The original plan for the Young Bucks at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door involved them winning the IWGP Tag Team Championships.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that initial plans were for the AEW Tag Team Champions to face the heavyweight tag champions from NJPW at the pay-per-view.
“Gedo’s original idea was for the Young Bucks to win the IWGP tag titles on the show and make it AEW vs. IWGP tag titles,” Meltzer wrote. “It was changed, and the Young Bucks were on board with that change.”
The decision was later made that it would be an interesting story for FTR to hold the IWGP, ROH, and AAA tag titles. It also sets up a match between FTR and the Young Bucks with four sets of titles on the line.
“While belts mean less because there are so many of them, there is now a natural push for Young Bucks vs. FTR with four sets of belts at stake and being pushed as a unique match in wrestling history, and could logically be billed as the biggest tag team championship match in history, for that reason,” Meltzer continued.
Matt & Nick Jackson have won the heavyweight IWGP tag titles once previously. They defeated Evil & SANADA for the belts at Dominion in 2018 and then dropped them to the Guerillas of Destiny at Fighting Spirit Unleashed that September. The Bucks are also seven-time former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
The opening this week featured a series of shots of the Young Bucks hugging and pretending to super kick the camera as a narrator said, “Live, love, Superkick.”
The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler
Matt & Nick Jackson showed off some new shoes they bought while making fun of Cutler.
They eventually told Cutler he was suspended for the next week so he would not get to go to Mexico with them for TripleMania. Cutler would instead go to Legoland.
They bragged about being rich enough to get new gear for every match and showed off what they wore for last week’s 10-man tag match on Dynamite.
Adam Cole and Christopher Daniels
Adam Cole was cutting a promo in the back when Daniels appeared out of nowhere and said he wants a rematch for the BTE Championship. Cole pretended to get a call from Fish & O’Reilly so he wouldn’t have to defend his belt this week.
Daniels appeared to get a call about someone on the roster having said something to Dave Meltzer and he ran off as well.
The Young Bucks on AEW Dynamite last week
Footage was shown of the Young Bucks from last week’s Dynamite in Philadelphia. Along with Cole, Fish, and O’Reilly they wrestled in a 10-man tag.
After the match, Cole and the Young Bucks talked about how united the Undisputed Elite now are. Matt said they were, “All in on the Undisputed Elite.” They then made fun of Cutler some more.
The Young Bucks and the Hardys
The Hardys came in to congratulate the Bucks on their win on Dynamite. The Bucks are almost back to being their old selves after going through a depressing period following their loss to FTR.
Matt Hardy said that when they have the dream match with the Bucks, he wants them to be their best and be their old cocky selves.
After the Hardys left, Matt called Edge and Christian the best tag team of the 2000s. Nick said it was actually the Dudleyz. They then said the Hardys were only over because of Lita and her thong.
The camera panned out and the Hardys had been listening all along. Matt Hardy was happy the Bucks were back to being themselves again.
Ryan Nemeth —
Nemeth shared what a day in the life of being a Hollywood hunk is like. He talked about doing an audition over Zoom and how he sometimes just randomly has to pose for pictures.
The Young Bucks go to Mexico, Cutler goes to Legoland —
Footage was shown of the Young Bucks traveling to Mexico. Some footage was also show of Cutler going to Legoland during his paid suspension.
Highlights of the Young Bucks at TripleMania was shown.
The Hardys
The video cut to the Hardys before the end. Matt looked at the camera and said, “Young Bucks, I knew you’d come!”
Adam Cole, Danhausen, Evil Uno, the Young Bucks, and Brandon Cutler were shown asking each other questions such as, “What kind of super-power would you like to have?” While multiple people said they would like to be able to fly, Cole mentioned he wants to be able to teleport.
The Young Bucks —
Nick Jackson bragged about paying $4000 for three pairs of shoes. Highlights of their match against Top Flight from Rampage on Friday night then aired before the video cut to the next scene.
Hangman Page —
The AEW World Champion was shown buckling his belt into the passenger’s seat of his car. The camera panned to the backseat where several members of the Dark Order were squished together. Reynolds claimed he called shotgun but Page seemed unmoved by this. They agreed to drive to Chilli’s but as the car drove away there were more Dark Order members hanging out of the trunk.
