lost, The Flock would be able to disband. Saturn won with the help of Kidman , who also wanted to leave Raven's abuses. Without The Flock, Raven began
3111-537: A fact even used in wrestling storyline at one point, at ROH Beating the Odds , to explain an absence from which they were returning. The brothers first became interested in wrestling in their youth by watching the World Wrestling Federation on one of the two channels their television could receive. Originally, they practiced wrestling moves with one another on a trampoline before the family built
3294-690: A fireball at Mick Foley 's face, aligning himself again with Dr. Stevie and Daffney. At Final Resolution , Abyss and Foley defeated Stevie and Raven in a "Foley's Funhouse" tag team match. Raven appeared on the January 4 episode of Impact! , teaming with Dr. Stevie in a number one contender's tag team match, where they were defeated by Matt Morgan and Hernandez . He appeared on the February 18 episode of Impact! , helping Eric Bischoff take out Abyss, along with Rhino, Homicide , Tomko , and Desmond Wolfe . Raven returned to television four months later on
3477-705: A flaming tables match for Nu-Wrestling Evolution. In 2009, Raven regularly wrestled for Collective League of Adrenaline Strength and Honor, NWA Charlotte and Showtime Allstar Wrestling. On August 2, 2009, Raven defeated reigning champion Preston Quinn to win the Vanguard Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title in Norfolk, Virginia at the NorVa. Post match, Larry Zbyszko and Raven had a war of words, where Raven challenged Zbyszko to find an opponent to face him for
3660-696: A four-way tag match also involving Villain Enterprises and Los Ingobernables de Japon . At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds in May, The Briscoes lost to Guerillas of Destiny once more, failing to win the ROH World Tag Team Championships. In July, The Briscoes defeated Guerillas of Destiny in a New York City Street Fight , to win the ROH World Tag Team Championships for the eleventh time. At Death Before Dishonor XVII , The Briscoes retained
3843-489: A hiatus after Final Battle in December, with a return tentatively scheduled for April 2022. All personnel, including The Briscoes, would also be released from their contracts, but still paid till their contracts expired. It was also announced that champions would be able to defend ROH championships in other promotions. Due to this, The Briscoes worked for many independent companies, such as Game Changer Wrestling and for
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#17327869072864026-531: A ladder. The Briscoes then retained over Steen and Generico in a steel cage match at Caged Rage and in ROH's first-ever ladder match at Man Up . After the ladder match, Jimmy Jacobs and the other members of The Age of the Fall attacked the Brothers and hanged Jay upside-down from the apparatus which held up the belts. It was announced that this would not be included in the footage shown on PPV. After Mark
4209-559: A long-running storyline in which he claimed it was his "destiny" to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Raven began playing mind games with the roster, starting with his former nemesis Sandman, and debuted his trademark Clockwork Orange House of Fun match, which Levy devised himself. On April 30, 2003 Raven got his first shot at Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship , yet Jarrett won the match. On September 17, 2003, Raven lost his trademark long hair after he
4392-485: A match against Jacques Rougeau. After leaving the WWF, Levy began developing a new character , "Raven". Inspired by the poem by Edgar Allan Poe and by Patrick Swayze 's manipulative Zen master of crime in the film Point Break , the Raven character was a depressed , sociopathic , stoical , nihilistic misanthrope who would deliver eloquent, philosophical promos peppered with literary allusions and ending with
4575-690: A match with The Sandman. Richards, The Blue Meanie and Super Nova subsequently broke away from Raven. At the Crossing the Line Again event on February 1, 1997, Raven successfully defended the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against "Dr. Death" Steve Williams – inflicting Williams' first loss in the United States in a decade – after interference from Richards backfired. As part of an agreement between ECW and
4758-502: A member of " The Diamond Mine ". Levy would continue to feud with Pillman and Armstrong, before feuding with Johnny B. Badd . At Clash of the Champions XXI on November 18, 1992, Levy defeated Badd in a boxing match via knockout after Vegas surreptitiously weighted his boxing glove by soaking it in water. Levy left WCW in February 1993 after disagreements with booker Bill Watts . After leaving WCW, Levy briefly wrestled for
4941-600: A memorable and bloody steel cage match. They dropped the tag team title to the CM Punk and Colt Cabana at ROH's Chicago-area debut, ROH Reborn: Stage Two , working in ROH for the first time as outward heels . At the next show, Round Robin Challenge III , the title switched three times among the teams in the round robin challenge, the Second City Saints (Punk and Cabana), the Briscoe Brothers, and
5124-463: A new member, The Blue Meanie , who became a lackey to Stevie Richards. At December to Dismember on December 9, 1995, Raven once more defeated Dreamer, although later that night Dreamer, The Pitbulls and The Public Enemy defeated Raven, Richards, The Eliminators and The Heavenly Bodies in an "Ultimate Jeopardy" cage match when Dreamer pinned Richards. At Holiday Hell on December 30, 1995, Raven defeated Dreamer to become number one contender for
5307-691: A no compete clause in his contract. Via a loophole in the contract, Levy rejoined ECW and signed a one-year contract on August 25, 1999. His in-ring appearances were initially limited by a recent surgery to repair a rotator cuff tear . Raven made a surprise return at the Last Show at the Madhouse , which was televised on ECW's debut on TNN , winning the tag team title from the departing The Dudley Boyz along with Tommy Dreamer on August 26, 1999. A reluctant tag team, Raven and Dreamer reigned as ECW World Tag Team Champions for several months. When they lost
5490-471: A non-title win over ROH Champion Xavier at Glory By Honor . This earned him a title shot at All-Star Extravaganza , which he did not win. At Scramble Madness , back in Boston, the brothers' storyline involved them picking their own partners for a tag team match. Jay picked past foe Amazing Red, whereas Mark's partner was Christopher Daniels , as he seemingly joined The Prophecy. Daniels pinned Red to win
5673-521: A number of appearances under a mask as "Matman", a Batman -inspired character who teamed with Beetlejuice . Wrestling as Scotty the Body, Levy made a one-off appearance on WWF Prime Time Wrestling in a losing effort against Koko B. Ware on October 9, 1990. After leaving PNW, Levy joined the Dallas , Texas -based Global Wrestling Federation , where he adopted the ring name "Scott Anthony". Levy
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5856-545: A privileged upper class lifestyle. He was also reunited with his former valet Chastity, who WCW claimed was his sister. He teamed with Perry Saturn , winning the WCW Tag Team Championship at 1999 Slamboree , losing the belts to the debuting The Jersey Triad three weeks later. He later joined with Vampiro and the Insane Clown Posse in a short-lived stable called The Dead Pool . In
6039-645: A record 13 ROH World Tag Team Championship reigns, one IWGP Tag Team Championship reign in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and one Impact World Tag Team Championship reign. They also held Pro Wrestling Noah 's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once, were winners of the 2022 Crockett Cup in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and held numerous titles on the independent circuit . They were also part of three Six-Man Tag Team Championship teams - winning
6222-661: A result Raven was released from TNA. His release from the company was legitimate. Raven worked one last match for the promotion on November 12, 2010, defeating TNA Television Champion A.J. Styles in a non–title match at the Farewell at the Asylum live event . In 2008, Raven appeared in Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) for Season 2 of SlamTV! . In the main event of the second episode, JCW Heavyweight Champion Corporal Robinson put his title on
6405-674: A result. McGillicutty was brought into ECW by Raven, who had been introduced to her by Ron Gant in Florida earlier that year and thought she would add a new dimension to his feud with Dreamer. The feud between Raven and Dreamer escalated at Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams in June 1995, where Raven's Nest beat down Dreamer's ally, Luna Vachon , before breaking several of Dreamer's fingers. On June 30, 1995, at Mountain Top Madness , Raven and Richards defeated The Public Enemy to win
6588-502: A series of depressing interviews and walked out on several matches. In October at Halloween Havoc , Raven refused to wrestle Chris Jericho for the WCW Television Championship , but eventually was convinced to return to the ring which he lost the match and was not seen until 1999. On his return, a series of vignettes were shown in which a camera crew followed Raven to his supposed childhood home, where he had led
6771-486: A somewhat checkered history with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). They have, numerous times, been announced for events at which they ultimately did not perform, such as when they were scheduled for a PWG World Tag Team Championship match against Roderick Strong and PAC at Giant-Size Annual #4 , but wound up being replaced by then- PWG World Champion El Generico and Kevin Steen . The Briscoes have been involved with
