#jay briscoe tribute

[djvillain]

AEW's Tribute To Jay Briscoe: AEW Dynamite 1/25/2023 Review

[edgelite]

enough time has passed

final battle 2023 > worlds end

[blueonwrestling]

Mark Briscoe after Death before Dishonor with his new born son, who he named Jay in tribute to his brother.

Tears lads, absolute tears.

[janetreader]

Eddie's tribute to Jay Briscoe from the Jay Briscoe tribute show on you tube. ❤️❤️❤️

[questintheskies]

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Jay Briscoe tribute at NJPW vs NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 17 night 2

[mjfass]

Everything about the Jay Briscoe tribute was beautiful and perfect. That’s exactly what he deserved.

[enbywrestlingfan]

Tribute to Jay Briscoe ahead of the start of Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena, from both the NJPW & NOAH rosters.

Did a ten bell salute, the announcer called out his introduction - and his music hit. Very great tribute to a man who always gave his all when given the chance to wrestle in Japan.

[jasvvy]

I love wrestling, bc it can make you cry with a very touching tribute to jay briscoe, and have you laughing soon after with the antics of ELP and Yano. 

ppl who discredit comedy wrestling, or wrestling that’s a little more lighthearted, have no soul. 

[rcedge]

Sad tio dropped another belt but that was a really sweet tribute to jay briscoe

[cte-trigger]

Beautiful tribute. I'm so glad TK and co managed to get WBD to cave. RIP Jay Briscoe.

[codchrist]

Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly banned AEW from holding a Jay Briscoe tribute episode of Dynamite this week. Instead, Ring of Honor taped a tribute show following Dynamite and Rampage which will be free to watch on Honor Club and YouTube.

WHAT THE HELL!!!! I’m seeing videos Eddie Kingston sitting on the ramp looking up saying “I miss you brother” crying, Adam Cole telling stories about him and Jay feuding

@theworldofotps @axelwolf8109 @baysexuality @maeleelee @cawcawmotherfker @imswitchbabemox @eddie-kingstons-wifey

[blueonwrestling]

You really do have to give it to Tony Khan man.

He fucking fought to the bitter end to get the Briscoes on TV, they weren’t even his guys too they were just ROH guys that he could have left off after he bought the company but he didn’t.

And he’s fucking fought Warner this hard to get a Jay Briscoe tribute on the show god fucking damn dude.

I don’t wanna hear god damn shit about Tony Khan being a bad guy ever again.

[heartsoulrocknroll]

AEW Dynamite 1/25/23

Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara vs. Ricky Starks and Action Andretti -- Fine match. Jericho goes for a Codebreaker, but Starks catches him and lifts him up into a big sit-out powerbomb. Roshambo from Starks to Jericho on the floor! Garcia takes the bat to Andretti's face, allowing Guevara to land the GTH for the pinfall. Rating: 3 

We get a video tribute for Jay Briscoe next. 

Darby Allin (c) vs. Buddy Matthews for the TNT Championship -- Big jumping knee from Matthews out of the gate!!! Matthews slings Darby around, throwing him into the turnbuckle, dropping him hard on his back on the apron, getting him into powerbomb position and letting him hang as Matthews repeatedly swings his head into the barricade!! Matthew then goes for the powerbomb, but Darby reverses into a hurricanrana, sending Matthews into the barricade. Meteora off the top to the apron by Matthews! Darby with a stunner, then a Coffin Drop to the outside!! Big sit-out powerbomb by Matthews, but Darby kicks out! Reverse rana by Darby!!! Darby lands a beautiful crucifix bomb into a crucifix pin, but Matthews kicks out! Buckle bomb and a stomp to Darby's head by Matthews! Darby kicks out! Pumphandle by Matthews, but Darby reverses into a roll up! Matthews kicks out. Code Red by Darby!! Matthews kicks out again! Darby reverses a superplex attempt by Matthews into Scorpion Death Drop off the top! Matthews escapes the pin attempt, getting under the bottom rope. Darby goes to the top, and Matthews tries to follow, but Darby stops him with strikes and kicks!! Matthews is draped over the second rope, and Darby lands a Coffin Drop to the back and the back of the head of Matthews! Darby covers Matthews near the ropes, but Darby pulls Matthews' arms and legs in to prevent a rope break. 1, 2, 3!!! Darby retains!!!! Great match!!!!!!! Both guys were great!!! Rating: 3.5 

After the match, Joe is on the big screen. He says Darby stole the TNT title from him, and it was the worst mistake of Darby's career.

Jungle Boy and Hook vs. Ethan Page and Matt Hardy -- Beautiful gut wrench suplex and t-bone suplex from Hook to Page! Hardy has Jungle Boy down and out, setting up for Twist of Fate, but Page insists that Hardy tag him in. This allows Jungle Boy time to recover and lock in the Snare Trap on Page for the submission victory. This was fine. Furthers the story of Matt being under the control of Ethan Page anyway. Hook was great here, as usual. Rating: 2.25 

Family therapy with the Gunns and The Acclaimed. The Gunns tell Billy that the dream of the AEW tag titles was supposed to be fulfilled with them, not with The Acclaimed. Blah, blah, blah. Billy says he can't take this anymore and asks the Gunns what they want. They say they want the AEW Tag Team Championships. 

Backstage, Renee asks Adam Page what is next for him. He says what's next is knocking out Moxley in Ohio. The match is set for Dayton next week. 

Bryan Danielson vs. Brian Cage -- Cage basically dominates the match, targeting the arm that he was paid to break, until Danielson finally turns it around with a superplex, roundhouse kicks, and stomps to the head. Ankle lock by Danielson into a leg-capture German suplex, but Cage kicks out. Cage lands a buckle bomb and then goes for another powerbomb, but Danielson reverses with a roll up and gets the three count. Eh. Not the decisive way I would have wanted this match to end. Solid match anyway. Rating: 3

After the match, Cage continues his attack on Danielson's arm. MJF comes out, shoves a guy at the timekeeper's table, and takes the chair he was sitting in. MJF hands the chair to Cage, who wraps it around Danielson's arm and drives Danielson into the ring post. MJF tells Cage to put Danielson in the ring, then MJF stomps Danielson's arm and rains down right hands. Cage wraps the chair around Danielson's arm again, and MJF goes to the top rope, getting ready to stomp on the arm, but out comes Takeshita!!!! MJF runs and Takeshita takes Cage down with a jumping knee. The doctor is out to check on Danielson.

Backstage with Renee and the doctor, Danielson says he doesn't care about the doctor's medical opinion, he just wants to know if he can wrestle or not. The doctor says he shouldn't. Danielson does not care. He says he wrestled for 60 minutes with a separated shoulder before. He then addresses MJF. "You know what I think is behind the mask? Fear. Because you’re afraid of getting hurt, you’re afraid of being exposed, and you’re afraid that I am going to take the one thing that you value more than anything in this world. But when I do, I’m not just going to expose you. I'm going to show the whole world that what's behind that mask is a fraud." 

Toni Storm vs. Ruby Soho -- Great stuff from Ruby here. Nice elbow/chop combo, jumping knee. Heel antics from Storm, faking an injury to bait Ruby in. Britt enters to distract Storm, and Ruby lands Destination Unknown for the win. This was fine, but I really didn’t care. Rating: 2

MJF promo from backstage!!!! “My apologies for having to speak to you people in a dimly lit, locked room, but unfortunately some people can’t seem to control their emotions around here. Takeshita, I think you’re really talented, but unfortunately, you’re a little bit smooth-brained. You think it’s a good idea to dance with the devil, and I am here to tell you, you can’t match my tempo, so stay out of my business or there will be consequences. Speaking of, Bryan Danielson the American Dragon, how’s that wing of yours doing? Bet it’s hanging on by a thread. But you’re gonna keep on going, you’re gonna keep marching toward March 5th at Revolution that one-hour Iron Man Match, because you’re so brave, you’re a valiant warrior, you’re a hero. At least, that’s what the fans think of you, but I know better. I know that you're obsessed, just like I’m obsessed, with the Triple B, the AEW World Championship. This belt gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Ths belt stands for the simple fact that all my blood, sweat, hard work, tears, and yes my sins, they were all worth it. This belt turns my catchphrase into a fact. This belt does make me better than you, and you know it. This belt is the only thing I've ever had in my life that makes me feel whole. And you wanna take that away from me, Bryan? Why? Don’t you have enough, man? Loving family, adoring fanbase, first-ballot hall of fame career? But no, you need to take away from Max. I know the real reason why, Bryan. Because just like me, you’ve got a hole in your soul, and you’re trying to fill it. But I’m not the one to get that job done, Byan. Bad things happen to people who mess with MJF in this company. Matter of fact, I remember knocking out some big British guy, kind of looked like Ellen DeGeneres on meth, it’s on the tip of my tongue. It’s not important.” Lmaooooo. “What is important is that you know this. Tonight was just the tip of the iceberg, and if you keep threatening to take away the one thing in this world that brings me happiness, you're going to find out that tonight, that was only physical pain. Physical pain is fleeting. You don’t want me to get to the mental pain, Bryan, because that really leaves a scar.” GO OFF, MAX!!!!!!!!!

MJF says Tony Khan has put out an open contract for anyone to face Danielson next week, so he made a call to someone who loves inflicting pain and scientifically dismantling people limb from limb. He says it’s been a fun ride, but he’s afraid it’s over. He says roll the clip. They play a video package of Tim Thatcher!!! Hell yeah buddy, can’t wait for that match!!!! 

Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal -- Very emotional moment here. Huge chop exchange!!!! Blockbuster by Mark off the apron to the floor! Huge elbow by Mark off the top to the outside puts Lethal through the timekeeper's table!! Mark avoids a Lethal Injection attempt and responds with huge lariat!! Mark goes for the Jay Driller, but Lethal reverses, then Mark reverses with another lariat!!!!! Mark finally lands the Jay Driller for the pinfall!! Very good match here. It was great to see Mark. Kind of sad that they wait until Jay is gone to allow the Briscoes on AEW TV. Rating: 3.25

Lethal and Mark hug after the match. Current and former ROH wrestlers fill the stage after the match. Mark ends the show with the ROH tag titles held high in the air.

[wrestlezon]

jay briscoe tribute... 😭

[wrestlingisfake]

Final Battle preview

Athena vs. Billie Starkz - Athena has held the ROH women's world championship for a little over a year, and this will be her 19th (!) title defense. She's 1-0 against the challenger, having defeated Starkz in a non-title match on June 25.

Shortly afterward, Athena took Billie under her wing--it's been so long that I've completely forgotten when, or why. For weeks ROH aired skits about Starkz being a "minion in training," but always disappointing Athena compared to Lexy Nair (who was also undergoing training for some reason). After Athena proclaimed that Lexy had "graduated" but Billie didn't make the cut, Billie snapped. On the December 14 show (taped last week) Starkz did a run-in on Athena, demonstrating all the viciousness she learned from her former mentor, and Athena suffered a legit broken nose.

Presumably this match will follow the old trope of "I taught you everything you know, but I didn't teach you everything I know." Either Billie has learned from Athena how to beat Athena, or she hasn't. Or maybe she can beat Athena by rejecting Athena's teachings, I don't know. It's safe to say she'll put up more of a fight than she did in June, but I'm not convinced it'll be enough. At the last ROH pay-per-view, they had be thinking Willow Nightingale could unseat the champion, but it didn't happen. And with all due respect to Starkz, she's not at Willow Nightingale's level--not yet anyway.

I'm in favor of seeing a title change. Athena's done all she can do in ROH except kickstart a women's tag team division (and if she was gonna do that, Billie would still be her sidekick). A sympathetic babyface champion would be a nice change of pace--someone who can play the underdog against the likes of Leyla Hirsch, Marina Shafir, or Mercedes Martinez. I would have preferred doing it six months ago with Willow, but much like Athena Willow should be on AEW television at this point. So I'll take Billie as ROH champion, but I'm not at all confident that ROH is going to give it to me.

Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mark Briscoe & Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler - This is billed as a "fight without honor," which just means the match can't end by disqualification or count-out. The idea is to pay tribute to Mark's brother Jay Briscoe, who was killed in a car accident on January 17, 2023. Jay and Mark began an epic rivalry with FTR (Dax and Cash) at Final Battle 2021, which concluded with Jay's last match at Final Battle 2022.

From what I can tell, the Blackpool Combat Club are heading into this match looking to honor Jay rather than play the heels. But the BCC are particularly good at acting like sadistic assholes even when they're supposed to be good guys. This is Claudio's first ROH match since September. Danielson, an ROH hall-of-famer, hasn't wrestled for the brand since 2009. It's been just as long for Moxley, except his ROH experience was just dark matches--this will be his on-screen debut with the promotion.

Moxley, Danielson, Castagnoli, and Briscoe are all booked in AEW's Continental Classic; in fact, Bryan and Claudio have tournament matches slated for tomorrow, and they'll face each other next week. Moxley has probably clinched a spot in the semfinals, and Briscoe is already mathematically eliminated. I doubt this match will affect the complexion of the tournament, but you can count on the announcers to bring it up a time or two.

I would imagine the goal here is to recreate the bloody chaos from the Briscoe-FTR matches last year. The BCC shouldn't have any difficulty holding up their end of that. I'd normally pick the BCC to win, but given the tribute angle it'd be promotional malpractice to book any finish except a Mark Briscoe victory.

Dalton Castle vs. Komander vs. Kyle Fletcher vs. Lee Johnson vs. Lee Moriarty vs. ??? - This is the final in a "survival of the fittest" tournament; the winner will be awarded the ROH television title, which Samoa Joe vacated on November 8. Each of the participants won a qualifying match to get here, except the mystery sixth entrant. The final is contested under elimination rules, so whenever someone loses a fall they leave and the match continues until only one man remains, who is declared the winner. Note that Komander's AAA cruiserweight title is not at stake in this contest.

I have no idea who the sixth participant could be, but it seems like he has to be a heavy favorite to win the whole thing. I'd be happy to see Bandido, Mark Davis, or PAC return, but I'm not sure any of them really work as a shocking comeback that will upset the balance of this match. A new guy coming in could work. Shelton Benjamin and Dolph Ziggler are free, right? Oh well, just in case the sixth guy isn't cool enough to win, I'll fall back on Castle as my go-to guy.

Keith Lee vs. Shane Taylor - Lee and Taylor were a tag team in ROH years ago, but they split up with Keith jumped to NXT. A year ago Taylor made it known that he resented Lee over this, so they clashed in a two-on-two match, which Lee's team won. Then nothing really happened for a long time, until Taylor suddenly brought it up again and they decided to do run it back one-on-one. I suppose it'd be interesting if Taylor upset Lee, but I don't expect it to happen here.

Wheeler Yuta vs. Tom Lawlor - Yuta is defending the ROH pure title, so this match is under pure rules: You can only use the ropes to break a hold up to three times, and you can only get away with one strike to the face, and so on. Lawlor has been a regular in MLW and NJPW STRONG, but he hasn't gotten many opportunities to appear with AEW/ROH. Yuta likes to bully opponents with his grappling expertise, but Tom has MMA power so that probably won't work here. Yuta will retain, I'm sure, but he'll need every trick in his book.

Ethan Page vs. Tony Nese - This is an "I quit" match, so the only way to win is to compel your opponent to verbally submit by literally saying the words "I quit." Over the past few months, these two have gone 1-1 against each other, and I guess Nese cheated to win the first match and refused to shake Page's hand in the second. I don't know, I don't really care why they're fighting.

An "I quit" match can go one of two ways--either both guys absolutely torture each other for a long time, or one guy chickens out and quits over the threat of something that doesn't seem so bad. I'm not sure which we'll get here. I really hope we don't get some bullshit where the heels trick the referee into thinking Ethan quit. I mean, Rock vs. Mankind was 25 years ago, and I don't think anyone's pulled that shit since then, but I'm still hot over it. Ideally, Nese should quit because of something really dangerous-looking.

El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Black Taurus - Vikingo is defending the AAA mega championship. Taurus is a AAA regular but I mainly associate him with appearing in Impact, so it's a little surprising to see him here. Of course, I never seem to see him win at anything, so this should be an easy win for Vikingo.

Brian Cage & Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun vs. Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita & Bad Dude Tito - Cage's team is putting the ROH trios title on the line. The Gates of Agony (Kaun and Liona) just returned from New Japan's World Tag League tournament, where they went 2-5. One of those five losses came at the hands of Shane Haste and his regular partner Mikey Nicholls. I'm not sure why Nicholls isn't here, but their associates in TMDK are here. The important thing is Haste is the one with the cool hat and the cool music, and Tito is literally named BAD DUDE. Fujita is their young boy, though, and that poor little guy is going to get squashed real real bad. Champs retain.

Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich vs. Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd - This is set for the pre-show. Ross and Marshall are the sons of Kevin Von Erich, who has a movie coming soon about his career wrestling in Dallas. This show is being held just outside Dallas. You do the math. I dig the Outrunners (Magnum and Floyd) but this just ain't their lucky day.

[mjfass]

Thanks to everyone who made a such a beautiful, special, perfect tribute to Jay Briscoe. That’s exactly what he deserved.