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VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Young Bucks, Please Go Home’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • The Young Bucks stood just outside WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Elite —

  • Matt Jackson bought new Dior shoes.
  • Tony Schiavone presented the Bucks with his resume in hopes of landing an EVP job. Matt and Nick said they’re not giving up their power.
  • Flip Gordon showed up for Dark: Elevation and was beaten up in the locker room by the Bucks, Adam Cole, and Silver and Reynolds.
  • Cutler Cam showed footage from the tag team battle royale on Dynamite last week.
  • The Bucks were interviewed by ESPN.
  • Christopher Daniels approached Danhausen with some paperwork. Orange Cassidy then appeared and gave Daniels some sunglasses.
  • Matt Hardy demanded the results of his drug test from last week. The Bucks ducked Hardy and offered him a spot in the AEW Hall of Fame. Hardy called them out on there not being a hall. Matt asked if Jeff would be inducted as well, but The Bucks said that Jeff doesn’t work there and it was an offer just for him. They teased The Young Bucks vs. The Hardy Boyz.
  • The Bucks announced Rampage in Ontario, California on June 3.

BTE Championship —

  • Adam Cole won the BTE title.

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth interviewed Chris Adonis.
  • Video of Arn Anderson attacking Nemeth on Dark was shown. Nemeth then cut a promo on Arn and his family.

Dark Order —

  • Hangman confronted Silver and Reynolds about sleeping with Adam Cole. Silver and Reynolds assured Hangman that they were on his side.

Mark Sterling —

  • A commercial played for Mark Sterling’s legal services.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Matt & Nick Explain It All’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • A very somber Matt and Nick Jackson addressed the fans. They said that they are going to get through this tough time, things will change, they’re not sure what they’re going to do about… Matt’s Dior shoes and Nick’s luggage being lost forever.
  • Brandon Cutler asked them if this was about Cody Rhodes, and Matt asked “What happened to Cody?”

The Elite —

  • Melissa Joan Hart was backstage at Dynamite. Matt and Dana Jackson appeared on her podcast.
  • Christopher Daniels gave Michael Nakazawa a form to renew his visa as HOOK looked on.
  • The Bucks confronted Matt Hardy about his “erratic behavior” and demanded that he take a drug test to spoof Jeff Hardy’s WWE situation. Matt and Nick collected a sample from Hardy without his knowledge.

Dark Order —

  • A trial was held with Jeff Jones serving as judge. Mark Sterling was suing the group for John Silver giving Sterling a brainbuster. Dark Order hired HOOK As their lawyer. Jones dismissed the case.
  • Silver and Alex Reynolds were planning for Adam Cole’s arrival in their hotel room. Cole entered with Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly. Silver and O’Reilly squared off with their air bass and air guitar. Reynolds started playing air flute. Fish played air drums. Cole ordered Silver and Reynolds out of the room. Cole apologized to Silver and Reynolds and told them to call him behind Fish and O’Reilly’s backs.

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth put on a colorful outfit and thrusted and danced for a segment.

Leva Bates & Peter Avalon–

  • Cezar Bononi took a Dr. Pepper from Bates. Bates tried to get back at him by dropping a bin of straws on him, but accidentally hit Avalon with the bin instead.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Hand Pay’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • Nick Jackson and Brandon Cutler schemed a way to get back at Christopher Daniels, hatching a plan to cold spray him in his good eye. Daniels cut them off and continued his Undertaker gimmick.

The Elite —

  • The Bucks and Cutler arrived in Atlantic City with Rick Knox following a long travel day. They signed for eBay sellers at the airport, then again at their hotel.
  • The Bucks got free swag from Foot Locker.
  • Cutler Cam showed footage from The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice match from Rampage, as well as Jay White’s Rampage appearance.
  • Matt won nearly $2200 while playing slots in Atlantic City. Cary Silkin had a brief cameo.

Dark Order —

  • John Silver and Alex Reynolds gave Adam Cole a Valentine’s Day card. Cole was mostly receptive to it, and also emailed Silver his pants back after last week’s episode. This was not as strong as the comedy with these guys last week, but the dynamic between these three is still far and away the highlight of the series right now.
  • The group is being sued by Mark Sterling and have one week to find a lawyer before the trial. They tried to hire Sterling to represent them, but he declined. Colt Cabana’s soul was transferred to an apple.

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth spoofed the Renegade Twins’ Twitter mishap from a week ago as he worked out at Golds Gym.
  • Nemeth delivered Olympics highlights.

Best Friends —

  • The group considered bringing in Danhausen, but Beretta was strictly against adding another member. The rest of the group debated whether Danhausen would also be in CHAOS if he joined Best Friends.