6954-503: A tables, ladders, and chairs match for the tag team title, this time against the teams of Teddy Hart and Homicide , the Backseat Boyz, and The S.A.T. The match, which took place at JAPW's 8th Year Anniversary Show , was won Hart and Homicide. At the next show, Fall Out , the S.A.T. defeated them and thus became number one contenders to the tag team championship. More recent JAPW appearances came in early 2006, losing along with
7137-421: A tag team match at At Our Best . The match ended in a no contest after a brawl broke out as Whitmer and Maff hit Steel and Cabana with chairs and severely injured them. The feud continued at Reborn: Stage One , where Cabana lost to Whitmer in singles competition. At Reborn: Stage Two , Steel lost to Whitmer in a singles match while Punk and Cabana defeated Briscoe Brothers ( Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe ) in
7320-798: A third match, which was a Dog Collar match , where The Briscoes finally defeated FTR, winning the ROH World Tag Team Titles for the thirteenth time. Post match, FTR were attacked by Colten and Austin Gunn , who had targeted FTR for weeks on AEW programming, causing The Briscoes to return to the ring to chase off the Gunns. In the ring, The Briscoes and FTR embraced, ending their year-long feud. The Briscoe Brothers began regularly working for ROH's sister promotion, Full Impact Pro (FIP), in September 2006, after two appearances in May. They won
7503-489: A three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid . At the inaugural Best of the Best event, a show somewhat atypical of CZW in that it is a tournament spotlighting athletic junior heavyweight wrestling as opposed to violent hardcore matches, the two advanced past the first round in a three-way match with Nick Mondo where the stipulation was whoever took the fall would be eliminated. They were then matched against each other in
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7686-503: A title match in January. On January 7, 2011, at "From Small Beginnings Come Great Things" Philly's Most Wanted retained the CZW World Tag Team Championships against the Briscoe Brothers in a no contest. The Briscoes then challenged Philly's Most Wanted to a no disqualification rematch. On February 12, 2011, at "Twelve: The Twelfth Anniversary Event" The Briscoe Brothers defeated Philly's Most Wanted to become
7869-656: A tryout at Florida Championship Wrestling , WWE's developmental territory. As revealed by the Briscoes in a YouTube video promo, they were eventually turned down by WWE as they were not "cosmetically pleasing" to suit WWE's programming. Any future tryouts for the WWE for the brothers were nixed after a series of anti-LGBTQ tweets by Jay from 2011 to 2013. The Briscoes made their debuts for New Japan Pro-Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome , teaming with Toru Yano in
8052-540: A victory over Bullet Club members Bad Luck Fale , Tama Tonga , and Yujiro Takahashi to become the first NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions . Through their affiliation with Yano, the Briscoes also became part of the Chaos stable. The three made their first successful title defense the following day against another Bullet Club trio of Fale, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson. On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka ,
8235-536: Is Earned , Steen and Generico showed up and immediately demanded their title shot; the scene followed with a wild brawl all over the building. The feud was followed on both ROH's standard canon, with Steen defeating Mark at A Fight at the Roxbury , and the PPV series, with the Brothers successfully retaining the tag team title against Steen and Generico at Driven , after which Steen repeatedly attacked both brothers with
8418-433: Is best known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Widely recognized as "one of the best talkers in wrestling", Raven is known for his "psychological heel tactics" and grunge -inspired gimmick . His feud with The Sandman in
8601-589: The 2006 Battle of Los Angeles , the Briscoes' numerous no-shows were worked into the company's kayfabe when PWG announced days before that they had been pulled from the tournament as punishment. They wound up appearing anyway, attacking Commissioner Dino Winwood on the night one. The next night, they wrestled in a three-way tag team match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship against Homicide and B-Boy and defending champions Arrogance ( Chris Bosh and Scott Lost ), who went on to retain
8784-632: The CZW Tag Team Championship on July 14, 2001, as they defeated the original H8 Club at H8 Club: Dead? They lost it, however, in their first defense, to Johnny Kashmere and Justice Pain on July 28, 2001, at What About Lobo? Mark wasn't used for several months after that, but Jay continued on as a singles wrestler in that time, even facing Justice Pain for the CZW Heavyweight Championship at September Slam on September 8, which he did not win. At
8967-641: The ECW World Heavyweight Championship , unsuccessfully challenging incumbent champion The Sandman later that evening. At the same event, The Dudley Brothers left Raven's Nest following a confrontation with Richards. During the build-up to the match, Raven further expounded on his grudge against Dreamer, accusing Dreamer of not having been there for him during his parents' divorce, an accusation that Dreamer hotly denied. At House Party on January 5, 1996, Richards attempted to kiss McGillicutty, who refused, eventually announcing that she
9150-598: The ECW World Tag Team Championship . In July 1995 at Hardcore Heaven after Raven and Richards successfully defended the ECW Tag Team Championship against Dreamer and Vachon, The Pitbulls left Raven's Nest, with The Dudley Brothers replacing them shortly thereafter. At Heat Wave on July 15, 1995, Dreamer and The Pitbulls defeated Raven and The Dudley Brothers. Later that evening, Dreamer handcuffed Raven and delivered
9333-495: The JAPW Tag Team Championship picture, wrestling in a three-team match against Da Hit Squad and Wasted Youth, the team of Insane Dragon & Deranged, to fill the vacant championship at Unfinished Business on July 13, 2002. It was Jay and Insane Dragon, however, who emerged as champions, after scoring simultaneous pinfalls on the members of Da Hit Squad. The six men went on to meet in a rematch of sorts at
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#17327869072869516-682: The Memphis, Tennessee -based promotion Continental Wrestling Association under the ring name "Scotty the Body", where he was given the gimmick of being the " boy toy " of Missy Hyatt , who used him to her and Eddie Gilbert 's advantage. After leaving Memphis, Levy wrestled in Florida. Levy next traveled to Canada, where he competed briefly for the Vancouver , British Columbia -based promotion All Star Wrestling before leaving due to differences with owner Al Tomko . From there, he returned to
9699-646: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary (by taking Jeff Jarrett's place after Jarrett attacked a fan from the crowd earlier that night and got arrested), defeating A.J. Styles , Abyss, Sean Waltman and Monty Brown in a five way King of the Mountain match . He successfully defended the title in two defenses over the following months against Abyss at No Surrender , and Rhino two months later at Unbreakable . Against Rhino he showed his full array of moves and peeled back
9882-422: The National Wrestling Alliance for the remainder of 2021. At Final Battle in December, The Briscoes wrestled their final match for ROH defeating The Kingdom to win the ROH World Tag Team Championships for the twelfth time. After the match, The Briscoes thanked the ROH fans for their support and challenged any team to face them for the titles, but were interrupted by AEW's FTR who attacked the Briscoes. During
10065-489: The ROH Tag Team Championship , losing in title matches at Night of Champions , The Epic Encounter , and Death Before Dishonor , which by stipulation was their last match for the title for as long as Styles and Red held it. Before the last match, a poll was held on ROH's website, asking the fans if they wanted to see a third match between the two teams. Over 80% of respondents voted 'yes'. At Beating
10248-674: The ROH World Championship once and Punk and Cabana won the Tag Team Championship twice . At Expect The Unexpected on March 15, 2003, CM Punk began feuding with the debuting Raven over the former's straight edge lifestyle and the latter's alcohol and drug addiction, leading to Punk defeating Raven in a Raven's Rules match . The following week, at Night of Champions , Punk teamed with his trainer Ace Steel to take on Raven and Colt Cabana , another trainee of Steel and Punk's former tag team partner in
10431-594: The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship once with Bully Ray and NJPW's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice (with Toru Yano ). On January 31, 2022, they were the inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame . As singles competitors, Jay Briscoe was a two-time ROH World Champion , while Mark Briscoe won the 2013 Honor Rumble . The Briscoe Brothers teamed together from 2000 until Jay Briscoe's sudden death in
10614-492: The Raw roster, he lost to Jeff Hardy in a Royal Rumble qualifier match, which was his final match in the WWE. He was released from the promotion the following week on January 20, 2003. Raven debuted for NWA Total Nonstop Action (TNA) on January 22, 2003, two days after his release from WWE, attacking and hitting his finisher on Jeff Jarrett and stealing the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from him. Raven then embarked upon
