Mark Briscoe ‘starting to feel better all the time’ with AEW singles matches
Mark Briscoe is growing more and more comfortable as a singles performer in AEW.
Since his brother’s tragic passing in January 2023, Mark has adapted to singles competition while incorporating parts of Jay Briscoe into his performances. After being primarily focused on tag team matches for so long, there was a learning curve for Mark in the ring. He is now starting to feel like he has a better understanding of what it takes to achieve singles success.
“Man, I’m really starting to feel like I’m starting to get a better grasp of what it takes to be successful as a singles guy. It’s almost like the pacing — where in a tag match, I go in completely guns blazing at a reckless pace,” Briscoe said on a new episode of AEW Unrestricted. “In a tag match, you tag out and you get your breath and here comes your boy and he does the same thing.
“In a singles match, if you try to do that, you’re going to wear yourself out real quick. And you don’t have the option of tagging out and getting your breath. So I think that was one of the aspects of it. But I’m starting to feel better all the time with my singles performances.”
Briscoe had a reign as ROH World Champion in 2024, becoming champion 11 years to the day after his late brother first won the belt. He is now focused on capturing his first AEW gold.
“I’m looking for gold. I’m looking for singles gold,” he said. “I’ve been smelling gold in them there hills here in AEW since I got here. Hey, six-man tag titles sounds real good too. Now that we’re conglomerating hard again, now that [Orange Cassidy] is back, I would love to get a shot at the Trios titles.”
The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Powerhouse Hobbs) are the current AEW Trios Champions.
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