The Briscoe Brothers vs The Brisco Brothers: Who are the better team?
When looking at the annals of tag team wrestling, there are many great teams that spring to mind, now The Brisco’s may not be the most well remembered or flashy teams, but they should be remembered for being hard working, well drawing journeymen champions. So, Jack went on to have more success than Gerald, but without his brother and their multiple tag team matches and titles reigns both at home and abroad, he may not have found as much success. The Brisco’s are a legendary tag team and can’t even be compared to the Briscoe’s who have accomplished nothing so far, and heres my reasons why.
National success
Jack and Gerald Brisco tagged together many times in many different American promotions (CWF, ESA, GWC, NWA) and they held the tag titles in all of these promotions. They were trusted hard workers and good draws, that’s why they were trusted to hold the tag titles wherever they went. The titles that the Brisco’s won were often against highly competitive and good teams such as the Funk’s, in which they were involved a fantastic feud. The Brisco’s success in America was fantastic and they would have had much more major success if it wasn’t for Jack receiving a singles push. The Brisco’s may not be the most famous team ever, but they’re certainly better than the Briscoe’s, who have been in 3 independent promotions and haven’t even got anywhere near the big leagues yet. Now while you may say neither did the Brisco’s, they did. At the time when the Brisco’s tagged, Territories around the country were big, and there wasn’t one major promotion like the WWE, so winning titles in lots of territories was considered a success.
International success
Jack and Gerald Brisco also tasted international success in WWC in Puerto Rico, holding the tag titles once and having a famous feud with Los Pastores (The Bushwhackers). At the time, success abroad was a big thing, and The Brisco’s accomplished this by winning the WWC North American Tag Team Championship. These were titles that were held by the best tag teams in the wrld and The Brisco’s have added themselves to this list.
Title Reigns
Here’s a list of tag title reigns that the Brisco’s had;
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (8 times) - with Jack Brisco
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (5 times) - with Jack Brisco
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (2 times) - with Jack Brisco
Eastern Sports Association
ESA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jack Brisco
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship Jack Brisco (2 times)
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (3 time) - with Jack Brisco
World Wrestling Council
WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jack Brisco
This is a very impressive record of titles in different promotions at home and abroad. Title reigns were not just handed out in the late 70’s, but Jack and Gerald certainly got a few reigns by being a great tag team and a good draw. So the Brisco’s managed to win titles in all different territories and would have won much more if it wasn’t for Jack’s singles success. The Brisco’s howverer, were still a decorated tag team and achieved a hell of a lot whilst they tagged together, becoming some of the best journeymen tag team champions ever.
The Brisco’s a were a good draw, popular and a good team.
Fans cheered the Brisco’s, they wanted to see them win, this is why they were given so many title reigns, this is why they could travel the country and still be trusted to hold the titles and interest the fans. The Brisco’s were a good team who worked hard, promoters and fans alike loved them, they were good for business and put on great matches, they should be remembered much more than they are. Now, while the Briscoe’s might be a good team with potential, they don’t hold a torch to the Brisco’s. Jack and Gerald were a great team who consistently drew well and won titles everywhere they went. The Briscoe’s are a team that are stuck in the indy scene and most likely won’t go anywhere due to their recreational drug use (if rumour is true), they haven’t even made it to TNA yet, and whilst they might seem good in the lower leagues of ROH and CZW, they don’t compare to the Brisco’s who travelled the world and won titles wherever they went.