10797-713: The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as manager "Johnny Polo", a spoiled, rich preppy kid. He was initially placed with Adam Bomb , appearing for the first time on May 22 episode of WWF Superstars . He managed Bomb for four months until he was replaced by Harvey Wippleman . He then became the manager of The Quebecers in September, whom he led to three reigns as WWF Tag Team Champions . In addition to managing, Polo also occasionally appeared in tag-team and singles competition, facing Jim Powers, Virgil, Rick Steiner, Marty Jannetty, Doink
10980-845: The University of Delaware , where he earned a degree in criminal justice . He took a semester off from college to enlist in the United States Marine Corps Reserve . Levy trained as a professional wrestler under Larry Sharpe at the Monster Factory in New Jersey , making his debut on February 20, 1988, against Jimmy Jack Funk . Early in his career, Levy competed for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico as well as
11163-539: The independent circuit . Raven and Cabana won the match but Cabana turned on Raven after the match and joined Punk and Steel to form a stable called The Second City Saints, based on the trio all belonging to Chicago, Illinois . This would plant the seeds of a lengthy violent feud between Punk and Raven throughout the year and the group would get embroiled in the feud. At Retribution: Round Robin Challenge II , Punk introduced his on-screen girlfriend Lucy Fer as
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#173278690728611346-443: The "Match of 10,000 Thumbtacks" and teamed with Abyss to defeat Black Reign and Rellik . Raven was officially released from TNA, and his profile was removed from the roster on March 7, 2008. After an absence of more than a year, Raven surprised fans by returning to TNA on May 28, 2009. He returned as a heel by attacking Abyss with a Kendo stick with Dr. Stevie assisting him. He then aligned himself with Dr. Stevie and Daffney . On
11529-540: The "Winner Take All" match at Survivor Series . In March 2002, when the WWF brand extension was announced, Raven was drafted to Raw . On the final SmackDown! before the split began, he defeated Maven to once again win the Hardcore Championship, thus bringing the title to Raw . He lost the title that Monday to Bubba Ray Dudley . At that time, Levy decided to spend some time announcing, and Raven became
11712-561: The All Night Xpress defeated the Briscoe Brothers in a ladder match to become the number one contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship. At Final Battle 2011 on December 23, the Briscoes defeated Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team ( Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin ) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the seventh time. On May 12, 2012, at Border Wars , the Briscoe Brothers lost
11895-471: The American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where they were record-setting 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champions . The duo were featured on Ring of Honor 's first-ever event on February 23, 2002, and other than an 18-month hiatus from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers were focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of its biggest stars. The Briscoes were 15-time world tag team champions overall with
12078-408: The April 28 episode of Impact, The Briscoe Brothers returned and defeated Heath and Rhino . On May 7, 2022, they defeated Violent By Design (represented by Eric Young and Deaner ) at Under Siege to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship for the first time. on the May 19 episode of Impact, The Briscoe Brothers defeated Violent By Design (Deaner and Joe Doering) to retain the titles. On
12261-561: The Belts , but Mark fell to Delirious in the first round and Jay to Roderick Strong in the semifinals. Their feud with the Deathmatch Kings continued at International Impact weekend, April 20 and April 21, culminating in the Brothers retaining the tag team title in a bar room brawl on night two. The Briscoes further went on in 2007 to retain the title in matches over the likes of Tyler Black & Marek Brave, Black & Trik Davis, and The Irish Airborne . On November 9, at Unstoppable 2007 , their year-long title reign ended, when they dropped
12444-652: The Briscoe Brothers were entered into DDT4 once more, this time losing to the Nightmare Violence Connection (Akira Tozawa and Kevin Steen) in the first round. The brothers went on an extensive hiatus from professional wrestling, beginning in August 2004. As was announced before ROH's Scramble Cage Melee , Mark was injured in a motorcycle accident between Testing the Limit and that show, and thus both brothers had left Ring of Honor. As Jay didn't wish to return to wrestling without his brother, they stopped taking bookings from any company. After making their returns in mid-2005 to Pro Wrestling Unplugged, followed in late 2005 at ROH,
12627-457: The Briscoe Brothers would return on March 7. That night, the Briscoes challenged for the World Tag Team Championship, but were unable to defeat The Dynasty ( Joey Ryan and Scott Lost), following interference from Eddie Kingston and Claudio Castagnoli, members of Human Tornado 's stable . The Briscoes were scheduled for the 2008 DDT4 , but Mark was unable to perform, causing Jay to wrestle in singles matches against Austin Aries on night one and
12810-520: The Briscoes and Yano lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Fale, Tonga and Takahashi in their second defense. The Briscoes and Yano regained the title three days later at The New Beginning in Niigata . On February 20 at Honor Rising: Japan 2016 , the Briscoes and Yano lost the title to The Elite ( Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks). The Briscoes returned to NJPW on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall , where they defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa ) to win
12993-446: The Briscoes lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black of The Age of the Fall, but won it back on April 12, 2008, at Injustice , defeating Richards and Romero, who had since won the championship from Jacobs and Black. On April 20, ROH's official website reported that Mark had sustained a wrist injury due to Jacobs stabbing him with his trademark rail spike and stood to miss up to six months. The next day,
13176-416: The Brothers finally reached the top of the mountain again, defeating Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to win the tag team championship. Their reign, however, proved to be brief, as they in turn to dropped the belts to Naruki Doi and Shingo Takagi in their first defense, at Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool . After this match, the storyline was that the brothers felt they needed to "man up" due to losing
13359-668: The Clown, 1-2-3 Kid, Owen Hart, and Pierre Ouellet. Polo also worked as a color commentator and co-host of Radio WWF, and behind the scenes worked as the associate producer for Monday Night Raw . Levy left the company in October 1994, his final match coming against Adam Bomb on October 2 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. His last appearance as Johnny Polo was at a house show in Montreal, Quebec on October 21 when he managed Pierre Ouellet in
13542-497: The ECW World Tag Team Championship to The Pitbulls following interference from Dreamer. Raven and Richards regained the titles from The Pitbulls on October 7, 1995 at South Philly Jam , only to lose them to The Public Enemy later that evening. At November to Remember on November 18, 1995, Dreamer and Terry Funk defeated Raven and Cactus Jack in the main event. At the same event, Raven's Nest received
13725-531: The ECW alumni, known collectively as Extreme, Version 2.0 (EV 2.0) , were assaulted by A.J. Styles, Kazarian , Robert Roode , James Storm , Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair 's Fourtune stable, who thought they didn't deserve to be in TNA, thus once again turning Raven face. At Bound for Glory , Raven, Dreamer, Rhino, Richards and Sabu defeated Fourtune members Styles, Kazarian, Morgan, Roode and Storm in
13908-491: The FIP Tag Team Championship from The Heartbreak Express in their fourth event with the promotion, Southern Justice , after previously winning a number one contenders match over Davey Richards and Colt Cabana . On November 11, at Evening the Odds , the Briscoes were aligned with newly crowned FIP Heavyweight Champion Roderick Strong as members of his team for a five-on-five elimination match, where
14091-460: The Fall in a no disqualification match. On December 19, 2009, at Final Battle 2009 , the Briscoes won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for a sixth time by defeating The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards ). They lost the championship to the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) at The Big Bang! pay-per-view on April 3. The Briscoe Brothers ended their feud with
14274-582: The Hardcore Championship. When the Invasion storyline began, he found himself in the new WCW/ECW Alliance . His most notable storyline during this time was when he was managed by Terri Runnels and destroyed the love interest of Saturn, his mop called "Moppy". He also started teaming with Justin Credible in late July 2001. By the end of the year, Raven was not seen on WWF programs, as the Alliance lost
14457-645: The Hardcore division, where he would often bring out a shopping cart full of trash cans and other potential weapons during his entrances. On December 22, 2000 in Chattanooga, he defeated Steve Blackman for the Hardcore Championship , his first of a record 27 title reigns, though most of Raven's title reigns were short-lived. The Hardcore title at the time was contested under the " 24/7 " defense rule, leading to segments where one wrestler would win