The Young Bucks —
Matt & Nick Jackson were in the back talking about their match against Top Flight from Rampage. Matt mentioned it would be great to swing by the ROH Supercard of Honor show but they can’t be in two places at once. The idea being that they are not acknowledging that Rampage was a taped show.
Nick said he knows someone who can help them teleport to the show. He then transformed into his “Merch Freak” character. The brothers then traveled through some type of portal and arrived in Dallas. Clips of them running in after the Briscoes vs. FTR match were then shown.
Howdy Price —
Howdy Price tried out new hats. Finally, someone brought out the exact same model of his previous hat that was stolen by Negative One.
The hat then began to talk and insulted Howdy’s breathe. This then led to him running amok and beating up everyone in the room.
Ryan Nemeth —
Nemeth encouraged fans to cheer for the camera. After a few other questions, he then instructed the fans to act like they were crying. Only a few obliged. Clips of him doing a standup routine were shown as well.
BTE Championship —
Adam Cole said he would accept a challenge from the next person to walk through the door. Cutler then walked in and the match was on.
The winner of the game would be the person who picks a number between one and 20 that is closest to the same number Matt Jackson picks.
Matt revealed the number he picked was seven.
Cutler went first and picked three. Cole went second and hit Matt’s number on the nose when he guessed seven. Cole retains the title.
The Young Bucks then confronted Cole over what happened last week but agreed to let bygones be bygones and the show came to a close.
Matt Jackson, one half of former AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks, has COVID-19, along with stablemate Brandon Cutler.
According to Bryan Alvarez, both Jackson (seen above) and Cutler got the virus and since brother Nick Jackson was with the two men for 18 hours recently, he was deemed a close contact. As a result, all three men won’t appear on this week’s AEW Dynamite debut on TBS and won’t be back on TV until they are cleared.
The Bucks changed their Twitter bio Tuesday to, among other things, say that Matt had COVID-19.
All three are believed to be at home in California and didn’t make the trip to Newark, New Jersey, for Wednesday’s show. It’s unknown when the positive tests came in, but it was not Tuesday.
The Bucks weren’t announced for a match on either Dynamite or Rampage this week and appeared on last week’s show as the storyline with Adam Cole and the reformed reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) continued.
We take a look at the life and wrestling career of Tracy Smothers with a major feature as the lead story in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer.
We look at those he helped teach, his last two decades on the independent scene, his battle with cancer, with comments from his friends and many of today’s major stars. We look at the unique first time he was in the ring, wrestling bears, playing sports growing up, the famous first TV taping he worked against five Hall of Famers in one night. We look at his runs in different territories, his first major title, the birth of the Southern Boys tag team, the best match of 1990 in U.S. wrestling, why the Southern Boys name was dropped, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, ECW, Freddie Joe Floyd, The Thugs and much more.
Also in this issue:
Kylie Rae stepping away from pro wrestling and some of the lessons this should teach us.
Preview AEW’s Full Gear show as well as WWE’s Survivor Series, looking at the matches, the booking, selling tickets and what can be expected.
The WWE Twitch situation, a WWE meeting with employees, what is banned at the Thunderdome, A&E specials, where wrestling stands in sports ratings, WWE ratings outside the U.S., college star talks WWE, next week’s TV, most-watched shows on the WWE Network and current WWE market value.
Preview both New Japan tournaments coming up. We look at how much the junior talent in New Japan has dropped over the last year and why.
The last fight of Anderson Silva in UFC and his career, as well as full coverage of Saturday’s UFC show.
Gate of Destiny, one of Dragon Gate’s signature events of the year, the angles, who is getting promoted, the future of the company as well as match-by-match coverage.
DDT’s Ultimate Party.
