Posted on 1/17/126 by DMV Wrestling News
I didn’t plan to re-share this.
But today marks three years since Jay Briscoe, Jamin Pugh,
died, and I realized something sitting with it. A lot of you
were not on this list yet when I recorded this conversation.
Today is also his brother Mark’s birthday, which makes the
date land a little heavier.
In the days after his death, I spoke with Ty Awesome,
Tiberius Asante, and Shawn Hardy, three of his friends from
the Delaware wrestling community. Not to relive the tragedy,
and not to turn grief into content, but to talk about who
Jamin actually was as a wrestler, as a locker room presence,
as a father, and as a man who showed up for people without
cameras around.
It’s a quiet conversation. It isn’t polished. It doesn’t try
to mythologize him. It’s three people remembering a friend
and the space he left behind.
If you’ve already heard it, you don’t need to listen again.
If you missed it the first time, this feels like the right
day to share it.
For Jay.