Uploaded July 2013 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Former Ring of Honor wrestlers Jay and Mark Briscoe were spotted at ringside at tonight's WWE house show event in Ocean City, MD.
Ring of Honor recently decided not to re-new their contracts with the company steaming from some controversial Twitter comments from Jay.
Prior to their contract expiring, there was talk that the two were WWE bound.
- As noted, former Ring of Honor champions Mark and Jay Briscoe were in attendance for last night's WWE live event in Ocean City, Maryland. PWInsider reports that they have not signed a WWE deal yet. Apparently they've taken their kids to WWE events in the past but because they've been rumored to be WWE bound and sat in the front row, it's caused a lot of speculation online. It sounds like WWE star Justin Gabriel may have left them the ticket for last night's live event. Gabriel tweeted:
"Hope the kids had fun at the show. @jaybriscoe84 good seeing u guys. #DemBoys"
How he got in to TNA: Through David Lagana. I worked with David Lagana in a few places actually Ring of Honor, NWA Hollywood and then he booked me for Ring Ka King in India. Then he got hired to be a writer in TNA and they were looking for guys. He suggested me to Al Snow and Al Snow saw footage of me and decided to make me a gutcheck contestant.
It kind of happened quickly. They called me up and Al Snow asked if I would be interested and I said yes. He said, alright I'll see you next week. There wasn't anything I had to sit on really.
On signing with TNA: I actually got a call from Bruce Prichard the next day saying We got a contract for you. I signed it and faxed it back to them. At that point I don't really know if they knew where the storyline was going to go at that point. They just wanted to capitalize on any hype that happened.
On the negative rumors about TNA contracts: I had a great contract. I got a monthly salary and a bonus whenever I did wrestle. So yeah, I had a great contract. They said, 'Hey I want to pay you' and I said great, I like getting paid.
On his release from TNA: I knew there had been some office cuts and to be honest, I knew after the Matt Morgan stuff as they used me so sparingly. I think I did a PPV match that was unannounced. I did the referee stuff with the knockouts. Then I did the random X-division 3 way match so. When I wasn't being used, I was at home collecting paychecks so I kind of knew that this was too good to be true. They are paying me to sit at home for months now.
Part of me said, I know Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff like me so there's some pull there so maybe they are waiting to come up with something for me. I got the hint myself when I was just sitting at home getting paid.
On being notified of his release: Al Snow called me and said 'this isn't anything against you or your work, this is just budget cuts.' I know they are on the road now and that's much more expensive. I think they are just trying to make the company as profitable as possible.
It was a decision they had to make. They had to cut guys without affecting the current storylines. I'm not bitter about it. I understand why. I don't have anything bad to say about anyone there. It's just a business thing.
Former Ring of Honor wrestlers Jay and Mark Briscoe were spotted at ringside at tonight's WWE house show event in Ocean City, MD.
Ring of Honor recently decided not to re-new their contracts with the company steaming from some controversial Twitter comments from Jay.
Prior to their contract expiring, there was talk that the two were WWE bound.
- As noted, former Ring of Honor champions Mark and Jay Briscoe were in attendance for last night's WWE live event in Ocean City, Maryland. PWInsider reports that they have not signed a WWE deal yet. Apparently they've taken their kids to WWE events in the past but because they've been rumored to be WWE bound and sat in the front row, it's caused a lot of speculation online. It sounds like WWE star Justin Gabriel may have left them the ticket for last night's live event. Gabriel tweeted:
"Hope the kids had fun at the show. @jaybriscoe84 good seeing u guys. #DemBoys"
How he got in to TNA: Through David Lagana. I worked with David Lagana in a few places actually Ring of Honor, NWA Hollywood and then he booked me for Ring Ka King in India. Then he got hired to be a writer in TNA and they were looking for guys. He suggested me to Al Snow and Al Snow saw footage of me and decided to make me a gutcheck contestant.
It kind of happened quickly. They called me up and Al Snow asked if I would be interested and I said yes. He said, alright I'll see you next week. There wasn't anything I had to sit on really.
On signing with TNA: I actually got a call from Bruce Prichard the next day saying We got a contract for you. I signed it and faxed it back to them. At that point I don't really know if they knew where the storyline was going to go at that point. They just wanted to capitalize on any hype that happened.
On the negative rumors about TNA contracts: I had a great contract. I got a monthly salary and a bonus whenever I did wrestle. So yeah, I had a great contract. They said, 'Hey I want to pay you' and I said great, I like getting paid.
On his release from TNA: I knew there had been some office cuts and to be honest, I knew after the Matt Morgan stuff as they used me so sparingly. I think I did a PPV match that was unannounced. I did the referee stuff with the knockouts. Then I did the random X-division 3 way match so. When I wasn't being used, I was at home collecting paychecks so I kind of knew that this was too good to be true. They are paying me to sit at home for months now.
Part of me said, I know Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff like me so there's some pull there so maybe they are waiting to come up with something for me. I got the hint myself when I was just sitting at home getting paid.
On being notified of his release: Al Snow called me and said 'this isn't anything against you or your work, this is just budget cuts.' I know they are on the road now and that's much more expensive. I think they are just trying to make the company as profitable as possible.
It was a decision they had to make. They had to cut guys without affecting the current storylines. I'm not bitter about it. I understand why. I don't have anything bad to say about anyone there. It's just a business thing.