Ratings breakdowns in every segment for Wednesdays and every category for other shows, looking at stats not available elsewhere to get the deepest read into how shows are doing, what categories are doing well and how shows compare with previous weeks and one year ago.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
We’ve got a new show up today talking with Tony Khan about the first two years of AEW, Full Gear, booking, Gedo, angles that fans changed and much more. We’ve got polls this coming weekend for Full Gear and Power Struggle, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to [email protected]
An update on the Matt Jackson injury. He’s had improvements in his knee since first hurting it doing the stage dive a couple of months back. The MCL problem was a direct result of the dive in the match with Butcher & Blade. The ACL issue is likely just from years of use but he’s not quite sure. He can work on it like he’s done the past few months.
Power Struggle tonight at 3 a.m. Eastern and Midnight Pacific on New Japan World:
Toru Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr. with no turnbuckle pads for the KOPW title
Minoru Suzuki vs. Shingo Takagi for the Never Open weight title
Kazuchika Okada vs. Great O’Khan
KENTA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the U.S. title briefcase
Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White for the Tokyo Dome IWGP title shot
Tetsuya Naito vs. Evil for the IWGP & IC titles
The winners in the top two matches would face off in a main event at the Tokyo Dome for both titles.
UFC tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern:
Anthony Birchak (136) vs. Gustavo Lopez (135.75)
Max Griffin (170) vs.; Ramiz Brahimaj (170)
Darren Elkins (145.5) vs. Luiz Eduard Garagorri (145.5)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima (258) vs. Alexandr Romanov (260)
Giga Chikadze (145) vs. Jamey Simmons (146)
Trevin Giles (185.5) vs. Bevon Lewis (185)
Claudia Gadelha (115.5) vs. Yan Xiaonan (115.5)
Ian Heinisch (185.5) vs. Brendan Allen (185)
Raoni Barceloa (135.5) vs. Khalid Taha (135.5)
Andrei Arlovski (244.5) vs. Tanner Boser (232.5)
Thiago Santos (205.5) vs. Glover Teixeira (205.5)
New Japan Strong tonight at 10 p.m. on New Japan World:
Fred Rosser vs. Jordan Clearwater
Jeff Cobb & Rocky Romero vs. Rust Taylor & JR Kratos
The ban of MMA on television in France has officially ended. MMA has been banned from television forever, but there is a large fan base that watches it off television stations in the U.K. and Luxembourg. The guidelines are that it can only air after 10:30 p.m., it must have a 16 and older viewer rating, fights too violent are not allowed and no glorification of violence is allowed (thanks to Tony Bouin).
The situation with Scorpio Sky is that he told AEW medical that someone he was in contact with might have COVID and he was pulled from Wednesday’s show. The person tested negative and Scorpio Sky has tested negative twice so he is cleared to return.
WWE
Elayna Black, who has worked a number of indies and AEW Dark, is part of a tryout going on right now.
AEW
The movie podcast “Medium Cool” has an interview with Andy Williams, aka “The Butcher.”
MISCELLANEOUS
Linda McMahon tweeted “Stand with the President Donald Trump for a fair count of legal votes. Ignoring court orders and breaking state laws is the opposite. We must continue the challenge.” The irony of wanting a fair count after dismantling the post office in an attempt to make sure mail ballots arrived late and eliminating voting boxes in cities where a high percentage of those voting would vote against him makes fair count of legal votes rich.
LFA on 11/20 and 12/4 on Fight Pass has shows from Park City, KS. The 11/20 show is headlined by Nick Browne (10-1) vs. Arthur Estrazulas (12-4) for the lightweight title and Myron Dennis (17-7) vs. Dylan Potter (9-4) at light heavyweight. 12/4 has Maycon Mendonca (10-4) vs. Batsumberel Dagvadorj (7-0) for the welterweight title and Mo Miller (4-0) vs.; Regivaldo Carvalho (5-2) at bantamweight.
The U.K. lockdowns have put on hold the return of Pro Wrestling Eve this weekend.
Glory has announced 12/19 on FITE TV for Badr Hari vs. Benjamin Adegbuyi
CWE from last night in Morden, Manitoba: Travis Cole b EZ Ryder,.Shaun Martens b Sammy Peppers, AJ Sanchez & Kevin O’Doyle b Danny Duggan & Mentallo, Kevin Cannon b Cole Zwiep, Sammy Peppers & Cole Swiep b Kevin Cannon & Shaun Martens.
