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The Young Bucks are an American
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consisting of brothers Matthew Massie and Nicholas Massie, who perform under the
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s Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson. , they are signed to
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(AEW), where they are also executive vice presidents and co-founders of the company. They also make appearances for
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(NJPW) where they are former two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. As performers in AEW, they are three-time
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, and were the inaugural and two-time AEW World Trios Champions with
Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
as The Elite. The Young Bucks are also known for their work in
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(NJPW) and
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(ROH), where they became members of the NJPW faction
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; after a "civil war" in 2018, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, "Hangman" Adam Page,
Marty Scurll Martin Scurll (born 26 July 1988) is an English professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH). Scurll began his career in 2005, working on the British independent circuit. In 2012, he competed on the TNA's show TNA Wres ...
, and
Cody Rhodes Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes (born June 30, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. As of April 2022, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. He is also known for co-fou ...
were kicked out of the Bullet Club and went on to form The Elite. They have performed for various American
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promotions – most notably
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(PWG) – and had previously worked for
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(TNA) as Generation Me under the names Max Buck and Jeremy Buck. On the
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, they have won numerous titles as well, including
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as
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as well as being the only team to win PWG's annual
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on three occasions (
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,
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, and
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). They have held the
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seven times, three reigns as
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, three reigns as NJPW's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions (twice with Kenny Omega and once with Marty Scurll), three reigns as ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions (twice with Page and once with Cody Rhodes), and the
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s twice, and the AAA World Tag Team Champions once. They were also the inaugural AEW World Trios Champions with Elite teammate Omega. All totalled between AEW, ROH, NJPW, and AAA, they have held nine world tag team championships, seven junior heavyweight tag team championships, and eight six-man/trios championships (with various partners). They are praised as one of the greatest and most innovative tag teams of their generation and of all time.


Professional wrestling career


Training and debut (2001–2004)

In 2001, the Massie family put a wrestling ring in their backyard, where brothers Matt, Nick and Malachi taught themselves how to wrestle by impersonating what they saw on television. At the age of 18 or 19, Matt began his professional wrestling training in
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and
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, at the Revolution Pro Wrestling School called Rudos Dojo, training primarily under Ron Rivera (The American Wild Child), Disco Machine,
Scorpio Sky Schuyler Andrews (born April 2, 1983), better known by the ring name Scorpio Sky, is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former two-time AEW TNT Champion and ...
and
Super Dragon Daniel Caine Lyon (born June 8, 1980), better known by his ring name Super Dragon, is an American professional wrestler. Beginning his career in 1997, he has worked for companies such as All Pro Wrestling, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring ...
, among others. Matt attended the school with his good friend Dustin Cutler, and the two taught what they learned to their friends back home. Eventually Nick joined his brother and attended a few sessions at the school. Matt, Nick and Dustin were involved in their first professional match at an Alternative Wrestling Show/C4/Revolution Pro joint event held on August 8, 2004. Matt worked as Fluffy the Dog, Dustin dressed as a hillbilly and Nick was a high flying referee wearing a Santo mask. Afterward, Matt and Nick wrestled various times for Revolution Pro and Revolution X in chicken costumes, under the team name "Los Gallineros".


High Risk Wrestling (2004–2009)

In October 2004, with the help of his family, Matt opened up his own independent wrestling company called High Risk Wrestling (HRW). Matt was originally the head owner of HRW, but had help from Nick and Malachi, as well as good friend Dustin Cutler – these three eventually took over ownership years later. The company ran shows twice a month and helped Matt and Nick learn their craft. In the main event of HRW's "Highway 2 Hell" on August 4, 2007, Matt and Nick teamed up with
Marty Jannetty Fredrick Martin Jannetty (born February 3, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler who has worked for promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Champion ...
ín a six-man tag, where they defeated Joey Ryan,
Karl Anderson Chad Allegra (born January 20, 1980) known by the ring name Karl Anderson , is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is primarily performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is also known for his time in WWE. Ander ...
and Diablo. On February 26, 2005, at a show for Full Contact Wrestling, Matt and Nick were called "The Young Bucks" for the first time. Originally, Matt was wrestling under the name "Mr. Instant Replay", while Nick was called "Slick Nick". That night The Young Bucks were defeated by the Kaos and Mongol, the Santino Brothers. Later on, another promoter decided that Matt and Nick needed a surname and came up with "Jackson", which the two have used ever since. With the help of HRW, Matt and Nick eventually landed spots in several popular companies in Southern California. They also gained experience working in front of a camera doing television tapings for the
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(NWA) starting in 2006. The Young Bucks filmed their first matches for the NWA on Maverick Television on November 7, 2006, when they were defeated by
Karl Anderson Chad Allegra (born January 20, 1980) known by the ring name Karl Anderson , is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is primarily performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is also known for his time in WWE. Ander ...
and Joey Ryan. HRW closed in 2009.


Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2007–2018)


Feud with The Dynasty (2007–2008)

The Young Bucks debuted for
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(PWG) on June 10, 2007, in
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at Roger Dorn Night, losing to ''Arrogance'' (
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and Scott Lost). On August 31, 2007, PWG held the first night of the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where The Young Bucks picked up their first tag team victory in PWG by defeating Phoenix Star and Zokre, ''Los Luchas''. At the show Matt and Nick met Dragon Gate (DG) wrestler
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and Dragon Gate's American talent agent Satoshi Oji for the first time, both of whom were impressed by the brothers' performance. On January 5, 2008, The Young Bucks faced prominent Dragon Gate team
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Naruki Doi is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing for Dragon Gate, DDT Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro-Wrestling as a freelancer. He also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA); in the former promotio ...
and
Masato Yoshino is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known for working in Dragon Gate, where he was known as ''Speed Star''. Dragon Gate's second Grand Slam champion, having been a record six-time Open the Brave Gate Champion, four-time Open ...
) at ''All Star Weekend 6 – Night 1'' in a losing effort. The next night, they lost to The Dynasty (Scott Lost and Joey Ryan). At the following show, on January 27, the Young Bucks received their first shot at the
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, but were once again defeated by the Dynasty. During the next two months the Young Bucks participated in the 2008 ''DDT4'' qualifier series, where they lost to T. J. Perkins and Hook Bomberry, defeated Ronin and Scorpio Sky and drew with Los Luchas, before losing a deciding four-way elimination match to Los Luchas, who then advanced to the tournament itself. Soon after, The Young Bucks went on their first Dragon Gate tour. Upon their return from Dragon Gate, the Young Bucks defeated the Dynasty on July 6, 2008, at ''Life During Wartime'', PWG's fifth anniversary show, in a three-way match, which also included KAZMA and MIYAWAKI.