14640-600: The IWGP Tag Team Championship. They made their first successful title defense on August 14 against the Bullet Club team of Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi. On September 22 at Destruction in Hiroshima , The Briscoe Brothers defeated reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks for their second successful title defense. On October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling , they lost
14823-468: The June 18 episode of Impact! he won a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match against Jethro Holliday . At Slammiversary , Abyss and Taylor Wilde defeated Raven and Daffney in the first-ever mixed tag team Monster's Ball match. After the pay-per-view, Raven's name was taken down from the TNA website. On the November 12, 2009, episode of Impact! , Raven returned again to TNA attacking Abyss and throwing
15006-630: The June 24 episode of Impact! showing signs of a face turn, appearing in the Impact! Zone crowd beside Stevie Richards and Tommy Dreamer. The following week the three were joined by Rhino. On the July 15 episode of Impact! Raven, Dreamer, Richards, Rhino, Brother Devon , Pat Kenney and Al Snow , led by Mick Foley , aligned themselves with the TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam by attacking Abyss and
15189-411: The Kings of Wrestling on December 18 at Final Battle 2010 , where they teamed with their father Mike "Papa" Briscoe in a six man tag team match, where they defeated Hero, Castagnoli and their manager Shane Hagadorn. On March 19 at Manhattan Mayhem IV , the Briscoe Brothers suffered an upset loss against the All Night Xpress ( Kenny King and Rhett Titus ). On September 17 at Death Before Dishonor IX ,
15372-425: The May 26 episode of Impact, The Briscoe Brothers and Josh Alexander defeated Violent By Design (Deaner, Eric Young and Joe Doering) in a six man tag team match. On the June 16 episode of Impact, The Briscoe Brothers defeated Bullet Club ( Jay White and Chris Bey ). At Slammiversary , The Briscoe Brothers lost the titles to The Good Brothers ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ) ending their reign at 43 days. On
15555-460: The Odds , they returned from a brief absence to score a pair of wins which were depicted in the storyline as being improbable, Mark over ROH veteran B. J. Whitmer and Jay in a Four Corner Survival match with ROH World Champion Samoa Joe , NWA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles, and Chris Sabin , pinning Sabin to earn a future title shot at Joe. At ROH's Maryland debut, Tradition Continues , Joe retained over Jay. The Brothers took part in
15738-631: The Outcast Killers to the S.A.T. once again at Wild Card II in a tag team title match, and then at Brotherly Love to the team of Sabu and Sonjay Dutt , a match they also lost. In October 2008, the Briscoes competed at JAPW's 11th Anniversary Show against LAX (Homicide and Hernandez). During a brawl outside the ring, Mark suffered a large gash on the side of his head. The Briscoe Brothers have wrestled most extensively for Ring of Honor . Jay wrestled on ROH's first-ever show, The Era of Honor Begins , losing to Amazing Red . Mark seconded him to
15921-528: The Prophecy team of Dan Maff and B. J. Whitmer. The Briscoes defeated Maff and Whitmer in the fourth match of the night to win the title for a second time, and then lost it back to Punk and Cabana in the main event. The Brothers both participated in ROH's inaugural Survival of the Fittest tournament , with Mark going over Alex Shelley in his qualifier and Jay falling to Homicide. Mark did not, however, win
16104-537: The ROH Commissioner, fighting battles against his enemies, most notably Homicide and his partner Samoa Joe at Glory By Honor V: Night Two and in anything goes, falls count anywhere, elimination match at Dethroned . During this time, they also feuded with Kenta and his partners Davey Richards and Naomichi Marufuji , facing Kenta and Richards at Time to Man Up and Kenta and Marufuji at Glory By Honor V: Night One . At Fifth Year Festival: Chicago ,
16287-730: The ROH World Champion. Jay made his first successful title defense on May 4 at Border Wars 2013 against Adam Cole . On June 22 at Best in the World 2013 , Jay successfully defended the ROH World Championship against Mark. The following day, Jay made another successful title defense against Matt Hardy . During the weekend ROH shot injury angles with both Briscoes. On June 25, it was reported that both Jay's and Mark's contracts with ROH had expired and would not be renewed. On July 3, Ring of Honor stripped Jay of
16470-400: The ROH World Championship. On July 16, ROH announced Mark as the sixteenth and final entrant in a tournament to determine the new ROH World Champion, while also noting that Jay was slated to be out of action for three to six months. Mark was eliminated from the tournament in his first round match on July 27 by Adam Cole. Jay returned to ROH on September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI to hand
16653-636: The ROH World Tag Team Championship for the ninth time. They lost the titles on October 14, 2018, against So Cal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky). They won the titles back on December 14, 2018, for the tenth time, but lost them to Villain Enterprises at the ROH 17th Anniversary Show . The Briscoes failed to win the titles and additionally the IWGP Tag Team Championships at G1 Supercard in April, losing to Guerrillas of Destiny in
16836-469: The ROH World Tag Team Championships, losing the titles in a critically acclaimed match, ending their twelfth reign at 111 days. The Briscoes next appeared in July at Death Before Dishonor , facing FTR for the titles in a two out of three falls match. The match ended with FTR defeating The Briscoes 2-1 after 43 minutes and 26 seconds, retaining the titles in another highly praised match. On December 10, at Final Battle , The Briscoes and FTR faced each other in
17019-467: The S.A.T. After further appearances in 2006, which were all matches they lost, the Briscoe Brothers entered PWU's Pitbull/Public Enemy Memorial Cup on October 20. They advanced past the first round match, winning over the Krash Krew, but in the course of this match, Mark was injured when Jay inadvertently struck him in the mouth with the backswing of a chairshot. Mark was taken to the hospital after
17202-568: The Second City Saints . At the 2011 Money in the Bank , there was an unofficial reunion of the group. Both Cabana and Steel were sitting front row in support of Punk who was facing John Cena for the WWE Championship in the main event. Cabana and Steele were shown on camera multiple times. Raven (wrestler) Scott Levy (born September 8, 1964) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name , Raven . He
17385-536: The Second City Saints as the group's newest valet. Later at the event, the Second City Saints took on The Prophecy's Christopher Daniels, B. J. Whitmer and Dan Maff in a six-man tag team match. After knocking out Whitmer and Maff, the Saints injured Daniels as Steel and Cabana assisted Punk in delivering a Pepsi Plunge to Daniels off the top rope onto a table. With Daniels' absence, the feud continued between Saints and Prophecy as Steel and Cabana took on Whitmer and Maff in
17568-625: The Second City Saints began feuding with The Prophecy as Punk suspected Prophecy to be Lucy's assailants in order to maintain their spot as ROH's top group. This was in done in actuality to explain Lucy's departure from ROH. The feud continued the following night at War of the Wire where Prophecy leader Christopher Daniels refused to provide any information on Lucy's disappearance which led to Punk attacking him. At Final Battle, Second City Saints attacked Prophecy and threatened to kill Allison Danger if Punk
17751-507: The United States, joining Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland, Oregon . Over the next three years, he was positioned as one of the main heels , winning all of the titles and feuding heavily with Steve Doll . His manager in PNW was Taylor Made . After taking a brief break from competing, he returned to PNW as a face and began a feud with The Grappler . In the summer of 1989, Levy made
17934-493: The VCW World Title, a match which he consequently won. In November, he wrestled all across Europe, touring with American Wrestling Rampage. Briscoe Brothers The Briscoe Brothers , also called The Briscoes , were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of American brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh, 1984–2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with
18117-403: The WWF. Levy returned to the WWF, as Raven, in 2000 at Unforgiven when he interfered in the strap match between Tazz and Jerry Lawler by hitting Lawler with a DDT . His previous run in the WWF as Johnny Polo was ignored by the company . He then started teaming with Tazz before they went their separate ways. Raven feuded with Jerry Lawler that fall until January 2001. He then moved on to
18300-530: The World . The Briscoes and Bully Ray challenged for the title again on September 22 at Death Before Dishonor XV , but were defeated by Hangman Page and The Young Bucks, when Jay turned on Ray. On October 20, Mark also turned on Ray, attacking him and Tommy Dreamer with his brother. On December 15, 2017, at Final Battle The Briscoe Brothers won against Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer in a New York Street Fight. On March 9, 2018, at ROH 16th Anniversary Show , The Briscoes defeated The Motor City Machine Guns to win