CWE has three more shows left this month, 11/26 in Grand Prairie,Alberta, 11/27 in Red Deer, Alberta and 11/28 in Calgary.
Northeast Wrestling is debuting a new Studio Wars show on Tuesday night at Highspots.com
Dalton Castle vs. Brody King is on this weekend’s ROH TV show.
Matt Jackson of the Young Bucks has a partially torn MCL and thinning of the ACL, considered a slight tear.
Bryan Alvarez reported the injuries on Wednesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, explaining that is why Jackson has been selling an injury caused by FTR Pillmanizing his ankle on a recent Dynamite.
Alvarez said Jackson suffered the injury in a July falls count anywhere match he and Nick Jackson had with The Butcher & The Blade. On the match-ending flying elbow spot off the set onto the stage (pictured above), the table leg jammed up his knee. He has been rehabbing it ever since, apparently avoiding surgery. The team has worked in eight matches since the injury.
Dave Meltzer noted this isn’t the first time Jackson has taken a real life injury and turned it into a storyline, referencing a back injury he had while still with New Japan Pro Wrestling.
The Bucks will face FTR for the AEW Tag Team Titles on Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view and if they lose, they will never challenge for the belts again.
This story was updated at 5 PM Eastern Thursday. | Image: AEW/Lee South
Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite was an injury-laden one, not something the company was looking for heading into the Double or Nothing pay-per-view Saturday.
Making their first appearance since March due to the pandemic, the Young Bucks returned at the end of the show in a brawl featuring The Elite vs. The Inner Circle. However, Matt Jackson may have injured a rib on his left side, either a break, torn cartilage, or a bad bruise, on a dive he and brother Nick did from the stands.
He was active in the brawl and was even taking chair shots and knees to his ribs, only visibily showing pain just before the show went off air. He is scheduled to be in Saturday’s Elite vs. Inner Circle Stadium Stampede match.
Britt Baker looked to have seriously injured her right knee in a tag match with Nyla Rose, Kris Statlander, and Hikaru Shida. Baker was sitting in the corner when Statlander and Shida slammed Rose on her bent right knee.
Baker immediately grabbed her knee and shin and continued to work for a few spots afterward, clearly unable to put any weight on it. Rose dragged her to the corner and tagged herself in, allowing the AEW doctor to check on Baker. She is scheduled to face Statlander in a singles match Saturday.
Finally, Fenix appeared to be injured following a big dive spot onto the competitors for Saturday’s Casino Ladder match, landing hard on his back and hip on the outside of the ring. Our Dave Meltzer confirmed Thursday afternoon that he will be working Saturday as planned.
BTE 200 opened with a compilation of the various intros the show has used over the years.
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Matt Jackson defeated Nick Jackson
The show itself began with Matt Jackson making his entrance on the tennis court in Nick Jackson’s backyard. Matt remarked that it was just like Nick not to show up for their match.
Just then, Nick hit a dive from a balcony to the tennis court and covered Matt for a near fall. “Now that was a house show dive,” remarked Nick.
The two brawled to the garage gym. Matt stood Nick on his head with a DDT and picked up a two count. They brawled close to Nick’s house. Matt’s kids were shown watching the brawl from inside. Mrs. Matt closed the blinds.
Back outside, Matt hit five consecutive northern lights suplexes for a series of near falls. Nick answered with a swing DDT. They foreshadowed a water bump by brawling near a swimming pool.
Nick hit Matt with a pair of superkicks, then laid him across a table. Nick hit a swanton bomb off the roof of a picnic area. There may have been a cleverly hidden crash pad. If not, that was a profoundly stupid bump to take.
Again they brawled near the pool. Nick dunked Matt’s head in the water. Matt fired up and superkicked Nick on to a diving board. Matt hit a destroyer off the diving board into the pool. The ref jumped in after and counted a near fall in the pool.
Nick asked Matt if he wanted to see some magic. Nick snapped his fingers and the two were transported to a barber shop window set. Nick was dressed as Shawn Michaels, Matt as Marty Jannetty. Nick sent Matt through the barber shop window.