Peter Avalon–

  • Avalon fielded a call from some dude who wanted to know if his hat had been stolen. I’m not sure what this has to do with anything.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Incident Report’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • The cold open was quite literal, as The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler shoveled snow in Chicago on their way to the building for Dynamite and Rampage.

The Elite —

  • Michael Nakazawa gave Hook a cameo on the show to shout out the fans.
  • Danhausen also got a cameo.
  • Matt and Cutler hatched a plan to cold spray Christopher Daniels in his eyes. Instead, Cutler accidentally sprayed Nick in the eyes. Daniels then appeared and asked Cutler to fill out an incident report. Cutler then accidentally sprayed Matt in the eyes.
  • The Bucks arrived back in California and celebrated.

2point0 —

  • The lads cut a promo on Renee Paquette for ducking them and said that they’ll be BTE Champion forever.

Leva Bates —

  • Bates put a “kick me” sign on Serpentico, and Luther kicked Serpentico.

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth was on the red carpet for the Jackass Forever premiere, trying to get a part in the movie.

Dark Order —

  • Adam Cole was in bed with John silver and Alex Reynolds. They were trying to figure out a comfortable sleeping arrangement. Britt Baker was in another bed in the same room, and Cole asked her to help him get them out of the room. So Cole continues to warm up to Silver and Reynolds. Silver asked Cole to email him his pants. This was the highlight of the episode.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Cold Day at The Beach’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • The Young Bucks were shown hanging out in their trailer. Matt told Nick about the scary encounters he’s been having with Christopher Daniels. Nick downplayed them and thought Matt was exaggerating. Nick summoned CD by saying his name three times. Daniels appeared and scared Nick, who then apologized to Matt for not taking his fear seriously.

The Elite —

  • The gang arrived in Cleveland for Beach Break. It was cold in Cleveland.

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth began doing a PSA about plastics, but got sidetracked while flirting with someone at the gym.
  • Nemeth lectured the audience on the importance of reply all when responding to emails.

Dark Order —

  • The group transferred Colt Cabana’s soul from a pumpkin into a banana, then mocked Mark Sterling as he threatened to sue them.
  • John Silver and Alex Reynolds brought Adam Cole a fortune cookie. Cole let slip that he hopes they will become friends in 2022.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Ironic’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • The Young Bucks went on a rant while mocking the concept of scripted promos. 
  • There was a brief shot of Jon Moxley’s return immediately after the cold open shot from a different camera angle.

The Elite —

  • Adam Cole ran into Matt Jackson and alerted him that Christopher Daniels was looking for him. Matt went to use the bathroom. While he was going to the bathroom and singing “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette, Daniels interrupted and told him that he needed to discuss his family’s vision and dental insurance. 
  • Adam Cole and Britt Baker were shown in the go position before their mixed tag match on last week’s Dynamite. Backstage video of Cole cutting a promo on Orange Cassidy was also used. 
  • Cole, Baker and The Bucks bullied Brandon Cutler backstage.
  • Cutler Cam footage of Nick Jackson vs. Trent Beretta from Rampage wrapped up The Elite’s portion of this week’s show.

Dark Order —

  • Jade Cargill walked past and John Silver said “That Bitch Jade Cargill.”

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth was working out at Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach, California. He was going to do a PSA about recycling, but he stopped when he thought someone recognized him. The person confused him for his brother. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Nick’s Lost Luggage’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • Matt Jackson and Brandon Cutler talked about their battle with COVID as Nick Jackson was searching for his lost luggage.

The Elite —

  • Christopher Daniels’ gimmick of the scary head of talent relations continued. He gave Adam Cole his business card and told him to email or text him if he had any questions about payroll, travel or merchandise.
  • The Bucks were upset that Cutler grew a full beard in two days while they have to work hard to grow their beards.
  • Cutler got a pep talk from Michael Nakazawa, encouraging him to stand up for himself when Kyle O’Reilly calls him “Landon.” O’Reilly berated Cutler for not getting his latte order correct. Cutler did not stand up for himself.
  • Cutler Cam aired footage from Dynamite and Rampage.
  • Matt and Cutler again discussed Nick’s lost luggage.

Leva Bates & Peter Avalon–

  • Bates asked JD Drake why Peter Avalon wasn’t there. Drake said he cancelled Avalon’s flight because Leva is manipulative and doesn’t care about Peter. Bates stole Drake’s keys. Drake didn’t find out until later, then called Bates a “carny b*tch.”

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Head of Talent Relations’

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This week on Being The Elite —

  • This was a short episode, presumably due to Brandon Cutler being sidelined with COVID-19.