World Tag Team Championship reign (2008–2010)

At the following show, ''All Star Weekend 7 – Night Two'' on August 31, 2008, Matt and Nick defeated
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and
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) to become the new PWG World Tag Team Champions. One of The Young Bucks' biggest accomplishments in PWG came at the annual DDT4 tag team tournament on May 22, 2009, in Reseda, California, when they defended the titles three times in one night. They defeated Dustin and Brandon Cutler in the first round,
Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
and Chuck Taylor in the second round and the Hybrid Dolphins (
Bryan Danielson Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs on a part time basis. He is also known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under t ...
and
Roderick Strong Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983), better known by his ring name Roderick Strong, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon stable and is a former one-time AEW I ...
) in the final round to win the tournament. At that same event their younger brother Malachi made his PWG debut, losing to Phoenix Star. Around that time, after the Young Bucks started touring the World, the PWG crowds started turning on them. On July 31, 2009, at ''Threemendous II'', PWG's sixth anniversary show, the Young Bucks suffered their first loss in the company in sixteen months, losing a non-title match to the re-united 2 Skinny Black Guys ( Human Tornado and
El Generico Rami Sebei (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Sami Zayn. Sebei made his professional wrestling debut in 2002 under the ring name Stevie McFly. Pr ...
). Despite their win and the Young Bucks' wishes, Tornado and Generico never received their rematch for the titles as the following month they lost the number one contendership to The Men of Low Moral Fiber (Kenny Omega and Chuck Taylor), whom the Young Bucks defeated for the titles on October 4 in a rematch of their DDT4 semifinal match. On November 21, during the second night of the 2009 Battle of Los Angeles, The Young Bucks retained their title over Kevin Steen and El Generico and afterwards turned
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by aligning themselves with
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and attacking the new
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Kenny Omega. On January 30, 2010, at Kurt Russellmania, the first PWG show since the Bucks had signed contracts with TNA Wrestling, Matt and Nick announced that from now on they would be known by their TNA names, Max and Jeremy of Generation Me. They turned on Brian Kendrick, only for him to be saved by his old tag team partner
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. Later in the night, the team of London and Kendrick defeated Generation Me in a non-title match. Despite the announcement made by the Young Bucks, PWG still continues to refer to them under their original team and singles names. On April 10, the Young Bucks made PWG history by making their thirteenth successful title defense against
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). On May 9, the Young Bucks entered the 2010 DDT4 tournament and were for the second year in a row set to defend the Tag Team Championship three times in one night. The Bucks defeated Johnny Goodtime and Jerome Robinson in the first round and the Cutler Brothers in the semifinals of the tournament. However, in the final of the tournament El Generico and Paul London, the team known collectively as ¡Peligro Abejas!, defeated the Young Bucks to not only win the tournament, but also the PWG World Tag Team Championship, ending the Bucks' reign at 616 days. During the final match Nick was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion, but was able to finish the match.


Various feuds (2010–2012)

On July 30, at PWG's seventh anniversary show, the Bucks received a rematch for the World Tag Team titles in the first ever tag team Guerrilla Warfare match, a three-way match, also involving the Cutler Brothers, where ¡Peligro Abejas! ended up retaining the Championship. In the first round of the 2010 Battle of Los Angeles Matt and Nick were paired up against each other, but instead of wrestling the match, they got themselves disqualified by superkicking referee Rick Knox. Afterwards the Cutler Brothers challenged the Young Bucks to a match, in which they finally managed to defeat their nemesis tag team. On March 4, 2011, the Young Bucks entered the 2011 DDT4 tournament, which was this time used to determine new number one contenders to the ¡Peligro Abejas!. In their first round match, the Young Bucks defeated
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and
Willie Mack Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling, Major League Wres ...
. Later in the evening they defeated
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(
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and Eddie Edwards) in the semifinals and finally the Nightmare Violence Connection (
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and
Kevin Steen Kevin Yanick Steen (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Kevin Owens. As of A ...
) in the final to win their second DDT4 tournament and earn another shot at El Generico and Paul London. The Young Bucks received their shot on April 9, 2011, when they defeated El Generico and
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, who filled in for Paul London who was unable to appear at the event, to regain the PWG World Tag Team Championship. On May 27, during the first night of ''All Star Weekend 8'', The Young Bucks made the first successful defense of their second title reign, defeating the RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma). The following night, The Young Bucks defeated
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and Roderick Strong to retain the title. On August 20, The Young Bucks defeated
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and
Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and a former AEW World Trios Championship, AEW World Trios Champion. He also per ...
) in an unadvertised match to retain the PWG World Tag Team Championship. The Young Bucks made their next title defense on September 10, defeating the Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky). On October 22, The Young Bucks made their fifth successful title defense by defeating Future Shock (
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and
Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Richard Thomas Greenwood (born March 1, 1987), better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon (professio ...
), before interfering in the main event and costing Kevin Steen the PWG World Championship in his
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with El Generico. After challenging Steen to a handicap Guerrilla Warfare match, Super Dragon made his first appearance in over three years and named himself Steen's partner for the match on December 10. On December 10, The Young Bucks lost the PWG World Tag Team Championship to Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon) in a Guerrilla Warfare match, ending their second reign at 245 days. Following their title loss, The Young Bucks started a rivalry with
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Player Uno Nicolas Dansereau (born July 20, 1987), better known by the ring name Evil Uno, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is the co-founder of Mystery Wrestling. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Dark Order. Fo ...
and
Stupefied Marc Dionne (born January 25, 1989), better known by the ring name Stu Grayson, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Formerly known as Stupefied or Player Dos, he regularly tag team, teamed with Evil Uno, Player Uno as th ...
); on March 17, the Super Smash Bros. picked up their first PWG win by defeating The Young Bucks in a three-way match, which also included the RockNES Monsters. On April 21, The Young Bucks attempted to win their third DDT4 tournament and earn a rematch with Appetite for Destruction, but suffered another loss against the Super Smash Bros. in their first round match. On May 25, The Young Bucks and the Super Smash Bros. faced each other in a No Disqualification match to determine the new PWG World Tag Team Champions. In the end, The Young Bucks suffered their third straight loss against their rival team. On July 21 at ''Threemendous III'', PWG's ninth anniversary event, The Young Bucks unsuccessfully challenged the Super Smash Bros. for the PWG World Tag Team Championship in a three-way ladder match, which also included Future Shock, losing following interference from referee Rick Knox, whom they had attacked earlier in the match.


The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling (2013–2018)

On January 12, 2013, The Young Bucks entered the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, defeating the Inner City Machine Guns (
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and Ricochet) in their opening match. Later that same event, The Young Bucks defeated the Unbreakable F'N Machines (
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) in their semifinal match to capture the PWG World Tag Team Championship for the third time. They defeated El Generico and Kevin Steen in the final to win the DDT4 tournament for the third time. The Young Bucks made their second successful defense of the PWG World Tag Team Championship on March 23 against the DojoBros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong). On August 9 at PWG's tenth anniversary event, The Young Bucks defeated the DojoBros and the Inner City Machine Guns in a three-way ladder match for their third successful title defense. On August 31, The Young Bucks formed a new heel
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with PWG World Champion Adam Cole and Kevin Steen, with the four dubbing themselves "The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling". On October 19, The Young Bucks defeated Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan to make their fourth successful defense of the PWG World Tag Team Championship. On March 28, 2014, The Young Bucks defeated 2014 DDT4 winners Chuck Taylor and Trent? for their fifth successful title defense. The Young Bucks lost the PWG World Tag Team Championship to Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan in a Guerrilla Warfare match on July 27, 2014. On June 26, 2015, The Young Bucks defeated
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and Trevor Lee to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship for the fourth time, following outside interference from PWG World Champion Roderick Strong. After the match, The Young Bucks, Strong and the returning Super Dragon formed Mount Rushmore 2.0. They made their first successful title defenses against
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and Jack Evans on July 24, and
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and
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on December 11. At the end of the show, Adam Cole made a surprise return to PWG, joining Mount Rushmore 2.0. On March 18, 2017, The Young Bucks lost the PWG World Tag Team Championship to Penta el Zero M and Rey Fenix in a three-way match, also involving
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and
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Dragon Gate (2008–2009)