Matt awoke from the dream sequence on a raised platform on a hill on the property. Nick hit Matt with a shovel. Nick hit a powerbomb on the platform for a two count. Matt sold his back.
Nick teased throwing Matt off the platform. Matt blocked and hit a tombstone for a near fall.
Matt put on a shoe covered in thumb tacks. He hit a superkick to Nick. Nick was shown bleeding. They spoofed the Shawn Michaels/Ric Flair “I’m sorry, I love you” spot.
Matt hit a second superkick and Nick took a bump off the platform onto some boxes and foam padding.
Matt followed with an elbow drop off the platform. He then covered Nick for the finish.
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After their match, the brothers sat on the platform and talked about their journey over the last four years. Nick said he’s not back to full health yet, but he needed to do the match today for the fans.
The Bucks then threw to a montage of moments from the first 199 BTE episodes.
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The show finished with The Bucks in a car.
“Where to next?” Nick asked.
“For the first time ever, I don’t know,” said Matt.
“Well, actually Matt, there is that one thing we still need to do,” Nick said. Matt agreed.
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The final scene showed Nick closing his computer. Rather than the usual closing credits, there was just a fade to black.
The ending left open the possibility that the show could go on hiatus, but there was nothing definitive.
Matt and Nick Jackson were shown filming promos to hype up their match on next week’s BTE 200. Matt said this was the biggest match of his career. Brandon Cutler reminded him of two AEW ppv matches. Matt ultimately decided this was the ninth biggest match of his career.
Nick said the match will be held in his backyard on the BTE Compound.
Matt refused to discuss any of his brother’s weaknesses.
Nick said that Matt’s weakness is his back and he plans to attack it.
Matt said he loves his brother and doesn’t want to hurt him.
Nick said he’s better than Matt.
Matt said he has an insurance policy under his shoe.
Matt Hardy provided analysis on the upcoming match both in and out of his Broken character.
Scorpio Sky, Brandon Cutler, Cody, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Kenny Omega, Joey Ryan, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Fat Ass Massa, Colt Cabana and Flip Gordon broke down the match.
Kazarian said that Matt has called Nick a jobber that he’s tired of carrying.
Cody acted out the way he sees the match going with Young Bucks Funko Pops.
Scurll said Matt and Nick are dead to him.
Ryan said that Nick has the best hot tag in the business but this isn’t a tag match.
Cabana taunted Omega.
Gordon said he was going to try to get booked.
Massa said f–k The Young Bucks.
Matt and Nick asked Cutler to make a prediction for the match. he refused.
In a Under The Limit battle royal that aired on part two of Being The Elite’s 199th episode, Nick Jackson eliminated Matt Jackson and the right to call his shot for the main event of next week’s BTE 200.
His pick? A no DQ, anything goes singles match against Matt to prove he is ready to return to competition.
The two were the final two entrants in the nine man battle royal and went at it for several minutes. The finish came when, following a battle on the apron, Nick german suplexed Matt on the apron and he rolled off to the ground.
The two have wrestled in singles action before, notably in 2010 at the wXw 16 Carat Gold tourney and another in 2011 for Impact Wrestling when they were known as Max and Jeremy Buck (Generation Me).
The match took place on the same tennis court where they have been holding matches for recent episodes of BTE. The battle royal featured all three members of SCU, Peter Avalon, Brandon Cutler, Simon Lotto, and Steven Andrews. The rules were that wrestlers could enter every 60 seconds and jobber teams (Lotto/Andrews) could enter at the same time.
Episode 197 of Being The Elite caught up with the cast as they adjusted to life in quarantine.
Some highlights include:
Matt Jackson ate some coffee beans and told his son that the coffee shop was open for business.
Nick Jackson gave a status report. He has been playing an arcade game recommended by Adam Cole “before he died.”
Nick and his wife welcomed the birth of a son. Nick said the baby’s name is Michael, so if he becomes a wrestler, he’ll be named Michael Jackson. [Editor’s note: also if he does not become a wrestler]
Matt and Nick worked out with Brandon Cutler in Nick’s home gym. Matt coughed but assured the guys he does not have coronavirus.
