Wrestler “Canceled“ In Death: WarnerBros Discovery's Handling of Jay Briscoes Passing #jaybriscoe #ripjaybriscoe #warnerbrosdiscovery This past week the pro-wrestling world was shocked by the loss of famed former Ring of Honor tag team and world champion, Jay Briscoe. On Tuesday, Briscoe (real name Jamin Pugh) was involved in a fatal car crash in Delaware. The wrestler was about to celebrate his birthday later this month. Many tributes poured in from across the pro-wrestling industry from Tony Khan to Triple H to Sami Zayn to Kenny Omega among hundreds of others. The only entity seemingly not sentimental about his passing was WarnerBros. Discovery, the corporation that owns TBS and TNT where AEW Dynamite airs. A planned tribute to Jay Briscoe was set to air on Dynamite this past Wednesday but the network blocked that tribute because of ten-year-old social media postings by Pugh that were disparaging of the LGBTQIA community. Pugh has in the years since apologized an
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