The Young Bucks made their debut for Dragon Gate (DG) in Tokyo, Japan at the
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on May 14, 2008, in a match where they were defeated by
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and
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. Their first tour of the company spanned from May 14 to June 14. Their second tour started on August 9, 2008, and ended on August 28, 2008. On September 5, 2008, the Young Bucks took part in Dragon Gate's first show in the United States, held in Los Angeles, California, where they unsuccessfully challenged Saito and Yokosuka for the
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. Their third tour spanned from April 15 to May 5, 2009. On May 3, 2009, in
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, Matt and Nick successfully defended their PWG World Tag Team titles against
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and
Akira Tozawa Akira Tozawa (戸澤 陽, ''Tozawa Akira'', born July 22, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler. As of 2016, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand and is a member of the Alpha Academy St ...
, the first time the titles had been defended in Japan. On May 5, 2009, in
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, Japan at the ''Dead or Alive''
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, The Young Bucks and Ryoma teamed up in a losing effort against Akira Tozawa, Kenshin Chikano and
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.


WWE (2008, 2011)

On February 22, 2008, Matt appeared as a jobber on
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's (WWE) weekly television show '' SmackDown'', losing to Chuck Palumbo. He appeared in a similar role on the October 17, 2008, episode of ''SmackDown'', this time losing to
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in an exhibition
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after going through a table. On the October 28 episode of '' ECW'', the Young Bucks portrayed
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in a segment, where they were laid out by John Morrison
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. On August 15, 2011, the Young Bucks had a tryout for the WWE producers prior to the '' Raw'' tapings in
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.


Chikara (2009–2013, 2015)

The Young Bucks made their Chikara debuts on March 27, 2009, teaming up with El Generico to form ''Team PWG'' in the annual
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tournament. However, the team was eliminated in the first round by
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of Amasis, Ophidian and Escorpion Egipcio. The following night Matt and Nick entered the ''Rey de Voladores'' tournament, but were both eliminated in the first round four-way matches. On the third night of the tournament they took part in a tag team gauntlet match, which was won by
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and Jigsaw. The Young Bucks returned to Chikara on October 17 at ''An Optimistic View of a Pessimistic World'' competing in a four-way elimination tag team match, where they were the last team eliminated by the winners The Osirian Portal of Amasis and Ophidian. The following day at ''Cibernetico Increible'' Matt and Nick joined opposing eight-man teams in the annual
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match. Matt scored the first elimination of the match, eliminating Green Ant, but the brothers wound up being the fifth and sixth wrestlers eliminated from the match at the hands of Quackenbush and Player Dos. The Young Bucks returned to Chikara on April 23, 2010, at the 2010 King of Trios, where they teamed up with their brother Malachi as the Jackson 3. They were, however, for the second year in a row, eliminated from the tournament in the first round, this time losing to The Future is Now (Jigsaw,
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and
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). Matt and Nick wrestled the match as heels in Generation Me tights and after the match abandoned Malachi in the ring, when he wanted to shake hands with his opponents. On the third night of the tournament the Bucks were defeated by Mike Quackenbush and Jigsaw in a tag team match. The Young Bucks returned to Chikara on August 27, when Nick entered the Young Lions Cup IX tournament, while Matt defeated Johnny Gargano in a singles match. After Nick was eliminated from the tournament by eventual Young Lions Cup Champion
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, The Young Bucks teamed up to defeat
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(Kodama and Obariyon) in a tag team match later that same day. On September 18, The Young Bucks defeated
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and Tursas of the
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in a tag team match. On November 13 at Chikara's first ever internet pay-per-view,
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, The Young Bucks, managed by Marty Jannetty, were defeated by The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) in a
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number one contender's match. The Young Bucks returned to Chikara in late April 2012, first defeating
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and Darin Corbin in a regular tag team match on April 28, and then defeating the Batiri (Kobald and Kodama), Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Jakob Hammermeier and Tim Donst), and the Spectral Envoy (
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and
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) in a four-way elimination match on April 29 to earn the right to challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas. On June 2 at Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur, The Young Bucks defeated F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano) in a
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to win the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas. The Young Bucks made their first successful title defense on July 29, defeating The Throwbacks (
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and
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). On September 14, The Young Bucks entered the 2012 King of Trios, teaming with Mike Bennett as Team Ring of Honor and defeating the Faces of Pain ( The Barbarian,
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and The Warlord) in their first round match. The following day, Team ROH advanced to the semifinals with a win over The Extreme Trio (
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,
Tommy Dreamer Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and professional wrestling promotion, promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestli ...
and Too Cold Scorpio). Team ROH opened the third and final day of the tournament by defeating the all-female Team Sendai Girls (
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, Meiko Satomura and Sendai Sachiko) in the semifinals. In the final of the tournament, Team ROH was defeated by the Spectral Envoy (Frightmare (wrestler), Frightmare,
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and
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). On November 10, The Young Bucks made their second successful defense of the Campeonatos de Parejas against the Spectral Envoy (Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black). The Young Bucks' third successful defense took place at the Under the Hood internet pay-per-view on December 2, where they defeated Sean Waltman, 1–2–3 Kid and Marty Jannetty. On February 10, 2013, The Young Bucks lost the Campeonatos de Parejas to 3.0 (professional wrestling), 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews), ending their reign at 253 days and three successful defenses. On May 18, The Young Bucks returned to Chikara to take part in the Tag World Grand Prix#2013, 2013 Tag World Grand Prix. After wins over The Baltic (Estonian ThunderFrog and Robert Evans (wrestler), Latvian Proud Oak), The Spectral Envoy (Frightmare and Hallowicked) and The Batiri (Kodama and Obariyon), The Young Bucks were defeated in the final of the tournament by Pieces of Hate (Jigsaw and The Shard). The Young Bucks returned to Chikara in September 2015, when they teamed with A.J. Styles in the King of Trios#2015, 2015 King of Trios, making it to the final, before losing to Aero Star, Drago (wrestler), Drago and Fénix.


