Naomichi Marufuji

Naomichi Marufuji

Nacimiento : 1979-09-26, Kōnosu, Saitama, Japan

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Naomichi Marufuji is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Ring of Honor (ROH). Marufuji is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, as well as the first of two men to win Junior Heavyweight Championships in all three major Japanese promotions (Minoru Tanaka is the other). In 2009, he was appointed to the position of Vice President of Pro Wrestling Noah, and has retained the position since, being reappointed in September 2011.

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NOAH: Great Muta Final
Pro Wrestling NOAH presents GREAT MUTA FINAL 'BYE-BYE' event on January 22nd, 2023 from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama Japan. This event will feature Keiji Mutoh’s final match under The Great Muta persona as he teams up with AEW's STING & Darby Allin!
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2
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Wrestle Kingdom 17 was a two-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The first day of the event took place on January 4, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, with the second day of the event taking place on January 21, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It is the 32nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the 17th promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name. The event was held in honor of the company's founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022.
NOAH: The New Year 2023
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Noah The New Year 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on Janaury 1, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The show's main event portraited the final Noah appearance of The Great Muta as he faced WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura.
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 3 is an upcoming three-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The event will take place on January 8, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It will be the first time the event will be held over three days and the first one to take place in Yokohama. It will mark the first January 4 Tokyo Dome Show since 2007's Wrestle Kingdom I to be co-produced with another wrestling promotion.
NOAH: The New Year 2022
Pro Wrestling NOAH returns to the illustrious Nippon Budokan for NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2022.
CyberFight Festival 2021
CyberFight Festival 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight for its four brands, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, and Ganbare Pro-Wrestling. It took place in Saitama, Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena and aired live on Wrestle Universe. The card comprised fifteen matches, with the first three being part of the Starting Battle pre-show. In the triple main event, Miyu Yamashita battled Yuka Sakazaki for the Princess of Princess Championship, Harashima fought Jun Akiyama for the KO-D Openweight Championship, and Naomichi Marufuji took on Keiji Mutoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other prominent matches saw The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno) fight Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura, a DDT team led by Sanshiro Takagi matched against the NOAH stable Kongo led by Kenoh in a 12-man tag team match, and Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba) battled Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine.
NOAH: Destination 2021 - Back To Budokan
The Destination 2021 ~Back to Budokan~ was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on February 12, 2021, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The event marked the promotion's return to the arena after eleven years. The show was headlined by Go Shiozaki defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Keiji Mutoh. Another high-profile match scheduled for the show featured Naomichi Marufuji and Jun Akiyama against Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura. The event featured three other title matches with Kenoh defending the GHC National Championship against Masakatsu Funaki, Daisuke Harada defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Seiki Yoshioka and Stinger (HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa) defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Kotaro Suzuki and Ikuto Hidaka. All in all, the event featured nine matches.
NOAH: The Best - Final Chronicle 2020
Pro Wrestling NOAH presents their final event of 2020 from Tokyo, Japan.
NOAH: 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle Vol.4
Pro Wrestling NOAH celebrates its 20th anniversary with this event from Yokohama Budokan in Yokahama, Japan.
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2
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NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2 features championships and tournament matches, and final matches. It is a collection of 12 best bouts from 2016 to 2019!
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory (2019) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 20, 2019, in Villa Park, Illinois. It was the 15th event under the Bound for Glory chronology. Wrestlers from Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Japan's Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), which Impact Wrestling has partnerships, appeared on the card.
