{"id":151258,"date":"2026-01-22T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=151258"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:08:56","slug":"why-booker-ts-comments-on-josh-briggs-shed-light-on-a-huge-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/22\/why-booker-ts-comments-on-josh-briggs-shed-light-on-a-huge-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Booker T’s Comments on NXT Regarding Josh Briggs Shed Light on a Huge Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the NXT 2.0 era, Brooks Jensen, Fallon Henley (who joined in early 2022), and Josh Briggs formed an alliance that got them noticed very quickly. Their vignettes at Henley\u2019s bar made it clear they were just ordinary people looking for some action. Doing so brought them much success. Briggs and Jensen were the final NXT UK Tag Team Champions, holding the belts for 73 days. <\/span><\/p>\n

Henley had a great rivalry with Kiana James, later joining her as NXT Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions for 55 days. However, at the end of 2023, the group decided to split up. Things have been going well for Henley, as she has been a key member of Fatal Influence. <\/span><\/p>\n

That said, things haven\u2019t been good for Briggs or Jensen. Controversial remarks<\/a> by Booker T on the January 20, 2026, episode of NXT illustrated how the trio shouldn\u2019t have split in the first place.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Booker T Recognizes Briggs’ Unfortunate Situation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you want outlandish remarks and high energy, Booker T is that commentator. But he caught Ricky Starks and Vic Joseph by surprise on Tuesday. When Briggs made his entrance for his match that he lost, he referenced post-WrestleMania cuts, saying the match was important. Many people assumed that he was predicting Briggs would be cut if he didn\u2019t win.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He and Jensen haven\u2019t done much on NXT lately. He had a tag team with Yoshiki Inamura, but that partnership ended in disaster last summer, with him barely on television since then. Jensen has been full-time on Evolve after getting unceremoniously dumped<\/a> from the Culling. Booker T has accepted that Briggs will likely be in the next wave of cuts. If they stayed a tag team, perhaps they would\u2019ve accomplished more since they went their separate ways.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NXT Has Seemingly Left\u00a0Him and Jensen\u00a0Behind<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Whenever tag teams split up, the duo can either become singles stars or flounder and get released. For Briggs and Jensen, it\u2019s been the latter. Since their split, we\u2019ve seen Ethan Page, Oba Femi, Ricky Saints, and Trick Williams all become singles stars. In retrospect, that decision to split up is even more confusing. Bringing in a bunch of guys after splitting up a popular tag team had disadvantages from the start. <\/span><\/p>\n

It also seems they are uninterested in a reunion. After the blowup with Inamura and the rejection from the Culling, the two should\u2019ve reconciled. But they\u2019ve been relegated to losing qualifying matches and wrestling on Tubi. Booker might get some heat for the comments he made. But NXT hasn\u2019t given Briggs, and by extension Jensen, any favors. Their time in NXT is limited.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Were Booker T\u2019s Comments Too Harsh?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Many people will view Booker\u2019s commentary on Briggs as inappropriate and out of line. But since his split with Henley and Jensen, he hasn\u2019t done that much. Outside of a half-year partnership with Inamura, he\u2019s barely been an afterthought to fans. But to counter that statement, he and Jensen have been at a disadvantage since their breakup. When he beat Inamura<\/a>, NXT should\u2019ve put a rocket on him. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, he\u2019s been floundering, leading to Booker\u2019s comments. Jensen joined the Culling, got dumped without warning, then showed up on Evolve. <\/span><\/p>\n

NXT not pursuing a tag team reunion that could boost their stock is a horrible idea, as doing so would make for a great reunion. For some, Booker\u2019s comments are what they\u2019ve thought for months. But on the other hand, NXT\u2019s handling of post-breakup Briggs and Jensen has been a great lesson in creative incompetence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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During the NXT 2.0 era, Brooks Jensen, Fallon Henley (who joined in early 2022), and Josh Briggs formed an alliance that got them noticed very quickly. Their vignettes at Henley\u2019s bar made it clear they were just ordinary people looking for some action. Doing so brought them much success. Briggs and Jensen were the final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5338,"featured_media":151311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[1613,1967],"class_list":["post-151258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","category-nxt","category-wwe-universe","tag-booker-t","tag-josh-briggs"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151258"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151313,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151258\/revisions\/151313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}