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Jerry Brisco

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 210 lbs

From: Blackwell, OK

Birthday: Sep 19th

Pro Debut: 1969

Aliases: Lord O'Beid, Gerald Brisco

Feds Worked For: TSW, TexPro, NWA, WWE, WWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Eastern Sports Association (Canada), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championsip Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Southeastern Championship Wrestling (AL/GA/TN), Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling (IL), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)

Finisher: Figure Four Leglock

Signature Moves: Double Arm Suplex, Sleeper, Belly-to-Back Suplex, Vertical Suplex

Career Highlights: -ESA International Tag Team Champion (w/ Jack Brisco)
-NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion (w/ Thunderbolt Patterson)
-NWA Eastern States Champion (4x)
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA (Florida) Southern Champion (3x)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (8x; all w/ Jack Brisco)
-NWA Florida Television Champion
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (5x; all w/ Jack Brisco)
-NWA (Georgia) Southeastern Champion
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (5x; 2 w/ Jack Brisco, 1 each w/ Bob Backlund, Ole Anderson, and Rocky Johnson)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Champion (4x)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Thunderbolt Patterson and Sandy Scott)
-NWA North American Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Jack Brisco)
-NWA (Northern Division) Southeastern Champion
-NWA Western States Champion
-NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA World Tag Team Champions (3x; all w/ Jack Brisco)
-WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion
-WWC North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Jack Brisco)
-WWE 24/7 Champion
-WWF Hardcore Champion (2x)

Affiliates: Jack Brisco, Sandy Scott, Thunderbolt Patterson, Steve Keirn, Mike Graham, Johnny Weaver, Pat Patterson, Vince McMahon, Rocky Johnson, Ole Anderson, Bob Backlund, Greg Valentine

Notable Feuds: Rip Hawk, Ricky Steamboat, Bob Orton, Jr., Jay Youngblood, Gene Anderson, Masa Saito, Swede Hanson, The Missouri Mauler, Ole Anderson, The Assassin, Dick Slater, Thor the Viking, Buddy Roberts, Bob Roop, Dory Funk, Jr., Akihisa Takachiho/Yoshino Sato, Brute Bernard, Pak Song, Bryan St. John, Jerry Brown, Rock Hunter, Nikolai Volkoff, Stan Lane, Ivan Koloff, The Spoiler/The Super Destroyer/Spoiler #1, Bobby Jaggers, Hiro Matsuda, Hans Schroeder, Les Thornton, Keith Franks/Adrian Adonis, Bobby Duncum, Matti Suzuki, Terry Funk/The Texan, Dick Murdoch, Killer Khan, Bugsy McGraw, Karl Kox, Homer O'Dell, Art Neilson, Greg Valentine, Bob Orton, Sr./Zodiak, Siegfried Steinke, Paul Jones, Alfred Hayes, The Medics/The Masked Marvels, Bill White, Wahoo McDaniel, Jonathan Boyd, Ronnie Garvin, Masanobu Fuchi

Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestler Jack Brisco, who trained him for pro wrestling
-Father of pro wrestler Wes Brisco
-Born in Oklahoma City, OK
-Originally from Seminole, OK but moved to Blackwell, OK during the 1950's
-Attended college and wrestled at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK
-Inducted into the International Institute and Museum Hall of Fame in 2005
-Jerry and his brother Jack owned 52% of Georgia Championship Wrestling and sold their shares to Vince McMahon and the WWF in 1984. As a result, Jerry was given what was thought to be a lifelong job with WWF. He was released from WWE in 2020 after a personal phone call from Vince McMahon, having been furloughed due to the COVID pandemic.
-He and his brother Jack are credited with discovering Hulk Hogan while in Florida
-When Tracy Smothers wrestled for WWF, he was named Freddy Joe Floyd after Jack Brisco (real first name Freddy) and Gerald Brisco (real first name Floyd)
-Helped to train Tim Horner and Tommy Rogers for pro wrestling
-Former member of The Corporation
-Former member of The McMahon-Helmsley Faction
-Currently serving as an assistant High School wrestling coach in Tampa, FL
-Inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (w/ Jack Brisco as The Brisco Brothers) in 2008
-Inducted into the NWA Hall of Heroes in 2014
-Was a panelist on the "Tales from the Territories" episode entitled "CWF: Bloodstains in the Everglades" with Bob Roop, Brian Blair, Steve Keirn, and Kevin Sullivan in 2022