18483-498: The World Wrestling Federation, Raven and several other ECW wrestlers appeared on the February 24, 1997 episode of Raw Is War , with Raven confronting Richards. Over the following months, Raven successfully defended the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against opponents including Dreamer, Richards, Rob Van Dam and Super Nova . His reign lasted until April 13, 1997, when he was defeated by Terry Funk in
18666-413: The back with a Kendo Stick, breaking it over Kaz's back. Raven, Havok, and Martyr then attacked Kaz with kendo sticks. On the July 19 episode of Impact! , Raven and the rest of Serotonin took on the reuniting Triple X . Raven had very little time in the match and Serotonin lost after Skipper hit a diving leg drop , Daniels hit a Best Moonsault Ever , and Senshi hit a Warrior's Way on Havok. Raven won
18849-698: The beginning of Raven's attempts to fulfill his destiny. In 2004, Raven teamed up with The Sandman to go against The Gathering. The Gathering won due to interference from James Mitchell, who had aligned himself with The Gathering. Raven then teamed with Terry Funk to defeat the Gathering, even though James Mitchell tried to interfere. Also in 2004, Raven's old friend Sabu returned to TNA. Raven teamed with Sabu to defeat The Gathering one last time. Raven and Sabu then feuded with Abyss and "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown . Abyss and Brown outnumbered Sabu on many occasions, when Raven failed to watch Sabu's back. Raven waged
19032-533: The belts to Kenny King and Jason Blade. The Briscoe Brothers toured with ROH Japanese partner Noah in 2007, winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on January 7, 2007, from the team of Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru . However, they quickly dropped it two weeks later to Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki , essentially making them transitional champions . They returned for three shows in July,
19215-437: The belts, they feuded briefly. Raven and Mike Awesome won the tag team title from Tanaka and Dreamer on March 4, 2000, only to lose them a week later to The Impact Players at Living Dangerously . CyberSlam 2000 was Raven's last ECW appearance with Francine, as she aligned with Justin Credible that evening. In his last televised match (July 15, 2000) Raven challenged ECW TV champion Rhino. Shortly thereafter, he departed for
19398-557: The boyfriend of Beulah McGillicutty , an overweight girl with acne, after she was spurned by Dreamer. Richards then revealed that he had tracked down McGillicutty, who was now a Penthouse model, who also harbored a grudge against Dreamer. Later that night, Raven faced Dreamer in a singles match for the first time, defeating him following interference from both Richards and McGillicutty. McGillicutty went on to become Raven's valet and onscreen girlfriend, repeatedly interfering in his bouts with Dreamer and receiving numerous piledrivers as
19581-407: The catchphrase, " Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore' ". Levy dramatically altered his appearance, bulking-up to approximately 235 lbs (107 kg), adding nose and eyebrow piercings and began wrestling in ragged jean shorts , a leather jacket , rock band or comic book t-shirts , combat boots and a flannel tied around his waist. After unsuccessfully pitching the character to Jim Cornette ,
19764-510: The company and stayed away from professional wrestling for the next 7 years, until August 20, 2021, when he made a return arriving in All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Cabana was previously a member of WWE's Smackdown roster under the name Scotty Goldman, however he was released in 2009 . He and Punk were also seen working out together prior to WrestleMania on a WWE.com feature. In 2004, Ring of Honor released Chicago's Elite: The Best of
19947-471: The company announced that Jay and a partner of his choosing would continue to be recognized as the tag team champions. This partner was later revealed to be Austin Aries. After their successful defense against Jacobs & Black on May 10 at A New Level , the championship was declared vacant. Mark returned to active competition at Northern Navigation on July 25, teaming with Jay and Aries to defeat The Age of
20130-575: The company on April 10 to challenge The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) for the World Tag Team Championship. On April 10 at Titannica , the Briscoes made their long-awaited return to the promotion, but were defeated by The Young Bucks. The next month, the brothers competed in the fourth annual DDT4 , defeating Kamikaze ( Akira Tozawa and Yamato ) in the opening round before being eliminated by eventual winners ¡Peligro Abejas! ( Paul London and El Generico). On March 4, 2011,
20313-505: The company they had regularly been working for at the time of Mark's accident, hyped their return at the Fourth Anniversary Show in February 2006. The Brothers worked for Philadelphia-based Pro Wrestling Unplugged (PWU) since at least September 17, 2005, when they defeated The S.A.T. and All Money is Legal to win the then-vacant PWU Tag Team Championship. They held that title until April 22, 2006, when they dropped it to
20496-484: The course of the match Mark was seriously injured attempting a Shooting Star Press to the floor. Mark was kept in the ICU of hospital for two nights, and suffered a seizure there before eventually being released. Two weeks later, at Fighting Spirit , Mark made an unannounced return, entering through the crowd to come to his brother's side during his match with Erick Stevens against Kevin Steen and El Generico . The storyline
20679-539: The elimination final. After losing a two out of three falls tag team title match to Punk and Cabana at Death Before Dishonor II Part 1 , ending that feud, they lost in separate singles matches to members of The Rottweilers the next night. Between that and their victory in tag team action at Testing the Limit , it is likely that a feud was planned between the Briscoes and the Rottweilers. The Briscoe Brothers have
20862-422: The end of 2001 and into 2002, CZW's territory (that is, the area at which they held the majority of their events) was shifting from Sewell, New Jersey , to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in order to hold events regularly at the old ECW arena , beginning with December 15's Cage of Death 3 . At this event, they faced Nick Gage and Nate Hatred, but wore masks and were identified as The Midnight Outlaws. This
21045-511: The first a time limit draw against Kenta and Taiji Ishimori , the second a victory alongside Nigel McGuinness over Takuma Sano , Takashi Sugiura, and Tsutomu Hirayanagi , and the third a loss with McGuinness to Mitsuharu Misawa (Noah's owner), Yoshinari Ogawa , and Ricky Marvin. They have since gone back for further tours. On December 11, 2010, at Cage of Death XII The Briscoes Returned to CZW challenging newly crowned CZW World Tag Team Champions Philly's Most Wanted of Blk Jeez and Joker to
21228-480: The first night of Death Before Dishonor II , Punk and Cabana successfully defended the Tag Team Championship against Briscoe Brothers in a two out of three falls match . On the second night of the event, Cabana unsuccessfully challenged Samoa Joe for the ROH World Championship while Punk and Steel defeated Prophecy in an Unsanctioned Chicago Street Fight . At Testing The Limit , Punk and Cabana lost
21411-633: The first round of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament. At Final Battle , The Briscoes challenged The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship , but were unsuccessful. On March 11, 2017, The Briscoes and Bully Ray defeated The Kingdom to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to Dalton Castle and The Boys on June 23 at Best in
21594-641: The following months, Raven successfully defended the ECW World Heavyweight Championship in bouts with opponents including Shane Douglas , Pitbull #2 , Chris Jericho , Damián 666 , 2 Cold Scorpio and Terry Gordy . Wanalaya left him in April 1996 at Massacre on Queens Boulevard after he slapped her. At Hardcore Heaven on June 22, 1996, Raven began playing mind games with The Sandman, brainwashing his ex-wife, Lori and his son, Tyler to join Raven's Nest. Lori and Tyler subsequently began accompanying Raven to ringside for his matches, with Raven using him to wage psychological warfare against The Sandman over
21777-408: The following months. At High Incident on October 26, 1996, Richards was involved in one of ECW's most controversial angles , with Raven's Nest " crucifying " The Sandman by tying him to a cross and placing a crown made of barbed wire on his head. The angle, which was widely criticised as being in poor taste, led to Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle severing his links with ECW and delayed
21960-462: The gauntlet match at Glory By Honor 2 , which was held to fill the tag team championship left vacant by Red suffering a serious knee injury. They defeated and eliminated the Special K team of Hydro and Angeldust as well as The Ring Crew Express, before being eliminated by the other Special K team in the match, Izzy and Dixie, due to outside interference from Angeldust. After Izzy and Dixie later won
22143-585: The line against Sexy Slim Goody. When Robinson attempted to hit the Boot Camp , the lights shut off in the arena. When they turned back on, Raven appeared in the ring and hit Robinson with his Evenflow DDT, before stealing the JCW Heavyweight Championship belt. In the third episode, Raven introduced Sexy Slim Goody as his newest lackey. When Robinson ran out to the ring to take his title back, Sexy Slim Goody (kayfabe) knocked him out with
