sek69 Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 WBD not allowing any type of tribute while airing DV Dana's CTE Speedrun right after was complete bullshit.
RingoPlaysDrums Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 The fundraiser for Jay's family (here: https://www.givesendgo.com/pughlove) is getting close to its goal of $200k. Big donations from the likes of the Bucks, Owens, Dax, Adam Cole, Jim Cornette, Shawn Spears, Cody and of course Jericho. Nice to see.
Embrodak Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 Seat belts becoming a weird culture war thing is a huge human tragedy. Honestly, fuck WBD if they put a kibosh on a proper tribute show. The man is fucking dead, his daughters are in the hospital, I have to imagine it would have meant something for them and for all of his friends in the locker room to get to celebrate him on the national stage he never got to perform on in life. Especially considering what we now know in the wake of the Me Too movement, god only knows how many predatory reprobates appear on that channel on a regular basis. They make a shit ton of money airing Seinfeld reruns, when he was dating a fucking high school student during a large portion of the making of that show, ffs.
El-P Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Embrodak said: Seat belts becoming a weird culture war thing is a huge human tragedy. Yeah, I'm baffled honestly. I had no idea there was even discussions about *this*. Maybe it's different in those parts of Europe, I dunno, but like, it would not even cross my mind not to put on a seatbelt and I don't think I ever heard any debate anywhere about this. And yeah, fuck WBD.
sek69 Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 Reading Jay's wife describing her daughters' injuries and all I can think of is that the the person who hit them must have been going fast as hell to cause that level of damage.
Migs Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 The Observer bio was really good. Lot of long remembrances from those who knew him well.
Stiva Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 3 hours ago, sek69 said: Reading Jay's wife describing her daughters' injuries and all I can think of is that the the person who hit them must have been going fast as hell to cause that level of damage. Not to be the kind of person who makes assumptions on these kind of things but this has been going across my mind since I heard the news. I understand they were both driving large cars but Christ, the other driver must have been travelling at some speed, especially if they lost control of the vehicle. It seems that the fundraiser has hit over 200K and shows no signs of stopping so I truly hope that’s of some real assistance to his family in the circumstances.
Embrodak Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 4 hours ago, sek69 said: Reading Jay's wife describing her daughters' injuries and all I can think of is that the the person who hit them must have been going fast as hell to cause that level of damage. Looking at the intersection where it supposedly happened, it looks pretty country. Wouldn’t surprise me if the combined speed was like 120 mph or more.
Dav'oh Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 Not even five minutes in and Cornette is in tears already. He can be classy - and more - when he drops the gimmick.
Embrodak Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 Yeah it was a touching tribute. Hearing how happy Jay and Mark were to get to work a match with their dad and how it was hot enough to break through the eye rolls of the smart NYC fans was nice. Got choked up a bit when Last pointed out that if the Briscoes hadn’t been kept off television, there’s no guarantee they would have even been in town at that time and place. Laughed at Corny telling the world to leak to him who the WBD executive who nixed Jay being on TV, even for a tribute, so he can use his platform to do targeted harassment, get sued, and tell them to their face that they can go fuck themselves.
Phil Schneider Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 The Ringer did a piece on 5 hidden gem Jay Briscoe matches https://www.theringer.com/2023/1/21/23564815/slug-jay-briscoe-the-briscoes-ring-of-honor-five-lesser-known-pro-wrestling-matches
Embrodak Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Looking back, I think “Fight on the Farm” has to be said to be the best “cinematic match”. Over the top, yes, but not goofy, no teleportation, no ice machines.
sek69 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Briscoes vs Nakamura/Okada that ROH's channel uploaded like 5 years ago popped up on my Youtube feed the other day, and my first thought was "holy shit, I didn't even know that match even happened".
KawadaSmile Posted January 23, 2023 Author Report Posted January 23, 2023 Briscoes vs Marufuji/Sugiura still has one of the greatest finishes ever. Also, there is a picture of Jay's daughters in the hospital (thankfully recovering), that is eye-watering. Strong as they come, those two.
sek69 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 ROH is selling a Jay Briscoe shirt with all proceeds going to the family. I'm usually not a wrestling t shirt guy, but I'm going to definitely make an exception here. https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/jay-briscoe-reach-for-the-sky-100-of-proceeds-go-to-benefit-the-pugh-family.html
sek69 Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 https://www.f4wonline.com/news/ring-of-honor/family-friends-provide-update-on-jay-briscoes-daughters-mark-briscoe Family friend updating to say that Mark seems to be in as good of spirits as possible considering, and both of Jay's girls are showing steady signs of improvement.
El-P Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 ...... WBD really comes off sleazy and hypocritical as fuck, ESPECIALLY while at the same they have fucking Dana "I slapped my wife in public in front of cameras" White promote SLAPfighting (which in itself is sleazy as hell anyway).
Matt D Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 I'm pretty desensitized to corporate stuff, but the article with the exec talking about how they were trying to please the same sort of people who like pro wrestling with the slapfight show and just really, you know, give them what they want deep down, happening at the same time as this, is pretty annoying. Quote “This is an experiment. The goal is, we are making shows for our fans, that’s who we work for. Fans of wrestling have a lot of overlap with the fans of this and it’s huge on social media so the idea really is, if we can take something that’s huge on social, bring it to a linear audience giving the fans what they want.” “This may surprise you to know that I did not know much about wrestling before I took this job. I know, I seem like a wrestling fan, but I’m not. But I did have to learn a lot about the audience. A lot of families that watch [wrestling], I was very surprised to learn this. I have huge respect for this audience. AEW wrestling airs on two of our networks, TNT and TBS — on both nights it kills. Finding something that speaks to that audience, that would be gold."
El-P Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 Well, GOOD. Someone finally heard what time it was.
NintendoLogic Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 WBD must have been feeling the heat big-time. It would've been nice if people had been more proactive about this while Jay was still alive, but at least we have confirmation that public pressure works.
The Thread Killer Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 This is one of the most inspiring things I have ever seen.
G. Badger Posted January 26, 2023 Report Posted January 26, 2023 ROH YouTube posted this a couple hours ago
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