Being champion has now given Briscoe an added responsibility in a leadership role, one that he’s more than eager to jump into. As an example, Briscoe brought up a recent Proving Ground match he had with Griff Garrison, and what he advise he gave to Garrison after their match was over.

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“I said ‘Look brother…crank that s**t up,'” Briscoe said. “‘You’ve got it. You’ve got it. Now you just need that confidence. You just need to go out there and you need to go a thousand miles per hour. Maximize your potential. Don’t hold back. Don’t hold back. I want you to hit me hard. I want you to swing me around the ring. Whatever.’ Just the aggression.

“This is a fight. This is a fighting sport. It’s a performance, but what we do, we’re portraying a fight. So it’s just the aggression…that’s the main thing that I want the next generation to kind of, I want them to embrace that. Cause now, there’s not a thing wrong with it. I love watching matches with high spots and flips and acrobatics. But I feel like just a little bit here lately, we’ve got a little bit lost with just a bit of aggression and just the raw…the base element is that we’re fighting. And that’s what I kind of want to pass onto these kids.”

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