Early years (1965–1969) Brisco grew up idolizing Danny Hodge and had wanting to also be a professional wrestler. Hodge had ties to
Leroy McGuirk, a local promoter who contacted Brisco in his senior year. McGuirk helped Brisco get started in his professional wrestling career, leading to Brisco wrestling
Ronnie Garvin for his first match. At the start of his career, he wrestled around Oklahoma for around a year then he went to the Tennessee territory to work for Nick Gulas for four weeks. Brisco returned to Oklahoma then went on to have stints in Texas and Australia. Brisco's first documented professional wrestling championship reign began on October 16, 1965, when he defeated
Don Kent to win the NWA Missouri Junior Heavyweight Championship. Brisco won the title from Race after a brief reign, in
Houston, Texas, on July 20, 1973. On December 28, 1984, the Briscos challenged the North-South Connection (
Adrian Adonis and
Dick Murdoch) for the
WWF Tag Team Championship in
Madison Square Garden. The match ended in a double count-out, and was Jack Brisco's last high-profile bout. Jack left the business entirely in February 1985, at the age of 43, after becoming disillusioned with the direction of the sport, citing a lack of amateur wrestlers in the professional ranks and the growing reliance on soap opera storylines. ==Post retirement and death==