'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
WWE Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco is one of the most well-respected performers in professional wrestling history.
One half of the legendary Brisco Brothers tag team, Gerald Brisco had a legendary in-ring career before transitioning into a behind-the-scenes role with WWE as an agent, promoter, and talent scout.
Brisco was released by WWE in September 2020 after being with the company for 36 years. The WWE Hall of Famer was initially furloughed in April due to the global pandemic. However, his release was confirmed later in the year.
Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone recently interviewed Gerald Brisco for another episode of UnSKripted.
A variety of topics were discussed, including Brisco's 36 year WWE career, his wrestling career in a variety of different territories, and much more.
Let's take a closer look at five things we learned from WWE Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco's Sportskeeda interview.
#5. Best and Worst WWE matches he worked on as an agent
Gerald Brisco held a variety of roles during his tenure as a WWE employee.
The WWE Hall of Famer was a promotor, talent scout and also worked as an agent throughout the 1990s.
When asked about the best and worst matches he was an agent for, Brisco pointed out Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret "Hitman" Hart's classic encounter at WrestleMania 13:
"Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 13...it kind of changed the course of our direction, for years and years. I thought that was a good match. I'm going to give credit to the two of the best talents that ever stepped in a WWE ring, you know, Bret Hart and Stone Cold."
However, Brisco also pointed out that he was an agent for some more infamous matches, such as a Punjabi Prison match:
"I was in charge, so I got screamed at regardless. I always looked at the card and picked the hardest match to put together where I knew the agent was going to get in trouble and I would take that job to keep him from getting hollered at because I was in-charge and get hollered at regardless, so I might as well save a guy from that. I also did a Punjabi (Prison) match that was considered awful."
#4. Gerald Brisco recalls his "greatest defeat" in WWE
WWE Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco struck gold when he appeared on the RAW Reunion episode in 2019.
The episode on USA Network saw the WWE 24/7 Championship won and lost by various WWE legends and alumni. Brisco briefly held the championship after he pinned fellow Hall of Famer Pat Patterson.
However, his reign was short-lived when he was pinned by former WWE Divas Champion Kelly Kelly.
When asked about his loss to Kelly on RAW, Brisco referred to it as his "greatest defeat":
"I'm an old man and you have a nice looking young lady come up to you and says, 'I'm gonna knee you in the groin, you go down and I'll get on top of you and cover you.' What are you gonna do? How fast are you gonna get down? That's the greatest defeat I think I ever had."
#3. Gerald Brisco on his "pretty healthy paycheck" received from WWE Chairman Vince McMahon on Black Saturday
Black Saturday is one of the most famous, or infamous, moments in modern professional wrestling history.
The name refers to the day in July 1984 when Vince McMahon's WWE took over the timeslot of Georgia Championship Wrestling's weekly flagship program World Championship Wrestling on Superstation WTBS.
McMahon bought out all of the owners of Georgia Championship Wrestling, which included Gerald Brisco.
The WWE Hall of Famer stated that he refers to it as "Green Saturday" as he made a pretty healthy paycheck from the transaction:
"I'd much rather refer it as 'Green Saturday' since it was a pretty healthy paycheck. The sell was something you write movie scripts about. It's something nobody expected. It just came out of the blue. For those days and time, or any days and time in professional wrestling to keep things under wraps for that long of a period – it wasn't an easy negotiation with everybody. You had all these different factions threatening to sue... getting Paul Jones' proxy was something that made the deal go. Mine and my brother, we still didn't have the necessary 51% to put us over the hump. So we had to have a battle on who's gonna get Paul Jones' proxy. Nobody new the sale was coming."
#2. Gerald Brisco recalls his time working in WWC with WWE Hall of Famer Carlos Colon
Some of the biggest WWE names in professional wrestling history have competed in Puerto Rico during their careers.
Names such as WWE Hall of Famer Carlos Colon, Bruiser Brody, Abdullah The Butcher, and others are all remembered for their matches in the territory.
When recalling his memories of working in Puerto Rico, Gerald Brisco spoke of the WWC territory and Carlos Colon in glowing terms:
"It brings back so many fantastic memories. I love the island of Puerto Rico. I love the city of San Juan. You've got to take the time to go down there and enjoy the entire island, that's one great thing about wrestling there. Carlos Colon did such a great job there, we'd hit like a three-city tour, and each time we went out there, it was a different city, so we got to discover the entire island. I love San Juan, the beaches there, it was as good as it could get, and Carlos took care of everything. We would sell out the Roberto Clemente Coliseum with 12-15000 people and the atmosphere was electric each night that we were there."
#1. Gerald Brisco on how he started as a member of the office in WWE
Before his release in 2020, Gerald Brisco was one of the longest-tenured employees under WWE contract.
Brisco started with the company in 1984 and remained for 36 years. The Hall of Famer revealed that he initially started as a local promotor for WWE in the state of Florida:
"36 years I was there and not all the time as an agent. I started my career as a local promoter, guys that worked in a certain area, and promoted local shows. I started out just doing Tampa, but pretty soon I had the whole state of Florida."
Brisco explained his transition from a local promotor to a more senior member of the WWE office. However, he revealed that he never got officially promoted as he refused to move from Florida to Connecticut:
"Next thing I know, I was moving from a local promoter up to the office....I wouldn't physically move out of Florida. I told Vince you got it all wrong, Connecticut people move to Florida, Florida people don't move to Connecticut. I won that argument, but I never got promoted. I didn't care though because I was still making money (laughs)."