22326-504: The line. After Raven was announced as being unable to compete, Richards substituted for him, with Raven losing his title after The Sandman pinned Richards. Upon his return, Raven blamed Richards for the loss. At Holiday Hell on December 7, 1996, Raven defeated The Sandman in a barbed wire match to regain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Despite this, the tension between Raven and Richards continued to build until, on December 28, 1996, Richards turned on Raven by superkicking him during
22509-544: The main event of Barely Legal , ECW's first pay-per-view . On the May 1, 1997 episode of ECW Hardcore TV , a controversial angle took place in which a morose Raven, despondent at the loss of his title and other setbacks, confronted Richards, telling him he had one final "mission" for him. Raven then attacked Richards before begging him to " end my pain ". At The Buffalo Invasion on May 11, 1997, Raven and Richards reformed their tag team to face Dreamer and Funk, with Richards pinning Funk despite bickering with Raven throughout
22692-421: The main event to win their first ROH Tag Team Championship . The following month, at Round Robin Challenge III , Second City Saints lost the titles to Maff and Whitmer in the first match of a round-robin series . However, after Briscoes defeated Maff and Whitmer for the titles, Saints defeated Briscoes later that night to win their second Tag Team Championship. All three teams won each match once which resulted in
22875-548: The majority of 2020, due to the suspension of all ROH events in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Briscoes returned to ROH events in October, with no fans in attendance. In December, The Briscoes competed separately at Final Battle , the only ROH PPV of the year. The following year at Best in the World , The Briscoes defeated Brian Johnson and PJ Black , with events returning to having fans in attendance. On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on
23058-471: The match and made it a Monsters Ball. Raven briefly formed an alliance with Havok , Black Reign , Judas Mesias , and James Mitchell with the purpose of defeating Abyss. At Bound for glory, Raven would go on to lose the match after Abyss gave him a black hole slam on to tacks and glass. On the November 15 episode of Impact , Havok was revealed to be Team 3D 's X Division traitor, effectively ending Serotonin. At Turning Point , Raven substituted for Rhino in
23241-431: The match and subsequently lost a number of teeth and sustained damage to his gums as well. In their second-round match of the tournament, against Homicide and Ricky Reyes , Mark was replaced by Joker , who subsequently turned on Jay to cost them the match. They made one further appearance, at an event cross-promoted by PWU and Juggalo Championship Wrestling . This was a four-way singles match involving Jay and Mark and
23424-528: The match and went on hiatus as a result. Raven returned to TNA on April 23, 2006 at the Lockdown pay-per-view, and reignited his feud with Zbyszko. They would end their feud at Victory Road in a Hair vs. Hair match which Raven won. He next feuded with Abyss and Brother Runt , losing to the former in a Hangman's Horror match on Impact after the latter turned on him. Subsequent to this, his coverage in major televised angles has dropped considerably. While he
23607-500: The match, during which he performed a drop toehold on Riggs that drove his face into a steel chair and temporarily blinded him in one eye. The two engaged in a brief feud which resulted in a match at World War 3 in November, where Raven defeated Riggs and inducted him by force into The Flock. With The Flock's help, Raven won the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship which lasted only
23790-494: The match. At Survival of the Fittest , Cabana participated in the Survival of the Fittest tournament while Punk single handedly retained the Tag Team Championship against Special K, The Outcast Killaz and Ring Crew Express in a Scramble match. Following the event, Second City Saints continued their feud with The Prophecy as Whitmer and Maff defeated Steel and Cabana in a falls count anywhere match at Reborn: Completion . During
23973-491: The match. The Brothers' feud against one another concluded at the First Anniversary Show , when Jay defeated Mark in a match, and the two hugged afterward to signify their reunion. Mark never explicitly left the Prophecy, but in forming a team with his brother, he stopped teaming with them. Newly united as a team in ROH, the Briscoes began, in 2003, to feud with A.J. Styles and Amazing Red, then holders of
24156-443: The match. In the main event, Raven, Richards, Funk and The Sandman faced one another in a four-way elimination match for Funk's ECW World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Raven DDT'ed both Funk and The Sandman and then demanded that Richards pin them and then lay down for him. Richards refused, instead superkicking Raven and enabling Funk and The Sandman to pin him. At Wrestlepalooza on June 6, 1997, Raven faced Dreamer in
24339-495: The members of the S.A.T. to determine the number-one contender to the PWU World Heavyweight Championship, won by Jose Maximo. The Briscoe Brothers returned to ROH at the Fourth Anniversary Show in 2006, forcibly including themselves in a match that was at first between the teams of Tony Mamaluke and Sal Rinauro and Jason Blade and Kid Mikaze. They won in their re-debut. They then feuded for
24522-699: The mid-1990s has been described as "one of the most emotional rivalries in professional wrestling's history". After having an eight-plus year career in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Raven was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2022. Levy is of Jewish descent and was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , the son of Paul F. Levy, a journalist and senior editor of The National Enquirer . He graduated from Lake Worth Community High School in 1982. He went on to attend
24705-809: The new CZW World Tag Team Champions. They lost the title back to Philly's Most Wanted on May 14, 2011. The Briscoes returned to CZW again on November 10, 2012, facing Dave and Jake Crist in a losing effort. The Briscoes opened a tour of Latin America by participating in the World Wrestling Council 's (WWC) in Puerto Rico, eponymous anniversary series. The main night of Aniversario, The Briscoes lost to Thunder and Lightning . On August 3, 2018, The Briscoes made their debuts for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico, with Rush were defeated LA Park , Penta el Zero M and Rey Fénix . In
24888-400: The new color commentator for Sunday Night Heat and Excess . This role lasted a couple of months, as he later quit the show to resume his wrestling career on Raw . This did not last long either, as he was "banished" from Raw after losing a match to former ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer on June 24, 2002. Raven was forced to spend the rest of the year on Heat . Although he won his way back onto
25071-417: The next event, Royal Consequences 2 on August 10. Jay and Dragon defended the title against Da Hit Squad and the team of Mark and Deranged in a tables, ladders, and chairs match , which Da Hit Squad won. Two shows later, on September 20 at Family Crisis 2 , Da Hit Squad successfully retained the title over the Briscoes in a regular match. The Brothers did not appear for JAPW again until late 2005, again in
25254-693: The opener. It is unclear how, if at all, JAPW's ownership and management worked around Pennsylvania's child labor law, as both brothers were underage at the time of this and two subsequent appearances in the old ECW arena. They made three other appearances in JAPW in 2001, all against Insane Dragon & Dixie – one a victory, one that ended in a no contest due to outside interference, and the last an unsuccessful challenge for Dragon and Dixie's JAPW Tag Team Championship on June 15 at Here to Stay . They made subsequent appearances for JAPW in 2002, first losing to The S.A.T. on May 3 at May Madness. They then re-entered
25437-506: The owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), Raven approached Paul Heyman , the booker of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), who agreed to bring in Raven as a foil for Tommy Dreamer . I want elimination by any means necessary. Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore' . Raven was introduced to ECW by Stevie Richards . In late 1994, Richards had developed an "identity crisis", performing under
25620-549: The promotion Pura Raza defeated Volador Jr. and Rey Cometa of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre On September 5, both participated in the International Gran Prix torneo cibernetico and were eliminated the same day; Jay was defeated by Último Guerrero and Mark lost to Carístico . On November 24, 2009, the Briscoe Brothers had a tryout for World Wrestling Entertainment at their SmackDown! and ECW tapings. The following month they were invited for
25803-515: The promotion since its early days, debuting at PWG's fourth-ever show Are You Adequately Prepared to Rock? in October 2003, losing to Super Dragon and B-Boy . Due to the costs of bringing them in from the East coast and the sabbatical from the sport the brothers took , they would not appear again until May 20, 2006, at Enchantment Under the Sea , falling to Cape Fear ( Quicksilver and El Generico). At
25986-423: The promotion's debut on pay-per-view . At the instruction of Paul Heyman, Raven came to the ring and offered a somewhat insincere apology for his actions. The relationship between Raven and Richards began to deteriorate in late 1996. At Ultimate Jeopardy on October 5, 1996, Raven was scheduled to team with Brian Lee against Dreamer and The Sandman in a match with Raven's ECW World Heavyweight Championship on