Kenny Omega gave an update from the set of Dynamite. He assured us that Colt Cabana was not in the room. Cabana’s face appeared on the television screen behind Omega.
Christopher Daniels had a 50th birthday party. His guest joined him via video conference. His gifts included a mask, toilet paper, bottled water and hand sanitizer.
Peter Avalon called Cutler from a landline while listening to a record player to taunt him about losing to Cabana.
Luchasaurus said he needs to find his tail.
Matt answered fan questions.
Hangman Page played Animal Crossing, watched Tiger King and worked out in full gear, all while ignoring calls from Nick, Kenny, Cody and Matt.
Episode 196 of Being The Elite chronicles events surrounding last week’s AEW Dynamite in Jacksonville, Florida.
Some highlights include:
Matt Jackson gave a coronavirus update and urged people not to hoard toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
Kenny Omega stole toilet paper from Matt’s hotel room, leaving Matt to use a shower curtain for toilet paper.
Omega rocked and sang a lullaby to a bunch of toilet paper rolls as if they were a child. Self-quarantine is driving Omega to madness.
Brandon Cutler and Matt navigated a nearly empty airport in Florida.
Omega started to give an update on his injured hand but was interrupted by Matt. Matt asked Omega to carry out some cases of water with his injured hand. Omega moved the water cases, revealing that Colt Cabana had been hiding behind them.
Omega and Cabana did a slapstick chase routine. Cabana got away. Matt retrieved the water himself.
Matt Hardy cut a promo threatening to eat blood and guts and delete the Inner Circle.
Hangman Page was drinking alone at a bar. He forgot his wallet and couldn’t pay his tab. Matt approached and paid the tab, then started to have a conversation with Page as the episode ended.
A memoir from The Young Bucks is coming to bookstores later this year.
At the start of today’s episode of Being the Elite, it was announced that “Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big League” is now available for pre-order. The book is co-written by The Young Bucks’ Matt & Nick Jackson and published by Dey Street Books. It’s being released this fall and will retail for $27.99.
The listed release date for the book is Tuesday, September 29.
“Nearly 20 years ago, our father built us a wrestling ring in our back yard. Our journey to become professional wrestlers began here,” Matt Jackson said in a press release. “Then after years of hawking T-shirts out of duffel bags at independent shows across the U.S., documenting our lives on a web series filmed on our phones, and performing at the biggest events in Japan, we’d eventually land the dream job of a lifetime.
“We’re excited to share the story of how we got there, after overcoming past failures, and finally deciding to play by our own rules, ignoring traditions, earning us the reputation by critics as two wrestlers who were ‘Killing The Business.’ This memoir is yet another milestone in our career, all thanks to the support of our amazing fans.”
The Young Bucks won a tag team battle royal on Dynamite last week and will challenge Kenny Omega & Hangman Page for the AEW Tag Team titles at Revolution this Saturday. The pay-per-view is taking place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.
This week in wrestling, NJPW completed its weekend in Long Beach, Chuckie T went for The Big One in PWG, AJ Styles won the US one at MSG, and WWE finished building to Great Balls of Fire. Here’s my favorite wrestler(s) this week. Who’s yours?
The Young Bucks
Wrestling isn’t typically the place to go to find incredible, sincere gestures of kindness and compassion, yet at the second night of NJPW’s G1 Special in USA, such an act took place. And it was by the Bullet Club’s residents superkick partiers, The Young Bucks, no less.
The moment I’m talking about is, of course, the tribute The Young Bucks made to Dave Meltzer’s father, Herbert Meltzer, who recently passed away. The Bucks hit a new, ultimate version of the Meltzer Driver during their match with Roppongi Vice, naming the move the Herbert Meltzer Driver, in honor of Dave’s father.
I went into the G1 Special expecting some great wrestling, and I was not disappointed. What I did not expect was one of the sweetest, and most dangerous tributes I have ever seen. Certainly not from Young Bucks of all people. No offense to them, but kindness and compassion aren’t typical Bullet Club attributes.
Wrestling in 2017 is just full of surprises. At this rate, I may still have hope that Tomohiro Ishii will someday become IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
