ROH star and one half of the tag team The Briscoe Brothers, Jay Briscoe has died at the age of 38 years old as a result of a car accident, according to an announcement from All Elite Wrestling on Tuesday night (h/t FOX).

“An incredible performer who created a deep connection with wrestling fans across the globe. My condolences to the family and friends of Jay Briscoe,” WWE chief content officer Paul Levesque said in a tweet.

Briscoe, real name Jamin Pugh, was one of two people who died in the car crash.

Briscoe, who along with his brother Mark held the ROH tag team titles 13 times, was also a two-time solo champion with ROH and a six-man tag-team champion.

Pro wrestling legend and Hall of Famer Tully Blanchard has confirmed that he is permanently done with AEW and Ring of Honor, noting that his departure from the company last year will be permanent.

Blanchard discussed his departure on a recent episode of the Two Man Power Trip podcast, in which he reunited with his former tag team partner and Four Horseman stablemate Arn Anderson, who also is with AEW.

“No, it was a little more complex than that, but my contract is up and I’m gone” Blanchard said of leaving AEW but did not divulge many other details.

AEW superstar Brian Danielson was at a crossroads back in 2018, when he was medically cleared by WWE to return to the ring, does he continue his career with WWE, or does he move on to another wrestling company such as Ring of Honor?

Danielson says that he considered making the jump, during an interview with Inside the Ropes, saying that when his contract with WWE was coming up, he had conversations with Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks, whose deals with ROH were expiring around the same time as his.

“It was really interesting, m contract with WWE was up in 2018 and I was considering going to Ring of Honor, and I was talking to The Young Bucks, and I was talking to Cody [Rhodes] just to kind of see” he said. “All their contracts were up with Ring of Honor and I was like, ‘What are you guys gonna do?’ Because even my lawyer, who doesn’t know anything about pro wrestling, he said; ‘Hey, I don’t think you’d wanna sign with Ring of Honor if these Young Bucks aren’t going because they’ve got this YouTube show, I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, called Being The Elite’ and it’s essentially the driver for the popularity of Ring of Honor at the time, right?

“So those guys go away, we don’t know if Ring of Honor will nearly still be as popular and then with Cody’s contract coming up, if they leave, and Cody leaves, what will Ring of Honor’s popularity be like? So, that was a part of the discussion.”

Danielson re-signed with WWE, made his return to in-ring competition, and then departed in 2021 to sign with AEW.