IMPACT Wrestling: Prelude to Glory
Live on Friday, Oct. 18 from Palais Royale in South Bend, Indiana, IMPACT Plus presents Prelude to Glory. -Michael Elgin & The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) vs. Rhino, Rob Van Dam & Naomichi Marufuji -Brian Cage & Tessa Blanchard vs. Madman Fulton & Jake Crist -Eddie Edwards vs. Ace Austin (Street Fight) -Taya Valkyrie, Madison Rayne & Kiera Hogan vs. Tenille Dashwood, Rosemary & Jordynne Grace -Sami Callihan vs. Dez -Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs. Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju & Shera) -Fallah Bahh vs. Johnny Swinger -Havok vs. Elayna Black
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
The 20th anniversary show of
AJPW Champion Carnival 2018 - Tag 15
AJPW Champion Carnival 2018 - Tag 15
DDT Judgement
Japanesse Wreslting by DDT
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
Slammiversary XV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on July 2, 2017 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the thirteenth event under the Slammiversary chronology and the first event in the 2017 Impact Wrestling PPV schedule. The event included special appearances by Impact Wrestling alums Shark Boy and James Mitchell.
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
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Day 1 of the Lucha Libre World Cup
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
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Day Two of the Lucha Libre World Cup
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
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Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.
Austin Aries: The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
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He established himself as a bona fide star the night he dethroned Samoa Joe for the ROH World Title. He asserted his dominance as an ROH World Tag Team champion alongside Roderick Strong. He cemented his status as the Ace of ROH with his 3 match series against Bryan Danielson. So what was next for Austin Aries? Making history once again by becoming the only two-time World champion in Ring of Honor history...
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
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He is the high-flying, risk taking fan favorite known worldwide as "The Generic Luchador" El Generico & this is 2-disc set is a collection of 19 of his greatest Ring of Honor Matches! Featuring bouts against the likes of Homicide, Nigel McGuinness, Bryan Danielson, and Roderick Strong, witness just why El Generico is one of the most beloved wrestlers in ROH's history. Whether it be challenging for the World, TV, or Tag Titles, Generico has proven himself to be ever-resilient and always has the fan's in his corner. From his ROH debut to his TV Title victory, this is a look at just some of the best El Generico has to offer!
ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
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One of the founding fathers of Ring of Honor, Bryan Danielson fought to earn his reputation as one of the best wrestlers in the world from day one and helped put ROH on the wrestling map. Crisp technical wrestling, vicious submissions, and fierce strikes are just some of the hallmarks Danielson brings to the table every time he enters the squared circle. It was those attributes that eventually brought him to the ROH World Title and helped establish a reign that will forever stand tall in ROH’s history books. With battles against AJ Styles, CM Punk, Austin Aries, Jushin Liger & Jay Briscoe, amongst many others, this 2-Disc set is a look at 13 of the best matches from the early years of Bryan Danielson's ROH career. From his “Epic Encounter” with Paul London to the beginning stages of Bryan’s historic ROH World Championship run, these matches are part of what define him as an ROH Legend. This is Bryan Danielson, this is wrestling, this is The American Dragon.
ROH: Nigel McGuinness - An ROH Career Retrospective
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The career of former ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness has been defined by the sacrifices he made for his love of professional wrestling. Whether it was outside the ring in his personal life, or inside the ring with his own body, he certainly paid a price in his pursuit of a dream, a dream Nigel achieved through his in-ring tenure with Ring of Honor.
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
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From an unwanted outsider to an athletic marvel to a King of Wrestling, Chris Hero has come so far during his tenure in Ring of Honor and this is where it all started. This compilation includes over 20 of Hero's best matches & moments starting from his debut against Bryan Danielson that kicked off a 7 month war with CZW, his first tag title reign with Claudio Castagnoli, Chris' days with Sweet 'N' Sour Inc, and through the early days of "That Young Knockout Kid". Whether it be singles competition or in tag team matches, Hero has stepped into the ring with everyone from Samoa Joe to Nigel McGuinness, Roderick Strong to Lance Storm, and Austin Aries to The Briscoes just to name a few. He concusses with his kicks, he KO's with his elbows, and with all his successes in Ring of Honor, Chris can certainly claim that ROH actually stands for Ring of Hero...