Ring of Honor (2009–2018, 2022)

Matt and Nick made their
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(ROH) debut on May 29 and 30, 2009, defeating the teams of Sal Rinauro and Brandon Day and Silas Young and Bobby Fish, respectively, in matches taped for the June 27 and July 18 episodes of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' on HDNet. On September 26, 2009, at ''Glory by Honor VIII: The Final Countdown'', they defeated the, at the time, five-time ROH World Tag Team Championship, ROH World Tag Team Champions the Briscoe Brothers. On December 19 at Final Battle 2009, ROH's first live pay-per-view, the Young Bucks picked up another big win, this time over former ROH World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen and El Generico. After signing contracts with
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...
, The Young Bucks wrestled their last HDNet tapings in January 2010, defeating The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) on the 8th and losing to the Briscoes in an ROH World Tag Team Title match on the 9th. On January 29 the Young Bucks wrestled their ROH farewell match, an eight-man tag team match, where they teamed up with the Briscoe Brothers in a losing effort against the American Wolves and The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli). On July 23, Matt and Nick returned using their Generation Me name and were defeated by the American Wolves. The following day they were defeated by the ROH World Tag Team Champions, Kings of Wrestling, in a non–title match. After the Young Bucks were granted a release from TNA, ROH announced on August 24, 2011, that they would return to the promotion on September 17 at Death Before Dishonor IX. At the pay-per-view The Young Bucks defeated Future Shock (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly) and the Bravado Brothers in a three-way elimination match. On December 23 at Final Battle 2011, The Young Bucks won a four team gauntlet match to earn a shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championship. At the ROH 10th Anniversary Show, 10th Anniversary Show on March 4, The Young Bucks were unsuccessful in their title challenge. The Young Bucks left ROH later in the year, last competing at a ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' television taping on August 3, where they lost to Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander in the opening round of a tournament to crown new ROH World Tag Team Champions. The Young Bucks returned at ''All-Star Extravaganza V'' on August 3, where they were defeated by Adrenaline Rush (ACH (wrestler), A. C. H. and TaDarius Thomas) in their return match; a three-way match, which also included C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander). On August 17 at ''Manhattan Mayhem V'', The Young Bucks were defeated by the Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) in what was billed as a dream tag team match. On March 8, 2014, the Young Bucks defeated reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the first time. They lost the title back to reDRagon on May 17 at War of the Worlds (2014 wrestling), War of the Worlds. The Young Bucks received a rematch for the title on September 6 at All Star Extravaganza 6, but were again defeated by reDRagon. Another rematch on March 1, 2015, at the ROH 13th Anniversary Show, 13th Anniversary Show ended with another win for reDRagon. On September 30, 2016, The Young Bucks defeated The Addiction (professional wrestling), The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) in a three-way Ladder match, Ladder War VI at All Star Extravaganza VIII to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the second time. On December 3, it was reported that The Young Bucks had signed a new two-year contract, which covers both ROH and
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(NJPW). On March 4, 2017, The Young Bucks lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to The Hardy Boyz, The Hardys (Broken Matt and Brother Nero). On April 1 at Supercard of Honor XI, The Young Bucks regained the ROH World Tag Team Championship from The Hardys in a ladder match. On August 20, The Young Bucks became double champions, when they teamed with their Bullet Club stablemate Adam Page (wrestler), Adam Page to form a trio named "The Hung Bucks" and defeated Dalton Castle (wrestler), Dalton Castle and The Boys for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. On September 22 at Death Before Dishonor XV, The Young Bucks lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to The Motor City Machine Guns. At Ring Of Honor's Final Battle they lost to the Briscoes and SCU in a Ladder war match. The next day the Bucks left ROH. According to them, they would never leave ROH if the new contract would give them more money, but the offer they got was under their expectations. On April 1, 2022, the Young Bucks would return to ROH, now owned by AEW President Tony Khan, at Supercard of Honor XV, attacking the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe).


Dragon Gate USA (2009–2010, 2012, 2013)

On July 25, 2009, the Young Bucks appeared on Dragon Gate USA's (DGUSA) first pay-per-view DGUSA Enter The Dragon, Enter the Dragon, where they defeated the ''Warriors-5'' of Cima and Susumu Yokosuka. On September 6 at the second PPV titled DGUSA Untouchable, Untouchable, they were defeated in the main event by the ''Real Hazard'' of Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi. On November 28 at DGUSA Freedom Fight, Freedom Fight, the Young Bucks wrestled in the same 6-way Dragon Gate USA#DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Championship, Open the Freedom Gate Championship tournament match, which was won by Gran Akuma. After signing contracts with TNA Wrestling, the Young Bucks made their fourth appearance for DGUSA on January 23, 2010, at DGUSA Fearless, Fearless, where they competed in a three-way elimination tag team match, which was won by the Muscle Outlaw'z (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino). They were advertised to take part in the March 26 and 27 shows in Phoenix, Arizona, but TNA made the decision to pull them from the events. However, in February, TNA and Dragon Gate USA came to an agreement and the Young Bucks were allowed to make their farewell appearances. In March, the Young Bucks made their final appearances for the company, losing to Cima, Yoshito Sugamoto, Gamma and Dragon Kid at ''Open the Ultimate Gate'' on the 26 in a six-man tag team match, where they teamed with Jack Evans and losing to Mike Quackenbush and Jigsaw in a tag team match at the tapings of ''Mercury Rising'' on the 27. The Young Bucks returned to the promotion on January 27, 2012, defeating Chuck Taylor and Scorpio Sky in a tag team match. The Young Bucks returned to DGUSA on January 25, 2013, defeating D.U.F. (Arik Cannon and Sami Callihan) in a tag team match. At the following day's iPPV, The Young Bucks picked up another win over the Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito), before going on to lose against the team of Akira Tozawa and A. R. Fox during another iPPV on January 27. On April 6 at Open the Ultimate Gate 2013, The Young Bucks defeated A. R. Fox and Cima to become the new Open the United Gate Champions. They made their first successful title defense on June 2 at an event promoted by DGUSA's close affiliate, Evolve (professional wrestling), Evolve, defeating Eita Kobayashi, Eita and Tomahawk T.T. Their second successful defense took place on July 28 at Enter the Dragon 2013, Dragon Gate USA's fourth anniversary event, where they defeated Rich Swann and Ricochet. They lost the title to the Bravado Brothers on November 16.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–2011, 2013, 2021)

