Brisco was trained by his brother and debuted in
1969 as his tag team partner, using the name
Gerald Brisco. The Brisco Brothers were a highly successful
tag team, amassing over twenty tag team championships over the course of thirteen years. They arrived in
Florida in
1970 (with Brisco becoming
Jerry Brisco) and dominated the singles and tag divisions for several years thereafter. Brisco would amass a number of singles championships throughout the
1970s, and on
June 20, 1981 he defeated
Les Thornton for the
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The Briscos acquired a controlling interest (52%) in
Georgia Championship Wrestling, and in
1984 they sold this share to
Vince McMahon, enabling him to increase his dominance of the professional wrestling world. As a result, Gerald was given a lifelong job with Vince's
World Wrestling Federation. He retired soon after and began working backstage as a
Road agent and
booker.
Following the
1997 Montreal Screwjob Brisco capitalised on his notoriety by becoming an onscreen "stooge" of Vince McMahon along with
Pat Patterson. The duo portrayed a pair of bumbling comic
heels and joined
The Corporation and the
McMahon-Helmsley Faction. They lampooned
Hulk Hogan (then working for
World Championship Wrestling, the nemesis of the WWF) by mimicking his trademark gestures and using "Real American", his old entrance theme.
On the
May 18, 2000 episode of
Smackdown! Brisco won his first WWF Championship when he pinned a sleeping
Crash Holly to win the perpetually contested
Hardcore Championship. Crash recovered the title on
June 12, 2000 but Brisco was intent on recovering the title. He pursued Crash around
New York City, but ran afoul of
John Shaft, who had agreed to protect Crash. Brisco eventually regained the title on
June 19, 2000 with the aid of Pat Patterson in the midst of a match between Crash and his "cousin",
Hardcore Holly. As Patterson and Brisco celebrated Brisco's victory, Patterson poured
champagne in Brisco's eyes then broke a second bottle over his head. He then pinned the unconscious Brisco to win the Hardcore Championship. Patterson hid from Brisco in
drag in the women's locker room, and, after Brisco pursued him into the locker room, Vince McMahon booked them in a
Hardcore Evening Gown Match at
King of the Ring on
June 25, 2000. In the course of the match, Crash Holly interfered and pinned Patterson, regaining the title.
Gerald Brisco remains an important WWE employee. He appeared at
Wrestlemania 23 in a party scene, and also on the July 23rd edition of Monday Night RAW. He also owns a car garage with his brothers Jack and Bill, known as the
Brisco Body Shop.
On
July 15, 2005, Brisco was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.