26169-559: The remainder of 2021 and early 2022, The Briscoes successfully defended the ROH World Tag Team Championships at various independent shows. On March 2, 2022, during All Elite Wrestling (AEW)'s live weekly series, AEW Dynamite , owner & executive Tony Khan announced that he had acquired Ring of Honor from the Sinclair Broadcast Group . Following this, ROH returned for the first time since Final Battle at Supercard of Honor XV , where The Briscoes finally faced FTR for
26352-417: The rest of the TNA locker room. The following week, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand , as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company. On the July 29 episode of Impact! Raven re–ignited his old feud with Dreamer by turning on him, after his match with Abyss, and laying him out with
26535-554: The ring but could not wrestle because of Pennsylvania's child labor law (most of ROH's earliest shows took place in Philadelphia). Jay wrestled each of ROH's next four shows, against Spanky , Tony Mamaluke , Doug Williams , and James Maritato , losing to all but Mamaluke. At Honor Invades Boston , when Mark was able to perform, he defeated his brother, in the second-to-last match of the night. The Brothers went on briefly to feud against each other, during which time Jay scored
26718-488: The ring from the Midnight Outlaws, tagging with Ruckus against Mark and someone else. By this time, he had turned 18. Jay and Ruckus were won the match, and this was the last time either Jay or Mark appeared for CZW until April 12, 2003, where Jay and Mark both returned for Best of the Best 3. Jay was a surprise entrant after being taunted by A.J. Styles, and Mark filling in for the injured Ruckus. Jay advanced to
26901-419: The ring names "Stevie Flamingo", "Stevie the Body", and "Stevie Polo"—all references to former ring names used by Levy. After sustaining another loss to Tommy Dreamer , Richards became irate and claimed he would present "the real Johnny Polo". Raven made his first appearance on the January 10, 1995 episode of ECW Hardcore TV , with Richards revealing that he had a vendetta against Tommy Dreamer. Raven formed
27084-399: The second round, with Jay winning and advancing further. This match was seen by fans as the best of the tournament, and seen in retrospect as having been responsible in large part for helping launch the brothers' careers, as they were new to the independent circuit and very young at the time. After losing in title opportunities at Breakaway Brawl and A New Beginning , the brothers won
27267-664: The second two-time holder of the title. He lost the title to Jay Lethal on June 19, 2015. At Field of Honor , The Briscoes were in a Tag Team Gauntlet match where they were unsuccessful in winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship . The match included The Addiction ( Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian ), War Machine ( Hanson and Ray Rowe ), The All Night Express ( Rhett Titus and Kenny King ), Chaos ( Gedo and Toru Yano ), Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara and Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali. At All Star Extravaganza VIII , The Briscoes teamed with Toru Yano and were defeated by Kushida , A. C. H. and Jay White in
27450-541: The semi-finals, where he lost to B-Boy, and Mark lost his fill-in match to Sonjay Dutt. The two faced off with the Backseat Boyz for the CZW World Tag Team Championship at Truth or Consequences on June 14, but failed to win the belts. The Brothers appeared for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW), in the ECW arena , on March 24, 2001, at March Madness Night 2 , losing to Insane Dragon and Dixie in
27633-421: The series ending in a tie. At Generation Next , Saints defeated Prophecy in a no disqualification match to retain the titles. At World Title Classic , Punk challenged Samoa Joe for the ROH World Championship in a match that ended in a sixty-minute time limit draw. Later at the event, Steel and Cabana competed against Prophecy, Briscoe Brothers and Generation Next in an Ultimate Endurance match. Prophecy won
27816-438: The tag team championship again, but much as they had against Styles and Red three years earlier, they lost in three shots against the champions at the time, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong, at Ring of Homicide , Destiny , and Unified . As before, the storyline was that this cost them any chance at the belts for as long as those champs held them. It was around this time that the Brothers became enforcers for Jim Cornette ,
27999-516: The tag team title, the Brothers were granted a shot at it, at Main Event Spectacles . The reason given in the storyline was they were given the shot since they only lost in the gauntlet match because Special K cheated. In the opening segment of that event, they were aligned with Jim Cornette , because, in the storyline, Cornette wanted to create new champions. They attacked his former client, Samoa Joe, who Cornette abandoned since he already
28182-486: The team of Christopher Daniels and Raven. Punk would then defeat Raven in a dog collar match at Death Before Dishonor . At Wrath of the Racket , Steel and Cabana defeated Alex Shelley and Jimmy Jacobs in a tag team match. After the event, Lucy was mysteriously attacked backstage by an unknown assailant while Punk was on a tour to Japan. After Punk's feud with Raven concluded in a steel cage match at The Conclusion ,
28365-593: The three of them were the only survivors. After Necro Butcher beat Mark and Mad Man Pondo fought Jay to a no contest on February 2 at Dangerous Intentions '07 , the two of them, known as a team as The Deathmatch Kings, fell in a tag title match the next night at In Full Force '07 . Both brothers competed in the FIP Florida Heritage Title Tournament held at the next event, the Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of
28548-476: The title back to Haas and Benjamin. On December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday , the Briscoe Brothers defeated S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino ) and Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander in a three-way match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the eighth time. They lost the title to Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly on March 2, 2013, at the 11th Anniversary Show . On April 5 at Supercard of Honor VII , Jay defeated Kevin Steen to become
28731-418: The title back to Tonga and Loa. In March 2022, The Briscoes participated in the 2022 Crockett Cup tournament , which they would end up winning after defeating The Commonwealth Connection ( Doug Williams and Harry Smith ) in the finals. On April 1, 2022, at Multiverse of Matches , The Briscoe Brothers made their Impact Wrestling debut, losing to The Good Brothers ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ). on
28914-466: The title belt to the winner of the tournament, Adam Cole, who proceeded to attack him afterwards. On September 28, Mark won the Honor Rumble to earn a shot at the ROH World Championship, but was later that same event defeated by Cole. On October 26 at Glory By Honor XII , Jay entered a storyline, where he introduced his own ROH World Championship belt titled the "Real World Title", claiming that he
29097-462: The title change official (TNA had briefly gone dark on its national television timeslot prior to jumping to Spike TV , prompting a title change in another NWA based promotion). This led to Raven feuding with Larry Zbyszko, who brought in wrestlers like PJ Polaco and Chris K to wrestle Raven. This culminated in a match at Final Resolution where Raven wrestled Sean Waltman with the stipulation that if Raven lost he would have to leave TNA. Raven lost
29280-416: The title in their first defense, just as they had the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship earlier in the year. Thus, the two faced off what was described as "one time only" at Fifth Year Festival: Finale . The match ended in a draw, with both of them unable to answer the referee's standing ten-count. At the next event, All Star Extravaganza III , they won the title back from Doi and Shingo, but in
29463-457: The title only to immediately lose it to another wrestler. At WrestleMania X-Seven , he competed in his only WrestleMania match, losing the Hardcore Championship to Kane in a triple threat match that also included Big Show . At Backlash , he lost to Hardcore Champion Rhyno in a hardcore match. A brief angle had an anonymous Black Ninja, who was later revealed to be his old valet from his Pacific Northwest days, Tori , aiding Raven in retaining
29646-400: The titles against LifeBlood ( Bandido and Mark Haskins ). At Final Battle , the Briscoes lost the titles to Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham , ending their eleventh reign at 146 days. The following year at Gateway to Honor , The Briscoes teamed with Slex, losing to Villain Enterprises. This match would turn out to be the Briscoes and many other ROH talent's last match with the company for
29829-520: The titles to Havana Pitbulls . All three teammates were signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (with CM Punk being a member of the ECW brand and Ace Steel and Colt Cabana wrestling in Ohio Valley Wrestling ) until February 4, 2008, when Steel was released. Cabana and Punk remained signed and briefly reunited the Saints at the final OVW show promoted under the WWE developmental banner. Punk wrestled for WWE until January 2014, when he left
