AEW will honor Jay Briscoe with a tribute match this week … simply days after the wrestling star tragically died in a automobile crash.
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AEW honcho Tony Khan introduced the main points of the match on Tuesday … explaining Jay’s brother and tag staff associate, Mark Briscoe, will struggle Jay Deadly on Wednesday evening in Lexington, Kentucky to honor Jay Briscoe.
Khan stated in a tweet that Mark and Deadly, a longtime good friend/rival of JB, wished to struggle each other to have a good time the life and legacy of their brother and modern within the trade.
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Mark Briscoe vs Jay Deadly
Requested by each males to have a good time the life + legacy of the late nice Jay Briscoe on his thirty ninth birthday, his longtime good friend/rival Jay Deadly vs his brother Mark Briscoe pic.twitter.com/uzeQ0L4t5h
Jay and Mark have been Ring of Honor World Tag Workforce Champions on the time of his tragic dying … and gained a number of championships collectively all through their storied careers.
As we beforehand reported, 38-year-old Jay Briscoe — actual identify is Jamin Pugh — died in a automobile crash on Jan. 17 in Laurel, Delaware, after a 2019 Chevy Silverado collided along with his automobile head-on.
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Tributes, donations and remembrances have poured in for the previous wrestler and his household for the reason that tragedy … with the AEW even releasing shirts to assist elevate funds for the Pughs in wake of the accident.
“The Pugh household misplaced a husband, a father, a brother, a son,” the promotion stated after unveiling the shirts, “and in an effort to each honor Jay’s reminiscence in addition to help these left behind, we’re providing this ‘Attain For The Sky’ t-shirt with 100% of the proceeds going to profit the Pugh household as they deal with this tragic loss.”
Wednesday would have been Jay’s thirty ninth birthday.