NJPW Dominion 6.19
Dominion 6.19 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 19, 2010, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The event featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships. Much like the previous year, Dominion 6.19 also featured wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Noah; namely Go Shiozaki, Muhammad Yone and Naomichi Marufuji.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
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Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムIV in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu IV in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2010. It was the 19th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fourth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured ten matches, five of which were contested for championships. Through NJPW's international working relationships, the event featured wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotions for the third and second year in a row, respectively. In addition, wrestlers from Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1 also took part in the show.
ROH: Final Battle 2008
Final Battle 2008 was a wrestling event held by Ring of Honor. It took place on December 27, 2008 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. 01. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kenny Omega. 02. Four-Corner Survival: Chris Hero (w/Larry Sweeney & Sara Del Rey) vs. Necro Butcher vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Rhett Titus. 03. ROH World Tag Titles: Kevin Steen & El Generico (w/Daizee Haze) vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious. 04. Six-Man Street Fight: Brent Albright, Roderick Strong & Erick Stevens vs. Go Shiozaki & The American Wolves (w/Larry Sweeney). 05. The Briscoe Bros. vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. 06. #1 Contender’s Match: Austin Aries vs. Tyler Black. 07. ROH World Title: Nigel McGuinness vs. Naomichi Marufuji. 08. Fight Without Honor: Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima.
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
The Tokyo Summit was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on September 14, 2008 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan.
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
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Death before Dishonor VI was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on August 2, 2008 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. It featured a Four Way Elimination Match for the ROH World Title as the main event pitting champion Nigel McGuinness against Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli and Tyler Black.
ROH: Fueling The Fire
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Fueling the Fire was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on August 1, 2008 in Manassas, Virginia. The main event featured The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) defeding their ROH World Tag Team Championships against Pro Wrestling NOAH's Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiozaki.
ROH: Northern Navigation
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Northern Navigation was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on July 25, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
NOAH: European Navigation 2008
"European Navigation 2008" was the first ever Pro Wrestling NOAH card ever held in the UK, taking place on 21st June 2008, from the Coventry Skydome.
ROH: Southern Navigation
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Southern Navigation was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on May 9, 2008 in Manassas, Virginia.
ROH: Driven
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Driven 2007 was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on June 23, 2007 at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago, Illinois. ROH's second pay-per-view, it first aired on September 21, 2007.
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
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ROH Glory by Honor V (Night Two) was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on September 16, 2006 in at the Manhattan Center in New York City, New York.
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
Glory by Honor V (Night One) was a wrestling event held by Ring of Honor on September 15, 2006 in East Windsor, Connecticut.
ROH: Best In The World
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ROH Best in the World was an event by Ring of Honor. It took place on March 25, 2006 at the Basketball City in New York City, New York. The main event featured a tag team match pitting top Pro Wrestling NOAH stars KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji against ROH Champ Bryan Danielson & Samoa Joe.
ROH: Final Battle
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Final Battle 2005 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on December 17, 2005 at the Inman Sports Complex in Edison, New Jersey. The show featured the ROH debut of Pro Wrestling NOAH stars KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji.
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
Pro Wrestling NOAH caps off a thrilling year with their final Budokan event of 2005.
NOAH: Destiny 2005
Destiny was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling NOAH. The event took place on July 18, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
NOAH: Departure 2004
Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.
NJPW Nexess
NJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.
NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
NOAH concludes their first Accomplish Our First Navigation Tour., headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa defending his GCW Heavyweight Title against Jun Akiyama.