30012-739: The titles. The Briscoes next appeared on May 19 and May 20, 2007, to participate in the inaugural Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament , created to declare new World Tag Team Champions. After defeating the Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ) in the Opening Round and the Havana Pitbulls ( Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero ) in the semifinals, they lost in the Final Round to Roderick Strong and PAC. At ¡Dia de los Dangerous! on February 24, 2008, "Commissioner of Food and Beverage" Excalibur announced that
30195-545: The trio's newest valet. Also, at the event, Steel and Cabana defeated Da Hit Squad in the latter team's last match as a tag team. At Do or Die , Punk and Cabana won a four-way Scramble match . The group's feud with Raven resumed at Night of the Grudges on June 14 when Raven returned to ROH after a three-month absence and teamed with B. J. Whitmer to take on Punk and Cabana in a no disqualification match , which Punk and Cabana won. At Wrestlerave '03 , Punk and Cabana defeated
30378-523: The year these superstars overturned Sports Entertainment Xtreme (SEX). In 2003, Raven feuded with James Mitchell and the Disciples of the New Church. Raven took them all out one by one just like he said, but with interferences from The Gathering and ECW counterparts. Raven ended his feud with James Mitchell in a Last Man Standing match , which was won by Raven. This led to a long undefeated run and
30561-782: The years looking like the Raven in ECW and early WCW. He not only defeated Rhino but hit a Raven Effect DDT on Jeff Jarrett, with the assistance of Jeff Hardy running to the ringside. He also had a tag team match with Sabu against Jeff Jarrett and Rhino. On September 15, Raven lost the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Jeff Jarrett in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada, at a special event of Border City Wrestling . America's Most Wanted ( "Wildcat" Chris Harris and "Cowboy" James Storm ) came out and interfered on Jarrett's behalf. BCW officials immediately contacted TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko , who declared
30744-593: Was a champion. They went on to win the belts later in the show. At The Conclusion , The Battle Lines Are Drawn , and The Last Stand , which was by stipulation Joe's last shot at the tag team title for as long as the Briscoe Brothers held it, they retained the belts over Joe and a different partner each time, A.J. Styles, Bryan Danielson , and Jerry Lynn respectively. Since Joe took pinfalls at The Conclusion (to Mark) and The Last Stand (to Jay), both brothers subsequently earned shots at his world title. Both fell; Mark at Final Battle 2003 and Jay at At Our Best in
30927-568: Was again injured in a motorcycle accident, though considerably less serious, Jay was alone in a match held at the taping for ROH's fourth PPV, Undeniable . This was an anything goes match against Necro Butcher of the Age of the Fall, which he did not win. On November 30, the Briscoes had a match which was taped to be included in Undeniable , a tag team title defense against Davey Richards and Rocky Romero , which they won. At Final Battle 2007 ,
31110-750: Was an "unsigned free agent ", but eventually accepted a contract with WCW Commissioner J. J. Dillon which stipulated that he could wrestle only when he wanted and under his own rules. The Flock was a stable of misfits in the same vein as the Raven's Nest group in ECW. With The Flock, however, Raven was more openly abusive and controlling, which eventually led to dissension and rebellion. The group's matches were held under Raven's Rules , which meant no disqualifications—weapon usage, double teaming, and outside interference were rampant. Raven made his in-ring Nitro debut on October 27 against Scotty Riggs , after Riggs refused an invitation to join The Flock. Raven won
31293-614: Was defeated by Shane Douglas in a hair versus hair match, thanks to the surprise interference of Vampiro . Vampiro and Raven would grow to be bitter rivals which resulted in a backstage brawl which Vampiro ended up with a torn "ACL." While in TNA, he formed a stable known as The Gathering , which included ROH rival CM Punk, as well as Julio Dinero and Alexis Laree , though they would later turn on him. He created matches involving old friends and brought in former colleagues from ECW such as New Jack , Perry Saturn, Mikey Whipwreck , and Justin Credible, all of whom Raven beat in matches. Later in
31476-470: Was in line to purchase tickets to attend a wrestling event, a promoter for the ECWA approached her and asked if her sons had a tape of themselves wrestling. This led to the brothers debuting for ECWA on May 20, 2000, under the ring names "Jay and Mark Briscoe". Jay and Mark Briscoe made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at Delaware Invasion on January 20, 2001, being brought in to job as part of
31659-486: Was likely to get around the fact that Jay was only 17 and Mark only 16 at the time; this meant, as they were under 18 years of age, that they could not legally work in a sport wrestling exhibition in the state of Pennsylvania. As CZW regularly began holding shows in the Philadelphia area, the Midnight Outlaws made appearances at the next four CZW events. At A Higher Level of Pain on April 13, 2002, Jay appeared across
31842-452: Was not provided any information about Lucy's disappearance. Dan Maff swore on his father's grave that Prophecy was not behind the attack until Daniels revealed that B. J. Whitmer was the assailant which further fueled the feud between the two groups. Later at the event, Punk and Cabana defeated Turmeric Storm ( Kazushi Miyamoto and Tomoaki Honma ) in a tag team match. At The Battle Lines Are Drawn on January 10, 2004, Traci Brooks joined
32025-481: Was off-air, an alliance was teased between Kazarian , Johnny Devine , and Matt Bentley . On the TNA Primetime Special before Genesis , the three came out in goth, addressing a new movement in TNA. After a loss at Genesis, sporting a new look (often with a mask), Raven revealed himself as their leader, caning the loser of the match. This stable became known as Serotonin . The direction of this stable
32208-434: Was part of the stable known as "The Cartel", along with Cactus Jack , Makhan Singh , Rip Rogers and Max Andrews. Levy also served as a color commentator for GWF's televised broadcasts on ESPN alongside play-by-play commentators Craig Johnson and Scott Hudson. In 1992, Levy joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was given the ring name "Scotty Flamingo" and the gimmick of a surfer from Florida, even carrying
32391-545: Was pregnant. After Raven angrily confronted McGillicutty, she informed him that he was not the father, causing Raven to attack Richards. McGillicutty then revealed that Tommy Dreamer was the father, with Dreamer storming the ring and beating down Raven, Richards and The Blue Meanie before embracing Beulah. On January 27, 1996, Raven introduced his new girlfriend, Kimona Wanalaya . Later that evening, Raven defeated The Sandman to win his first ECW World Heavyweight Championship following extensive interference from Raven's Nest. Over
32574-543: Was seen sitting in the front row at Monday Nitro where the commentators acknowledged him as "a man who has been a champion with other organizations". On August 21, 1997 at Clash of the Champions XXXV , Raven defeated Stevie Richards in an "unsanctioned" match and then took a seat in the front row. The storyline continued that Raven would frequently appear in the front row for the next few months with his lackeys, slowly forming what would be known as The Flock. Raven
32757-431: Was stripped of the title after missing several shows, therefore not being able to defend the championship. Levy was also featured doing shows overseas at Russia's Independent Wrestling Federation, battling Joe Legend . In April 2008, Raven toured Australia and New Zealand including several seminars as well as performing. In June, Raven wrestled for multiple European promotions which included losing to The Vampire Warrior in
32940-448: Was that with Mark injured, Jay was tagging with Stevens as a replacement. The No Remorse Corps then ran in and attacked Stevens, and Jay was momentarily left without a partner until Mark entered. Mark eventually suffered the fall in the match after several bumps to the head. They then began to feud with Steen and Generico. After successfully retaining the tag title over Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal at ROH's first pay-per-view Respect
33123-443: Was the true champion since he had never been defeated for the title. Jay received his shot at the ROH World Championship on December 14 at Final Battle 2013 , but was defeated by Cole in a three-way match, which also included Michael Elgin . On February 8, 2014, Jay defeated Cole to retain his version of the ROH World Championship. The two world titles were unified in a ladder match on April 4 at Supercard of Honor VIII , where Cole
33306-421: Was very hard to place, although they lost the majority of their televised matches. Regardless of the outcome, Raven would hit the Serotonin competitor with a cane. After a long hiatus, Raven returned to the ring, losing to Christopher Daniels in a First Blood Invitational then losing to Chris Harris after interference from Kaz . On Impact , Raven came out after Kaz's win over Havok and Martyr and hit Kaz in
33489-448: Was victorious, following outside interference from Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett . On May 17, the Briscoe Brothers took part in the ROH/ New Japan Pro-Wrestling co-produced War of the Worlds iPPV, where they unsuccessfully challenged Bullet Club ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship . On September 6 at All Star Extravaganza 6, Jay recaptured the ROH World Championship from Michael Elgin, becoming only
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