twiztor Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 OMG, insane news to wake up to. RIP to Jay and condolences to his family. i'm only a year into my ROH watch, but already the Briscoes are a highlight. i look forward to seeing their careers progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I apparently have a false memory of the Briscoes working the MCW show at Laurel HS in 2000. I swear I remember them working and having their principal or coach as their manager (or similar). But they aren't on the card listed online at wrestling data or cagematch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, odessasteps said: I apparently have a false memory of the Briscoes working the MCW show at Laurel HS in 2000. I swear I remember them working and having their principal or coach as their manager (or similar). But they aren't on the card listed online at wrestling data or cagematch. They talked about that show on Cabanas podcast they were wrestling for ECWA for 6 months then MCW ran a show at their high school as they were attending so of course they wrestled the MCW show and got black balled from ECWA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I was going to say, I've known of them as the Briscoes from as far back as they were in HS and skipped their prom to wrestle each other. Don't know why they chose that name, but I always thought it sounded good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Which is weird as I remember Kettner and Jeff Peterson being at MCW shows before Jeff passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Craig H said: I was going to say, I've known of them as the Briscoes from as far back as they were in HS and skipped their prom to wrestle each other. Don't know why they chose that name, but I always thought it sounded good. I think someone, I think kettner, gave them the name. I'm glad Pete mentioned the inferno kid match because Jay seemed to be having too much fun doing the cheap heel spots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 13 hours ago, hammerva said: Man I knew they were loved locally but closing schools? I mean that is Von Erich adoration for a hometown wrestling superstar From the sounds of it he was also the middle school football coach there and the kids are in bad shape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 It's also a town of a few thousand people. Here's what Jeff wrote on FB after i tagged him. Quote Jay and Mark wrestled on two cards at LHS. The first one in 2000 was an ECWA card against the Haas brothers, and it also featured their father as their second, I believe. The second one was in later 2000 for MCW. When I get home, I will look in the Usenet archive to see if there is any further report I was timekeeper for both. In fact, Mark “the Shark” Shrader and I (and possibly the Briscoes were tossed from ECWA for working at a competitor’s card at what they considered to be an ECWA venue. She only time in my life I was fired from an unpaid job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lawful Metal Posted January 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2023 I don’t have some great story about meeting Jay or anything like that. I do have that first year of ROH shows on VHS and the Jay v. Mark match from the Boston show when they were 17 and 16 really stood out way back then. But one time I was up late watching a Briscoes match I downloaded off daily motion or something and didn’t finish it, so I paused it and went to bed. Next day I had to go to jail docket and grabbed my laptop and went as usual. There was a DWI video that wasn’t working on the computer provided in the back room so I brought out my laptop because back then it had a dvd player. So here I am in the back room of the courtroom of the jail, filled with prosecutors and defense attorneys, and I open my laptop and there’s Mark Briscoe in his redneck Kung Fu pose and Jay Briscoe shouting a string of obscenities at full volume and that’s how I was outed as a wrestling fan to the legal community. RIP. 8 3 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Well, if there's any way to get outed, that's probably the best way. Could have been worse. It could have been Joe vs Necro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Man...So many memories of talking about the Briscoes on mIRC and on the old green board. Fuck. When ROH went to Chicago for Reborn, I went for three reasons, Punk, Joe, and the Briscoes. I think at that time I thought the Briscoes were probably the best tag team in the world because fuck whatever was on WWE, right? And I knew going in that there was no way that the Briscoes would win. It didn't matter though. They were a draw and icons to me even if I'm slightly older than them. I'm glad I got the chance to see Jay and Mark wrestle live. Also, can you imagine what Jay would have been like as a poster on DVDVR? Fuck. This has been nearly as hard to handle as Brodie's passing. That picture with them in the van with their kids really got to me. It was very hard driving my own daughter to daycare today and leaving her there at daycare. It was hard saying bye to my older daughter when my wife took her to school today too. It just feels so fucking wrong to be so young and to be taken from your family like that. Too fucking wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 https://dsp.delaware.gov/2023/01/18/state-police-investigating-two-vehicle-fatal-accident-2/ 27 year old female crossed center line and hit Jay head-on. She was wearing a seat belt and died. He was not wearing a selt belt. Thankfully he did properly restrain his girls. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) I’m guilty of not wearing my seatbelt when I’m supposed to. So this is a horrible wake up call. At least we now definitely know he wasn’t at fault . Lady was probably texting like an idiot. Edited January 18, 2023 by LoneWolf&Subs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Adjust the show tonight and air the dog collar match. Fuck that one Warner exec. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Sooner or later Mark will probably appear in some capacity in AEW. Either as a tribute, or as a new partner for someone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just to hypothetically book an angle I’d be all for Mark and FTR challenging The Elite for the Trios Championship. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Returning to work can be an important part of the healing process after a loss. If nothing else, it gives you something to distract yourself from the crushing grief. But I can’t imagine what it would be like for Mark heading back out on the road without his brother to travel with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I wonder how well he knows Charlie Haas. A number of similarities at least on the surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Craig H said: Fuck. This has been nearly as hard to handle as Brodie's passing. That picture with them in the van with their kids really got to me. It was very hard driving my own daughter to daycare today and leaving her there at daycare. It was hard saying bye to my older daughter when my wife took her to school today too. It just feels so fucking wrong to be so young and to be taken from your family like that. Too fucking wrong. There's no question about how great he was as a wrestler. But what's really made me as a fan (especially as a dad of a daughter) is how much he loved his family. In between his Instagram posts about wrestling, he'd post something showing what an awesome dad he was. To me as an adult, that was more impressive and important to me than wrestling. It's heartbreaking seeing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, EVA said: Returning to work can be an important part of the healing process after a loss. If nothing else, it gives you something to distract yourself from the crushing grief. But I can’t imagine what it would be like for Mark heading back out on the road without his brother to travel with. That’s one thing I’ve always admired about the Briscoes. They gut things out no matter what. Since I’ve known them, Mark especially is a guy who loves to gut it out, and work, like when he immediately came back to do that brief moment in the Steen & Generico match. People on here(most that had an axe to grind) were crucifying the booking, and Mark for going out there for an angle. But this is definitely different for Mark. Edited January 18, 2023 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, EVA said: Returning to work can be an important part of the healing process after a loss. If nothing else, it gives you something to distract yourself from the crushing grief. But I can’t imagine what it would be like for Mark heading back out on the road without his brother to travel with. As much as I have thought about his kids, I've thought about Mark. A lot. And even though I have kids of my own and it's thinking about Jay's kids that should get me emotional, it's thinking about Mark that really makes me cry. I have a brother that is much older than me. Like, 16 years older. We never lived in the same house. I grew up as an only child basically. But that thought of having a close brother or sister that's been there your entire life, and not only your entire life, but almost every aspect of your life, that's just suddenly gone is just too painful for words. I feel like I need to read a book on grieving or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Loki said: There's no question about how great he was as a wrestler. But what's really made me as a fan (especially as a dad of a daughter) is how much he loved his family. In between his Instagram posts about wrestling, he'd post something showing what an awesome dad he was. To me as an adult, that was more impressive and important to me than wrestling. It's heartbreaking seeing this. Well, and that's the other thing I keep thinking of. More than any other match, hell, I'm not even really thinking about his matches, but I have constantly thought of that video with him all dolled up for his daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just to put a face to the other side of this tragedy... Lillyanne was a mother of 2. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Operating a motor vehicle is an extremely serious privilege that all too many people do not take with the gravity it deserves. I drive for a living, I have been coast to coast and back and everywhere in between. For the sake of all that is good, and the sake of your friends and families, always wear your seat belts and treat driving with the respect and attention deserves. Please. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Web Conn said: Just to hypothetically book an angle I’d be all for Mark and FTR challenging The Elite for the Trios Championship. I like the idea except for the fact that a certain person with the first initial C and middle initial M is slotted to be in that position according to rumors and man if you thought Punk got heat the last time he was in AEW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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