On December 21, 2009, the Young Bucks reached one of their personal goals as they took part in
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...
's (TNA) ''Impact! (TV series), Impact!'' tapings, wrestling The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) in a tryout dark match, which earned them the praise of TNA management. On December 26, 2009, TNA president Dixie Carter (wrestling), Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that TNA had signed the Young Bucks to a contract. The contracts signed were one year long. According to Eric Bischoff, TNA executive Bob Ryder was responsible for getting The Young Bucks their break in TNA. The team, renamed Generation Me, made their debut on the January 14, 2010, episode of ''Impact!'', in which the brothers, renamed Max and Jeremy, defeated the Motor City Machine Guns. On the February 18 episode of ''Impact!'', Jeremy and Max were given the last name Buck. At Destination X (2010), Destination X, Generation Me wrestled for the number one contendership to the TNA World Tag Team Championship in an Ultimate X match, but were defeated by the Motor City Machine Guns. Max and Jeremy spent the next months mainly wrestling singles matches. On the July 8 episode of ''Impact!'', Jeremy picked up a major singles victory, defeating TNA X Division Championship, X Division Champion Doug Williams (wrestler), Douglas Williams in a non-title ladder match. Generation Me returned to pay-per-view on September 5 at No Surrender (2010), No Surrender, where they replaced London Brawling (Nigel McGuinness, Desmond Wolfe and Nick Aldis, Magnus) and unsuccessfully challenged the Motor City Machine Guns for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. After the match, Generation Me turned heel by attacking the champions and giving Alex Shelley a storyline injury with a Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Double DDT, double DDT (professional wrestling)#Elevated DDT, rope-hung DDT. On the following episode of ''Impact!'', Max and Jeremy laid claim to the TNA World Tag Team Championship, claiming that the champions would not be able to defend them for 30 days, due to Shelley's injury, before stealing Sabin's title belt. Shelley, however, made his return two weeks later and promised Generation Me a rematch for the World Tag Team Championship at Bound for Glory (2010), Bound for Glory. At the pay-per-view, the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Generation Me to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship. The following month, Generation Me received a new fan in Lisa Marie Varon, Tara. After Jeremy pinned Sabin in an eight-person tag team match, where Generation Me teamed with Rob Strauss, Robbie E and Becky Bayless, Cookie and the Motor City Machine Guns with Jay Lethal and Velvet Sky, on the November 18 episode of ''Impact!'', the Motor City Machine Guns challenged Generation Me to an Professional wrestling match types#Empty Arena match, Empty Arena match. The match took place later that same night on ''TNA Reaction, Reaction'', with the Motor City Machine Guns coming out victorious. On December 5 at Final Resolution (2010), Final Resolution, Generation Me challenged the Motor City Machine Guns for the World Tag Team Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match#Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Full Metal Mayhem match, but were once again unsuccessful. The following month, they signed new two–year contracts with the company. On the January 27 episode of ''Impact!'', TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for X Division Champion Kazarian. In the first match of the tournament, Max defeated Amazing Red and Chris Sabin in a three-way match to advance to the final at TNA Against All Odds (2011), Against All Odds. The following week, Jeremy defeated Douglas Williams and Jay Lethal in another three-way match to also advance to the final. However, both Max and Jeremy were forced to miss the final of the tournament at Against All Odds, after failing to get to Florida due to travel issues. The following month at Victory Road (2011), Victory Road, both Max and Jeremy received their shot at the X Division Championship, held by Kazarian, in an Ultimate X match, which also included Robbie E. Prior to the match, the brothers teased dissension, with Max claiming that their goal was to make him the X Division Champion. At the end of the match, Jeremy and Max finally started fighting between themselves, but in the end both of them failed in their attempt to win the X Division Championship, as Kazarian emerged victorious to successfully retain the title. At the March 15 tapings of ''TNA Xplosion, Xplosion'', the Bucks faced each other in a singles match for the first time in TNA, with Max picking up the win. Max and Jeremy faced each other in a rematch on the March 31 episode of ''Impact!'', where Max was once again victorious. On the April 7 episode of ''Impact!'', Generation Me teamed with Robbie E in a six-man tag team match, where they faced Brian Kendrick, Chris Sabin and Suicide (character), Suicide. At the end of the match, Max, thinking Jeremy was trying to steal the spotlight from him, turned on his brother, crotching him at the top rope, before dropping him to the mat with a rope-hung DDT. After Kendrick had pinned Jeremy for the win, Max removed his Generation Me armband and threw it at his brother. On April 17 at Lockdown (2011), Lockdown, Max defeated seven other men, including Jeremy, in an Professional wrestling match types#Xscape match, Xscape match to become the number one contender to Kazarian's X Division Championship. On the May 5 episode of ''Impact!'', Generation Me, seemingly once again on the same page as Face (professional wrestling), faces, came together with Amazing Red and Brian Kendrick to fight for X Division's future, after the legitimate firing of Jay Lethal. On May 15 at TNA Sacrifice (2011), Sacrifice, Max failed in his attempt to win the X Division Championship from Kazarian. At the all X Division pay-per-view Destination X (2011), Destination X on July 10, Generation Me was defeated by the team of Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young and Shark Boy. This was their last match in TNA as the following day Matt announced that he and his brother had requested their release from their contracts with the promotion. Matt and Nick later revealed that the request stemmed from monetary issues, while also venting their frustrations with TNA's booking, noting the storyline with Tara, which went nowhere, and the quickly aborted feud between the brothers. Matt has also stated that after leaving TNA he was ready to quit professional wrestling altogether, before he and his brother decided to instead reinvent themselves and their act. On March 18, 2013, Generation Me returned to TNA to take part in the tapings of the TNA One Night Only#Tag Team Tournament, Tag Team Tournament TNA One Night Only, One Night Only pay-per-view. After defeating Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt in the first round, they were eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Dudley Boyz, Team 3D (Mark LoMonaco, Bully Ray and Devon Hughes, Devon). At the tapings of the following day's TNA One Night Only#Hardcore Justice 2, Hardcore Justice 2 pay-per-view, Generation Me was defeated in a ladder match by Bad Influence (professional wrestling), Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian). At the renamed Impact Wrestling's Against All Odds (2021), Against All Odds event on June 12, 2021, The Young Bucks made a one-off appearance for the promotion as part of the working relationship between Impact and All Elite Wrestling. During the main event, an Impact World Championship title defense by Elite stablemate Kenny Omega against Moose (wrestler), Moose that took place at AEW's "home field" of Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, the Bucks interfered on Omega's behalf, leading to his victory in the match.


New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2013–2019)


Debut and joining Bullet Club (2013–2016)

On October 15, 2013, NJPW announced that The Young Bucks would be making their debuts for the promotion in the Super Junior Tag Tournament#2013, 2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, which started October 25. They got the booking through Kazuchika Okada, whom they had befriended during his stay in TNA. In their debut, The Young Bucks represented the heel foreigner stable
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. In their debut match for the promotion, The Young Bucks defeated fellow Americans Trent Barreta, Beretta and Brian Kendrick, thanks to a pre-match assault by the rest of Bullet Club, to advance to the semifinals of the Super Jr. Tag Tournament. During the next two weeks, New Japan held seven smaller shows, with The Young Bucks main eventing every one of them, teaming with Bullet Club stablemate Karl Anderson in six-man tag team matches against the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and members of his Chaos (professional wrestling), Chaos stable. The Young Bucks suffered their first loss in the promotion on October 30, when they and Anderson were defeated by Gedo (wrestler), Gedo, Jado and Okada, who pinned Nick for the win. On November 6, The Young Bucks first defeated Gedo and Jado in the semifinals and then another Chaos team, the Forever Hooligans, in the final to win the 2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament. As a result of their win, The Young Bucks received a shot at the
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and on November 9 at Power Struggle (2013), Power Struggle, defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi Ishikari, Taichi and Taka Michinoku) to become the new champions. The Young Bucks returned to New Japan on January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, where they made their first successful title defense in a four-way match against the Forever Hooligans, Suzuki-gun and Time Splitters (professional wrestling), Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Yujiro Kushida, Kushida). The Young Bucks made their second successful title defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka (2014), The New Beginning in Osaka against the Time Splitters. Towards the end of the match, Matt legitimately broke his hand. Later that same event, Nick confronted and challenged IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kota Ibushi. Nick received his title shot on April 3, but was defeated by Ibushi. Three days later at Invasion Attack 2014, The Young Bucks successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Ibushi and Kyōsuke Mikami, El Desperado. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014, The Young Bucks made their fourth successful title defense against the Forever Hooligans. The Young Bucks made their fifth successful defense on May 10 during the NJPW and ROH co-produced Global Wars (2014), Global Wars event in Toronto, defeating Forever Hooligans and Time Splitters in a three-way match. From May 30 to June 6, The Young Bucks took part in the Best of the Super Juniors#2014, 2014 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, where they wrestled in separate blocks. They both finished with a record of four wins and three losses, narrowly missing advancement to the semifinals. As a result of losing to Alex Shelley and Kushida during the tournament, The Young Bucks and Time Splitters faced off in another IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match on June 21 at Dominion 6.21, where The Young Bucks' seven-month reign came to an end. The Young Bucks received a rematch for the title on October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling (2014), King of Pro-Wrestling in a three-way match also involving Forever Hooligans, but were again defeated by Time Splitters. In November, The Young Bucks made it to the final of the Super Junior Tag Tournament#2014, 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, where they were defeated by reDRagon. On January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9, Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, The Young Bucks unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a four-way match also involving Forever Hooligans and Time Splitters. On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka (2015), The New Beginning in Osaka, The Young Bucks defeated reDRagon and Time Splitters in a three-way match to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time. On April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015, The Young Bucks lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) in their first title defense. The Young Bucks regained the title from Roppongi Vice on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 in a three-way match, also involving reDRagon. They made their first successful title defense in a three-way rematch on July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall. They lost the title to reDRagon in their second defense on August 16. The Young Bucks won the title for the record-tying fourth time in a four-way match on January 4, 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome. Their reign ended in their first defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka (2016), The New Beginning in Osaka, where they were defeated by Matt Sydal and Ricochet in a three-way match, also involving reDRagon.