NOAH: Great Voyage
December 23rd, 2000 :: Pro Wrestling Noah presents The Great Voyage. In the wake of the great Exodus from All Japan Pro Wrestling the young upstart Pro Wrestling Noah promotion embarks on one of its' inaugural shows which took place in Tokyo at the Ariake Colosseum. The show marked third event held by the Pro Wrestling Noah and was considered the biggest show up to that point. Matches include: ⦁ Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama ⦁ Mitsuhara Misawa vs. Vader ⦁ Shinya Hashimoto vs. Takao Omori ⦁ Akira Taue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama ⦁ Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi ⦁ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA vs. Scorpio & Kishin Kawabata ⦁ Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda vs. Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda ⦁ Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takeshi Morishima vs. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio & Takashi Sugiura ⦁ Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Makoto Hashi vs. Jun Izumida, Satoru Asako & Haruka Eigen
AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals
The 1999 Super Power Series comes to a close with its 14th day of action, headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa taking on Kenta Kobashi in an instant classic.
AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
AJPW's Giant Series comes to a conclusion as Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi face off in a classic encounter.
WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
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Featuring Bryan Danielson's best WXW matches.
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
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Volume One, matches 100-47.
ROH: Year 5
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The best matches from Ring of Honor in 2006.
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
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A record setting Pure Champion and a record holding World Champion; through two dominant title reigns, Nigel McGuinness etched out his position in the Ring of Honor history books through pain and sacrifice.
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
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The innovator of the Go 2 Sleep, a multi-time GHC champion in both the Junior Heavyweight Singles & Tag Divisons, one of the hardest-hitting individuals to ever enter the ROH ring, he is KENTA! KENTA debuted in Ring of Honor in late 2005 and immediately established himself as a force to be reckoned with in his GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title affair against Low Ki. With his crisp chops, vicious kicks, and lightning fast reflexes, KENTA was right at home in Ring of Honor, and it was those attributes that lead to his domination of ROH in 2006, culminating in the epic ROH World Title bout with Bryan Danielson. Whether it be Austin Aries, Rocky Romero, or Samoa Joe, nearly every one in ROH went toe-to-toe with KENTA and had the scars to prove it.
ROH: Japan's Finest
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Since its inception, Ring of Honor has prided itself on presenting the absolute best professional wrestling on the planet with the top athletes not just from the United States but from around the world. In that endeavor, we have been graced with the presence of numerous wrestlers from the world of Japanese Puroresu; from young up & comers to the legends of the squared circle, ROH has been home to them all over the years. Be it Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & The Great Muta or Go Shiozaki & Dragon Kid, they have all competed here and enriched the great history of ROH.
Danielson vs The World
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Bryan Danielson has been referred to as the best wrestler in the world throughout his career and never was that more demonstrated than during his tenure in Ring of Honor. From his debut on ROH's very first event in 2002 until he parted ways in 2009, Danielson demonstrated his unique and varied abilities against every man in the ROH locker room and competitors from around the world.
Danielson vs McGuinness
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Their rivalry is one of epic proportions in the history books of Ring of Honor. From their first meeting in the spring of 2006 until their final ROH match in the fall of 2009, Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness engaged in one of the most legendary series of matches ROH had ever seen, or will likely ever see again.
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
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From his highly anticipated debut to his traitorous betrayal of ROH, from his reigns as a vilified tag champion to the fans embracing him wholeheartedly, Claudio Castagnoli's career ran the gamut in Ring of Honor. Despite the swaying emotions of both the fans & Claudio himself, one thing that never changed was their respect for his skill, his power, his versatility, and their love for saying "Heeeeey"!
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
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Jay & Mark Briscoe have defined tag team wrestling in Ring of Honor since day one. As part of ROH from the very first event in 2002, the brothers from Sandy Fork, DE have captured the ROH World Tag Titles multiple times with a fast-paced, hard-hitting, risk-taking style that has certainly cemented them as ROH legends. As a duo, they have faced every team that has ever set foot into the ROH ring and dominated them with their tag team excellence and with their willingness to brawl it out if the situation calls for it. With their title bouts against teams such as Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, their brutal Ladder War, or their state of the art contests against Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin, Jay & Mark Briscoe have demonstrated why they are the most respected team in ROH history. Fearless, confident and driven, the Briscoe Brothers are indeed The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet!