For Mark Briscoe, his match at ROH Final Battle was therapy.
Mark lost his brother, Jay Briscoe in January; Jay passed away as he was involved in a fatal car crash. Mark has continued to wrestle and carry on his The Briscoes’ legacy. At ROH Final Battle, Makr and FTR beat Blackpool Combat Club in a match that honored Jay Briscoe.
Speaking at the ROH Final Battle post-show media scrum, Mark Briscoe was asked to describe how he was feeling. He called the match therapy, as he noted that the match did something that no “shrink” could. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription)
“This is therapy. Real talk,” Mark Briscoe said. “This is therapy. Ain’t a shrink in the world that can do for me what tonight did. It’s hard to put into words. Me and my brother, we started training in February 2000, had our first match in May 2000. We’re coming up on 24 years, a quarter century. It’s crazy. All of a sudden, in the blink of an eye, he’s gone. How do you carry on? Look at what we did tonight. That’s how you carry on. These boys right here [FTR].”
Mark Briscoe On FTR
Mark Briscoe then highlighted how he felt that God brought The Briscoes into FTR’s lives, and now they are connected forever. He also noted that Tony Khan mediated it and made it happen.
“It’s crazy how God works. He brought us into their lives, he brought them into our lives. My good man Tony Khan has been the mediator. The guy who made it happen. It’s crazy how God works. Just how the Briscoes and FTR. It’s forever. We’re synonymous. If you mention Briscoes, you think of FTR. If you mention FTR, you’ll think of the Brisoces. It’s amazing. Tonight was so therapeutic. I’m happy.”
The full scrum can be seen here:
Mark Briscoe will face Jay Lethal on the December 20 episode of AEW Dynamite. WrestleZone will have coverage of the show as it airs.
Catch up on our coverage of ROH Final Battle here.
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