The Elite (2016–2019)

In early 2016, The Young Bucks formed Bullet Club subgroup The Elite with Kenny Omega, after helping him kick A.J. Styles out of the stable. On February 20 at Honor Rising: Japan 2016, The Elite defeated Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Yoshi Tatsu, Yoshitatsu on April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, before regaining it on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016. On June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall, The Young Bucks won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the fifth time by defeating Matt Sydal and Ricochet, reDRagon and Roppongi Vice in a four-way elimination match. On July 3, The Young Bucks and Omega lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima. On August 21, The Young Bucks made their first successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against the reunited Motor City Machine Guns. After their win, The Young Bucks made a challenge for NJPW's "heavyweight" tag team title, which led to a match on September 22 at Destruction (2016), Destruction in Hiroshima, where they unsuccessfully challenged reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers. Three days later at Destruction in Kobe, The Young Bucks and Adam Cole were defeated by David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima in a match for the Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vacant, vacant NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. This led to a match on October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling (2016), King of Pro-Wrestling, where The Young Bucks successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Finlay and Ricochet. On January 4, 2017, at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, The Young Bucks lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Roppongi Vice. The Young Bucks regained the title from Roppongi Vice on June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall. They lost the title to Funky Future (Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi) on August 13. On January 4, 2018, The Young Bucks defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho Tanaka, Sho and Yohei Komatsu, Yoh) at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the seventh time. Their reign lasted just 24 days before losing the titles back to Roppongi 3K at the New Beginning in Sapporo. On February 24, 2018, The Young Bucks announced that they would move up to New Japan's heavyweight tag team division. At Strong Style Evolved, they lost against the Golden Lovers, Golden☆Lovers in an acclaimed match. At Sakura Genesis 2018, they scored their first victory in the Heavyweight tag team division against their Bullet Club teammates Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi. At Wrestling Dontaku 2018, they won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship for the third time, this time with
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under the team name Super Villains. At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, Dominion, they defeated ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' (Evil (wrestler), Evil and Seiya Sanada, Sanada) to win the
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for the first time, becoming the second tag team to win the IWGP Jr. and Heavyweight Tag Team titles, and the first duo to have won all three of NJPW's team championships (IWGP Tag Team, IWGP Jr. Tag Team, and NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team) together. On August 12 during the G1 Climax, G1 Climax 28, the Super Villains lost their NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori, all a part of the rebellious Bullet Club sub-faction Bullet Club OG. At Fighting Spirit Unleashed, they lost the Heavyweight Tag Team Titles to Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. At Wrestle Kingdom 13, The Young Bucks participated in a 3-way match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship against the champions Guerrillas of Destiny and ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' (Sanada and Evil), but lost the match. On February 7, 2019, their profiles were removed from NJPW website.


All In (2017–2018)

In May 2017, wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer suggested that an independent wrestling show would be unable to sell out a ten thousand seat arena in the United States. The Young Bucks, along with
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, challenged the idea by planning a show specifically for the purposes of drawing ten thousand fans. In May 2018, it was announced that the show would be named "All In (professional wrestling event), All In", and would be held on September 1, 2018, at the Sears Centre, Sears Centre Arena, including many popular wrestlers from various promotions such as
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,
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and the independent circuit. When All In was announced on May 13, tickets sold out in 30 minutes. At the event, The Young Bucks along with Kota Ibushi defeated Bandido (wrestler), Bandido, Fénix (wrestler), Rey Fénix, and Rey Mysterio in the main event.


All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)


Founding of All Elite Wrestling and early feuds (2019–2020)

