ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe spoke with Fightful on a number of topics, including the rivalry The Briscoes had with Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin in ROH.
Briscoe said, “We were his punching bags and they were in the midst of getting signed, him and his brother Russ. We were training and had just broke in. We started in May 2000, it was supposed to be me versus Jay, but the two local legendary heels, Fabulous Mozart Fontaine and Mr. Ooh La La, came down and said ‘what are you two pipsqueaks doing?’ They came down and said, ‘Ya’ll aren’t wasting these people’s time and wrestling each other. We’re going to teach you what is what and we’re going to kick your butts.’ We ended up getting the victory, but after the match, Charlie and Russ Haas attacked us. Right after our first match, we started a program with the Haas brothers. That was right at the time they were getting ready to go to WWE. Tragically, Russ passed, and Charlie found Shelton, and it ended up being Charlie and Shelton against the Briscoe brothers in Ring of Honor.”
You can check out Briscoe’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