The cold open —

  • Christopher Daniels confronted Matt Jackson in a bathroom. Matt was afraid that Daniels was looking for retribution for him ending his AEW career, but Daniels said he needed him to look over his 401k papers. Daniels magically disappeared. 

Dark Order —

  • After being transformed into a tiny pumpkin on last week’s episode, the group looked after Colt Cabana. They then tried to brainstorm different ways to turn him back into a human. Stu Grayson thought that hitting the pumpkin with a chair might work, but he was talked out of it. 10 tried to give Colt drugs, but it didn’t work. Alex Reynolds offered the pumpkin money, but that also didn’t work. John Silver started kissing the pumpkin, then was going to perform sexual favors for it before he was stopped. The group decided to go to their dressing room to brainstorm more. 
  • Adam Cole approached Silver and Reynolds. He has been missing the attention that they were giving him. He was about to say something heartfelt, then Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly entered and the group started insulting Silver and Reynolds. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Accidental or on Purpose’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • Matt and Nick Jackson threatened to hit -1 with a BTE Trigger, but they missed. -1 then stole their shoes. 

The Elite —

  • Footage from Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly’s match on Dynamite was shown, as well as The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler watching the match backstage before they made their run-ins. The Bucks, Cole and Cutler speculated as to whether or not O’Reilly kicked Cole on purpose. 
  • The Bucks think O’Reilly can’t be trusted, while Cole wants to trust him. 
  • In the closing scene, Christopher Daniels returned and announced that he has work to do.

Dark Order —

  • The group returned to their old Daily’s Place lair. Colt Cabana did some magic tricks and turned himself into a miniature pumpkin. 
  • Adam Cole went to his hotel room and was secretly disappointed that Silver and Reynolds were not in this bed. They then cut to Silver and Reynolds in their hotel room, where they were a little sad that Cole wasn’t there for them to squeeze. 

Hollywood Hunk —

  • A commercial for milk aired. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Christmas Surprise’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • Trent continued his passive aggressive badgering of Wheeler Yuta. He told Yuta that he had taken his place in Best Friends while he was out injured, but he’s back now, so Wheeler can go. He then told Wheeler he was just kidding. 

The Elite —

  • The Young Bucks talked about how they hated to leave their families to make towns, but that’s what had to be done. They said that Adam Cole promised them a surprise. 
  • Matt and Nick went shoe shopping at a mall. 
  • Kyle O’Reilly’s debut was shown from Dynamite. 
  • Adam Cole told the Bucks that Bobby Fish had set up Kyle coming in, that he and O’Reilly have stuff to work through but they’re dangerous together. He said they’re a super group now with the three of them and the Bucks. Matt and Nick acted like they weren’t so sure about Kyle coming in and walked off. 

BTE Championship —

  • 2point0’s Matt Lee defended the Championship against Daniel Garcia in a rock, paper, scissors battle. 

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth got kicked out of a casting agency. 

Leva Bates & Peter Avalon– 

  • Leva Bates was trying on a Dark Order mask. JD Drake approached and said that Peter Avalon hasn’t been the same since she started messing with his mind. Drake tried to pay Bates to leave Avalon alone. Bates took the money and said she’s going to talk to Avalon anyway.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Spray Tan Party’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

Matt Jackson said that the was feeling blue as the holiday season approached. Nick Jackson and Adam Cole said that they knew the feeling. Cole said that he knew what would cheer Matt up — a spray tan party. 

Matt, Nick, Cole and Bobby Fish spray tanned each other. 

The Elite —

  • Cutler Cam footage showed The Elite’s match on Rampage. 

Dark Order —

  • John Silver and Alex Reynolds have moved on from Budge and are now into Hook. Cole seemed upset by no longer being the object of their attention. 
  • Hangman Page asked the group to keep an eye on his belt after his match with Bryan Danielson. 
  • Hangman announced that he’s getting stitches for Christmas. 
  • Dark Order exchanged Christmas movie quotes and decided to set up traps backstage.

2point0 —

  • The group fell victim to Dark Order’s traps backstage over a series of skits. 

Best Friends —

  • Trent showed Wheeler Yuta his new gear and called him a piece of sh*t. 

Leva Bates & Peter Avalon– 

  • Avalon gave Bates a Christmas gift. Bates gave Avalon a Christmas kiss.
  • Avalon had a video game deal go bad and he was attacked in a hotel room. 

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth, his assistant Milk, and Luchasaurus drank eggnog. Luchasaurus went on a bad trip from the eggnog.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Shoes & Behind the Scenes Views’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

A snippet of The Young Bucks appearing on Complex’s Sneaker Shopping with Joe LaPuma aired. 