On November 5, 2018, several trademarks were filed in Jacksonville, Florida that indicated the launch of
All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...
(AEW). In December 2018, Cody, The Young Bucks and several other wrestlers left ROH. The official announcement of AEW's creation came at midnight Pacific Time Zone, Pacific Time on January 1, 2019, in an episode of ''The Elite (professional wrestling)#Being The Elite, Being the Elite'', a YouTube web series created by and featuring The Elite. Also announced in the episode was "Double or Nothing", AEW's inaugural event and sequel to "All In". On January 2, 2019, Cody and The Young Bucks officially signed five-year contracts with the promotion, serving as AEW's executive vice presidents, while entrepreneur, football executive and longtime wrestling fan Tony Khan was announced as the president of the company. On January 8, 2019, the company held its inaugural press conference on the forecourt of the TIAA Bank Field, where they announced talents that were going to perform as part of the promotion including Joey Janela, Christopher Daniels,
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, Pac (wrestler), Pac, Frankie Kazarian and Chris Jericho. They also announced a working relationship with China, Chinese professional wrestling promotion Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), an organization founded by Nobuhiko Oshima, Cima. On March 16, 2019, the Bucks made their debut at the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as part of partnership with All Elite Wrestling at the Rey de Reyes (2019), ''Rey de Reyes'' event where they challenged the newly crowned AAA World Tag Team Championship, AAA World Tag Team Champions the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix (wrestler), Fénix) who defeated Los Mercenarios (El Texano Jr. & Rey Escorpión). Later that same night, the Bucks defeated the Lucha Brothers to win their titles, this being their first championship in Mexico. They lost the titles back to the Lucha Brothers at Verano de Escándalo (2019), Verano de Escándalo in June. At AEW's inaugural event, Double or Nothing (2019), Double or Nothing, on May 25, The Young Bucks defeated the Lucha Brothers. The following month at the Fyter Fest (2019), Fyter Fest event, The Young Bucks teamed with Kenny Omega to defeat the Lucha Brothers and Laredo Kid in a six-man tag team match. They then followed this with a win over Cody and Goldust, Dustin Rhodes at Fight for the Fallen (2019), Fight for the Fallen on July 13. At All Out (2019), All Out on August 31, The Young Bucks lost in a rematch for the AAA World Tag Team Championship to the Lucha Brothers in a
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, ending their feud. On the premiere episode of ''AEW Dynamite, Dynamite'' on October 2, The Young Bucks teamed with Kenny Omega in a losing effort to Chris Jericho, Santana and Ortiz. After the match, The Young Bucks, Omega and Cody were beaten down by Jericho, Santana, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara and the debuting Jake Hager, marking the debut of The Inner Circle (professional wrestling), The Inner Circle faction to rival The Elite. The team then entered into a tournament to crown the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Championship, AEW World Tag Team Champions, but were eliminated by Private Party (professional wrestling), Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) in the first round. The Young Bucks subsequently resumed their feud with The Inner Circle, leading to a match between The Young Bucks and Santana and Ortiz being arranged for AEW Full Gear, Full Gear on November 9, which Santana and Ortiz won. The feud between the two teams concluded on the December 11 episode of ''Dynamite'', when The Young Bucks defeated Santana and Ortiz in a Hardcore match, street fight tag team match. At AEW Bash at the Beach, Bash at the Beach on January 15, 2020, The Young Bucks competed in a four-way tag team match to determine the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, but the match was won by Adam Page and Kenny Omega. On the February 19 episode of ''Dynamite'', The Young Bucks won a tag team Battle royal (professional wrestling), battle royal for the right to face Page and Omega for the championship at the Revolution (2020), Revolution pay-per-view on February 29, but failed to win after Page pinned Matt Jackson. On the March 11 episode of ''Dynamite'', Nick Jackson was given a kayfabe injury by the hands of the Inner Circle; in reality, he had taken paternity leave for the birth of his third child. Shortly after Double or Nothing, they returned and on an episode of ''Dynamite'', where they challenged FTR (professional wrestling), FTR for a shot at the AEW Tag Team Championship, Hangman Page interfering and costing them the title shot, kicking him out of the Elite. At All Out (2020), All Out, they faced The Jurassic Express and won, expressing a new attitude. On the September 9 episode of Dynamite, they superkicked Alex Marvez, turning tweener in the process.


Championship reigns and suspension (2020–2024)

On November 7, 2020, at Full Gear (2020), Full Gear, The Young Bucks defeated FTR to win their first AEW Tag Team Championship. Had they lost this match, they would've been banned from wrestling for future AEW Tag Team Championships. They won the titles after Matt Jackson avoided a springboard 450° splash by Cash Wheeler and hit a superkick for the pinfall win. On the December 25th episode of AEW Dynamite, they successfully defended the AEW Tag Team Championships against The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster). Two weeks later, on night 1 of the AEW New Year's Smash, New Year's Smash episode of Dynamite, The Young Bucks joined AEW World Champion
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and Impact World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (professional wrestling), The Good Brothers (
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and Doc Gallows) in throwing the Too-Sweet sign, suggesting a reunion between the five. However, on January 20, they refused to be bought by Don Callis while still being Omega's friends, thus making The Young Bucks become Glossary of professional wrestling terms#tweener, tweeners in the process. This would only last about 2 months though, as after weeks of verbal insults from Callis, The Young Bucks would be forced to choose whether to join Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers or not. At first, it appeared as though The Young Bucks would choose not to align with Omega, however on the April 7 episode of AEW Dynamite, The Young Bucks would ultimately choose to join Omega, turning them Heel (professional wrestling), heels in the process for the first time in their time at All Elite Wrestling, AEW. They would further cement their heel turn in the days that followed on social media, and the April 14 episode of Dynamite, where they displayed many heelish tactics during their match again Death Triangle (Pac (wrestler), PAC and Rey Fenix) including removing the luchador mask off of Rey Fenix. Ultimately, it would be the Lucha Bros who would end the Bucks' championship reign at 302 days, defeating them via pinfall in a steel cage match at All Out (2021), All Out 2021 on September 5 of that year. The Young Bucks would regain the AEW Tag Team Championship in a ladder match against Jurassic Express on the June 15, 2022, special edition of ''Road Rager (2022), AEW Road Rager'', making them the first two-time champions. They lost the championships to Swerve in our Glory (Keith Lee (wrestler), Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) in a match also involving Team Taz, Team Taz's Ricky Starks and Will Hobbs, Powerhouse Hobbs, ending their second reign at 28 days. On the August 3, 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'',
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and reDRagon turned on the Young Bucks, but they were saved by Adam Page and turned Face (professional wrestling), faces in the process. The following week in a backstage segment, The Young Bucks thanked Page for saving them and asked him if he would be their partner in the upcoming AEW World Trios Championship#Inaugural tournament, AEW World Trios Championship Tournament, however Page politely refused due to his alliance with The Dark Order, who were also competing in the tournament. During the week leading up to the next Dynamite, in which the Bucks had their first trios tournament match, the Bucks claimed they had found a partner and teased who it was on their Twitter account. On the August 17th episode of ''Dynamite'', the mystery partner was revealed to be the returning
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, reforming the original The Elite (professional wrestling), Elite trio and the group went on to defeat Los Ingobernables#La Facción Ingobernable, La Facción Ingobernable's Andrade El Idolo, Rush (wrestler), Rush and Dragon Lee (wrestler), Dragon Lee, to advance to the semi-final round, and the United Empire to advance to the final round. At All Out (2022), AEW All Out, The Elite defeated Adam Page, "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order to become the inaugural AEW World Trios Champions. After the post-''All Out'' media scrum, the Bucks and Omega confronted AEW World Champion CM Punk backstage in retaliation to Punk's harsh statements about them as EVPs. Multiple publications such as ''Fightful'', ''PWInsider'', and ''Wrestling Observer'' reported that after Punk's comments, a shoot (wrestling), shoot backstage fight occurred between the Bucks, Omega, Punk, and AEW coach Ace Steel (Punk's longtime friend and trainer). On the September 7 episode of ''AEW Dynamite'', Khan announced that the trios titles had been vacated. The Young Bucks and Omega returned on November 19, at Full Gear (2022), Full Gear, challenging Death Triangle, for the AEW World Trios Championship, in a losing effort. This match was announced to be the first in a Best of Seven series, between the two teams. The series concluded in an Ladder match, Escalera De La Muerte Ladder Match, on the January 11 episode of ''Dynamite'', where The Elite was victorious, winning the Best of Seven series 4-3 and in-turn regaining the World Trios Championships. The Elite made successful defenses against The Firm and AR Fox and Top Flight (Dante Martin, Dante and Darius Martin). On March 5, at AEW Revolution (2023), Revolution, The Elite lost the AEW World Trios Championships to House of Black, ending their second reign at 53 days. The Elite attempted to regain the championships 10 days later on ''Dynamite'', in a Three-way trios match against House of Black and Jericho Appreciation Society, The Jericho Appreciation Society, but failed, when House of Black retained the championships. In the aftermath of the match, the Blackpool Combat Club and Hangman Page brawled towards ringside, causing the Elite to stand alongside their former stablemate Page, although as the Blackpool Combat Club fled, Omega refused to further embrace Page. On the May 17 edition of ''Dynamite'', The Young Bucks and Page came to the aid of Omega, attacking the BCC. In the ring, Page claimed that he, Omega, and The Young Bucks, were The Elite, leading to him re-joining the stable after a near 3-year absence. Page also challenged the BCC to an Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing (2023), Double or Nothing, which was soon after made official for the event. At the event, The Elite lost after Konosuke Takeshita, who had aligned himself with The Elite in recent weeks, attacked Omega, turning heel and ending his brief association with the stable. Page and the Young Bucks would then compete in a ten-man tag team match alongside Eddie Kingston and Tomohiro Ishii against Takeshita, the BCC and Shota Umino at Forbidden Door (2023), Forbidden Door, which they won.. At Blood & Guts (2023), Blood & Guts, The Elite, now including Kota Ibushi, defeated the BCC, Takeshita, and Pac (wrestler), Pac in a Blood and Guts match. On August 27 at All In (2023), All In, The Young Bucks unsuccessfully challenged FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. On October 1 at WrestleDream (2023), WrestleDream, The Young Bucks won a four-way tag team match to earn another shot at FTR for their titles. But on November 18 at Full Gear (2023), Full Gear, they lost their title shot to The Golden Jets (Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega).image:Young Bucks as AEW World Tag Team Champions in August 2024 (cropped).jpg, The Young Bucks (in "Sgt. Pepper" outfits) as
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at All In (2024), All In in August 2024, thumb After losing at Full Gear, The Young Bucks went on a two-month hiatus before returning in January 2024, and confronting Sting (wrestler), Sting and Darby Allin, setting up Sting's final match for Revolution (2024), Revolution in March. The Young Bucks subsequently became heels and embraced their roles as AEW executive vice presidents, individually preferring to be called Matthew and Nicholas Jackson. After Sting and Allin became AEW World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks moved up the rankings to become the number one contenders and were subsequently scheduled to challenge Sting and Allin for the title at Revolution in a tornado tag team match. At the event in what was Sting's retirement match, The Young Bucks were defeated by Sting and Allin. Outside of kayfabe, Sting chose The Young Bucks to be his final opponents. On the March 6, episode of ''Dynamite'', The Young Bucks kicked Kenny Omega out of The Elite and introduced Kazuchika Okada as the newest member, with The Young Bucks assuming leadership of the group. At AEW Dynasty, Dynasty, The Young Bucks defeated FTR to win the vacant AEW World Tag Team Championships for a record setting third time in a
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, with the help of a returning Jack Perry, who would subsequently join The Elite. On the April 24 episode of ''Dynamite'', The Young Bucks, Perry, and Okada attacked AEW President and CEO Tony Khan. At Double or Nothing (2024), Double or Nothing on May 26, The Elite defeated Team AEW (Bryan Danielson, Darby Allin, and FTR) in an Anarchy in the Arena match. At Blood & Guts (2024), Blood & Guts on July 24, The Elite were defeated by Team AEW at Blood & Guts 2024 on July 24, when Jack Perry was doused in petrol and Darby Allin threatened to set him on fire unless The Elite surrendered and offered him a TNT Championship title match. At All In (2024), All In, The Young Bucks successfully defended their titles against FTR and The Acclaimed. At Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, The Young Bucks lost their titles to Private Party, ending their third reign at 192 days. After the match, The Young Bucks gracefully handed the belts to Private Party, hinting at a face turn. Later in the show, The Young Bucks were seen in their locker room shredding apparent documents and proceeded to leave the arena, stating that AEW had become “too chaotic” for them and that they would be working from home going forward. It was then reported that The Young Bucks would be taking a hiatus from wrestling, allowing Nicholas to heal a shoulder injury.


