UPDATED: ROH Champion Jay Briscoe Deletes Twitter Account Following Controversial Tweets

UPDATED: Ring of Honor issued the following statement today…

“Ring of Honor Wrestling respects and appreciates every fan regardless of age, gender, race, religion or sexual preference. The recent post by Jay Briscoe does not represent the views or opinions of Ring of Honor Wrestling, its owners, management or employees.”

ORIGINAL: Following a pair of controversial tweets yesterday, ROH Champion Jay Briscoe posted the following on Twitter…

I feel very strongly about how and who should teach kids about certain things but I showed poor judgment by using that analogy and I’m sorry

Briscoe later deleted his entire Twitter account.

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