The Elite —

The episode heavily focused on Matt and Nick shoe shopping in New York and spending thousands of dollars. Matt and Nick both joked that their wives would be upset with them. Nick mentioned that he had just spent $100,000 on a Tesla. 

They showed Cutler Cam footage from The Young Bucks and Adam Cole matches on last week’s AEW television.

The show is really desperate for content. 

Dark Order —

Leva Bates confronted Alex Reynolds for leading her on even though he’s married with kids. Peter Avalon and Alex Reynolds made up, but Bates said she wanted nothing to do with either of them. 

Hollywood Hunk —

Cezar Bononi sprayed Ryan Nemeth with tanner. 

Nemeth showed up at audition for a Michael Bay movie and got thrown out. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘BTE is Back’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

The Young Bucks spoke about taking a week off and how that had helped them recover from some burnout. They promised less personal information would be on BTE. They talked briefly about their three-year deals had always been three-year deals with a two-year option, and that they had their options exercised. 

The Elite —

Adam Cole did a commercial for the AEW General Manager mobile game. 

The Bucks shot some footage to be used for Giphy stickers. 

Dark Order —

Silver and Reynolds tried to talk to Adam Cole, but he told him that he hates them and doesn’t want to see them again. Instead of calling him “Budge,” Silver and Reynolds called him Cole and said they would respect his wishes. Cole acted sad as they left the room. 

The group discussed their problem with Bryan Danielson. Anna Jay told Danielson that she’s next and demonstrated on Stu Grayson what she wanted to do to Danielson, beating him up all over the backstage area.

Best Friends —

Kris Statlander prepared for her TBS tournament match. John Silver appeared and wanted to be part of the training montage, but Statlander kicked him low. Wheeler Yuta started joining in on the Silver beatdown, but Statlander choked him out. 

Hollywood Hunk —

Ryan Nemeth and Peter Avalon were both still caught up on their exes. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘So Long, Kenny’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • This week’s cold open was a commercial for Killing The Business coming out in paperback tomorrow. 

The Elite —

  • Matt Jackson stated that he and Nick were not medically cleared as of the filming of this last Wednesday. He said Nick had a foot issue and his neck was “giving him grief.”
  • They showed The Bucks doing a run-in on Rampage during Adam Cole’s match. 
  • The Elite gathered in Kenny Omega’s hotel room. He informed them that he wouldn’t be around for a while. Cole offered Omega a Monster energy drink, the same way that Cole was written out of the show when he went to NXT. Omega took a sip, teased “dying,” but was okay. Nick joked that he thought Kenny had signed with WWE or that he was going to die like Cole did. 

Dark Order —

  • John Silver and Alex Reynolds again crashed Adam Cole’s hotel room. The three argued over Cole being called Budge, they argued over Silver and Reynolds being in Cole’s bed. Cole woke up from a dream where he imagined Silver and Reynolds kissing him. 

2point0 —

  • Matt and Jeff cut a promo on Eddie Kingston on Chew of the Week. 
  • Matt and Jeff were informed that if they didn’t defend the BTE title in the next 30 days, they would be stripped of the belt. 

Best Friends —

  • Rocky Romero choked out Wheeler Yuta this week for impersonating Trent last week on the show. 

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth tried to invent a new genre of music called “the blues,” to get over his heartbreak. His assistant Milk agreed to join his band. Nemeth played the trumpet while standing in his swimming pool, then made Milk put on his “special big boy hat.”

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Hangman’s Tale’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • Nick Jackson continued his bit of doing funny voices when answering spam phone calls. 

The Elite —

  • Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks visited the Mall of America and the spot where the first WCW Monday Nitro was filmed, now a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles attraction. 
  • The group went to a casino and played slots. 
  • We saw backstage footage of Adam Cole and The Bucks at AEW Rampage, then preparing for their match at Full Gear. Matt explained that their gear was pink because that was his favorite color as a kid. 
  • Cutler Cam showed footage from the Full Gear pay-per-view. 
  • Hangman Page’s World title win from Full Gear was briefly touched on at the end of the episode. There was a little bit of backstage footage of Page being congratulated by the locker room and Omega walking away, then Page’s nameplate being put on the belt. 

2point0 —

  • Matt and Jeff cut a promo on Aubrey Edwards in their “Chew of the Week” segment.

Best Friends —

  • Chuck Taylor, Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander and Wheeler Yuta welcomed Rocky Romero to their hotel room. They tried to convince Rocky that Yuta was Trent. 

Hollywood Hunk —

  • Ryan Nemeth cut a promo on Cutler as he was dressed as a shark on the set of an “Untitled Michael Bay project.”