Alliance with the Death Riders (2025–present)

On April 6, 2025 at AEW Dynasty (2025), Dynasty, The Young Bucks returned and assisted Jon Moxley retain his AEW World Championship against Swerve Strickland, aligning themselves with Moxley's stable the Death Riders. On May 25 at Double or Nothing (2025), Double or Nothing, The Young Bucks and the Death Riders were defeated by
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, Swerve Strickland, Willow Nightingale, and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata) in an Anarchy in the Arena match.


Return to NJPW (2024–present)

On May 11, 2024 at Resurgence (2024), Resurgence, The Young Bucks made their return to NJPW for the first time since 2019, where they attacked Eddie Kingston. On October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling (2024), King of Pro-Wrestling, The Young Bucks made another appearance in a pre-taped video, where they announced that they would make their return to Japan on January 5, 2025 at Wrestle Dynasty. At Wrestle Dynasty, The Young Bucks defeated United Empire's Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb and ''Los Ingobernables de Japon'' Hiromu Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito to win the
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for the second time. On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka (2025), The New Beginning in Osaka, The Young Bucks lost their titles to Naito and Takahashi, ending their reign at 37 days. On May 9 at Resurgence (2025), Resurgence, The Young Bucks teamed with Good Brothers (professional wrestling), The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and
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) to defeat Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay (wrestler), David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, and Gedo (wrestler), Gedo) .


Other media

The Massie's autobiography, ''Killing the Business: From Backyards to the Big Leagues'', was released on November 17, 2020.


Personal lives

The Massies were both born in the Los Angeles suburb of Montebello, California, as the middle two of four children. Their parents are Joyce and Matthew Massie Sr. They also have a younger brother who was also a professional wrestler under the ring name Malachi Jackson, before retiring in 2010 due to being exhausted by traveling. They stayed in Rancho Cucamonga for nearly 18 years before moving to Hesperia, California in 2003. The Massies are both Christianity, Christian. The Massies are fans of wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, whom they affectionately refer to as "Uncle Dave", having named one of their signature moves, the ''Meltzer Driver'', after him. They have also dedicated wins on New Japan pay-per-views to him and stated that they wanted to win every List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' award in 2014. They ended up winning List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year, Tag Team of the Year and List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Best Wrestling Maneuver, Best Wrestling Maneuver for the ''Meltzer Driver''. After the death of Meltzer's father Herbert, The Young Bucks paid tribute to him at G1 Special in USA with a new version of the move, named the ''Herbert Meltzer Driver''. In addition to wrestling, the brothers produce and star in the YouTube series ''Being The Elite'', with over 500,000 subscribers, showing the paths of being an independent wrestler, as well as comedic skits alongside fellow Elite members Kenny Omega and Adam "Hangman" Page.


Championships and accomplishments

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) * ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' ** List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Match of the Year, Match of the Year (2020) ** List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Tag Team of the Year, Tag Team of the Year (2017, 2018, 2021) ** Ranked Nick Jackson No. 38 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500, PWI 500'' in 2018 ** Ranked Matt Jackson No. 40 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500'' in 2018 ** Ranked The Young Bucks No. 1 of the top 50 Tag Teams in the ''PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2021 *Pro Wrestling LIVE **PWL Tag Team Championship (1 time) *
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