Mark Briscoe loved his time in Ring Of Honor.
During their years as a tag team, Jay and Mark Briscoe were part of Ring of Honor throughout their entire careers with each other as they would go on to win singles and tag team championships against the very best. In an interview recorded with Fightful, Mark would talk about how ROH had the spirit of ECW in it.
“At the time, there was really one horse in the race, it was WWE. Everything else was the indies. Ring of Honor felt special when it started because it was just an indie show, but it ended up being the All Star Game of the indies. They are flying in people from across the country like Mike Modest, Chris Daniels is coming in from California for an indie show in Philly. Ring of Honor is one of the first things that felt special in that time period. CZW, my mindset was, when ECW was absorbed by WWE, the spirit of ECW in the northeast there was Ring of Honor, the work rate like (ECW having) Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero and those guys, all the way up to RVD, Jerry Lynn, Tajiri, and Super Crazy. That branch of the (ECW) spirit went to Ring of Honor. The hardcore extreme branch went to CZW. That’s how I viewed that transition in wrestling history.” Briscoe said while speaking to Fightful for a new interview.
Briscoe currently holds the ROH World Championship and recently defeated Chris Jericho at AEW’s WrestleDream in Tacoma, Washington to retain the gold.
H/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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