ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe spoke with Fightful on a number of topics, including how he still wants to face Bryan Danielson in a singles match.
Briscoe said, “Mark Briscoe and Bryan Danielson have never wrestled one-on-one. We’ve shared the same ring probably a dozen times, but never one-on-one. The first time I was in the ring with Bryan, it was me and Jay versus Bryan and Samoa Joe. The event that me and my brother went to, that we gave the promoter our backyard wrestling VHS, which is where he agreed to train us at 15 and 16, parents has to sign liability waivers and what not. That was the Super 8 in 2000. Bryan Danielson is a Super 8 alum. He was just breaking in, but him and Spanky, the group that Shawn Michaels trained, they had this reputation, ‘Oh, Shawn Michaels trained these guys.’ I remember American Dragon versus Low Ki. That was one of those matches where, as a young wrestling fan, it has you so sucked in, drawn in, and captivated. The first time me and Bryan wrestled, I was in a little bit in awe of American Dragon, not to mention Samoa Joe’s big scary self. I’m probably 17-18 years old, but not nearly in my full grown body. Bryan kicked the shit out of me that match. Fast forward to 2006, 2007, 2008, when I start getting footing and confidence and a little more beef and bulk on me, we had a match in Japan in NOAH Junior Tag League, me and my brother versus him and Davey Richards. We both hurt our knee in the same match. The next day, we had a ten hour drive to Osaka. One of the NOAH guys put us in touch with a local healer medicine guy, alternative style doctor. Me and Bryan hobbled the streets of Osaka for two hours on bad knees to find this guy who did a little work on our knees and we hobbled on back.“
You can check out Briscoe’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
