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VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘Secret Secret I’ve Got A Secret’

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This week’s episode of Being the Elite focussed on Matt Jackson hiding a secret from Kenny Omega. 

The Dark Order approaches Kenny Omega —

  • Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Evil Uno walked into Omega’s locker room. 
  • Reynolds let Omega know that Matt Jackson is keeping a secret from him but Omega didn’t want to hear it. 
  • Reynolds, perhaps not wanting to hurt anyone’s feelings, then said the secret is that Matt ate the last piece of peanut butter cheesecake in catering.
  • Omega was furious about this and asked to see “the paper trail!”
  • An enraged Omega asked everyone to hold him back. He then said he is going to confront Matt over this unforgivable act of dishonesty. 
  • Omega said he’s starting to think Matt isn’t the friend he thought he was.

Kenny Omega confronts Matt Jackson —

  • Matt Jackson then entered Omega’s locker room. 
  • Omega asked Matt if there is anything he’s been keeping from him. 
  • Matt said he hasn’t slept in days because the secret has been eating him up inside. 
  • Omega starts to wind up his fist to punch Matt and says “I hope this tastes as good as the peanut butter cheesecake!”
  • Matt then realized Omega didn’t really know what his secret is and went along with the idea that it is only that he ate the last piece of cheesecake. 
  • Omega then told Matt he forgives him and ordered him out of his room.

In a post-credit scene, Omega was shown in his locker room still fuming over the cheesecake. 

Also on this week’s episode, Ryan Nemeth promoted his upcoming comedy show, Hunkamania, on May 27 in Las Vegas.  

VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘Cheese Puffs’

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Matt Jackson explains The Elite/Hangman Page drama —

  • The video opens this week with Matt Jackson trying to explain the history between Hangman Page and The Elite to Konosuke Takeshita. Nick Jackson refers to it as the best story in wrestling history but Takeshita said the Bloodline is better. 

The Young Bucks deal with Ebay collectors at the airport —

  • The Young Bucks are at the airport and spotted some Ebay sellers wanting their autographs. So, they gave them their “house show signatures.” 
  • Later when they arrive at the Hard Rock, it’s teased that Matt Jackson has something hidden in his backpack. 

Leva Bates visits a confession booth —

  • Leva Bates goes to a confession booth (run by Ryzin) and mentions her husband, Peter Avalon, has been gone for two months and she’s been having some unpure thoughts about several AEW roster members. It took her so long to list off all those she’s had unpure thoughts about that Ryzin falls asleep. 

Ryan Nemeth in front of a green screen (he still walks funny) —

  • Nemeth was taking photos in front of a green screen when his partner made more complaints about how he walks in such a weird way. They ended up cancelling the shoot as a result. 

Alex Reynolds knows Matt Jackson’s secret —

  • The Dark Order visit The Elite’s locker room. They admit that perhaps The Elite are better friends to Hangman Page than they are. They teased that The Young Bucks would never betray their friends, especially not on a pay-per-view. 
  • Alex Reynolds then whispered in Matt Jackson’s ear, “if you don’t tell them, I will.” 
  • Shortly after, Matt Jackson is shown with his backpack arriving back at the hotel. The camera focuses on his backpack as ominous music plays  in the background. What does Matt have in the backpack????
  • When Matt gets back to his room he opens the backpack and starts pulling out cheese puffs and eating them. 
  • A post credit scene featured Nick Jackson telling Omega that Takeshita said the Bloodline storyline was better than theirs. Omega said they were still second or third best so it’s no big deal. 

VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘Takeshita’

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The ongoing drama involving The Elite, Konosuke Takeshita, Hangman Page and Dark Order was featured in this week’s episode of Being the Elite. 

After footage of Takeshita rescuing The Elite from an attack by the BCC last week aired, Don Callis, Takeshita and The Elite were shown backstage. Callis and the Young Bucks were really thankful to Takeshita for what he did but Omega seemed uneasy with him being there. The Bucks would later say Takeshita is an “honorary” member of The Elite. 

Later in the episode, Evil Uno would approach the Young Bucks and asked about Hangman Page, who he says has been ignoring his texts. However, the Bucks lied to Uno and said they haven’t heard from Hangman. 

The Elite plan a promo —

  • Kenny Omega told the Young Bucks in the back that he had secured time for them to cut a promo on Dynamite. He said they were being given “MJF time,” meaning a 30 or 45-minute promo. 
  • Nick Jackson revealed to Brandon Cutler that the reason they were delayed in rescuing him and Michael Nakazawa from the Blackpool Combat Club the other week is that they wanted to “maximize the pop.” Brandon seemed okay with this. 

Highlights from AEW Dynamite–

  • Clips of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks cutting a promo on Dynamite last week is shown. Brandon’s footage of the Blackpool Combat Club’s attack and Takeshita coming to the rescue airs as well. 

The Elite and Konsuke Takeshita backstage —

  • In the locker room after the segment, Callis is thrilled with what happened but Omega doesn’t seem too enthusiastic about Takeshita being there. Matt Jackson invited Takeshita to hang out with The Elite, but Omega continued to seem hesitant about everything.  
  • The Young Bucks would later refer to Takeshita as an “honorary member.”

Evil Uno speaks with The Young Bucks —

  • Evil Uno told the Young Bucks that Hangman Page has been leaving his messages on read. Uno just wanted to know if Page is okay but the Bucks say they don’t know and haven’t heard from him.  
  • Uno is also concerned that Page is unable to find any cheese puffs. 
  • After Uno left, Nick Jackson revealed they have been in contact with Page and Matt Jackson said he actually does know where the cheesy puffs are. 

VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘No Longer Just A Stooge’

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Brandon Cutler and Michael Nakazawa Stand Tall —

  • Cutler and Nakazawa are shown in the back before last week’s match against the Blackpool Combat Club. 
  • Clips of a bloody Cutler and Nakazawa getting beat up in the match are shown accompanied by Cutler singing the ballad he performed last week. 

Jeff Hardy returns to AEW —

  • Footage of Jeff Hardy returning backstage to AEW is shown.

Rosario Grillo update —

  • Grillo revealed that his fracture has healed and he will be able to return shortly.
  • He is back to 69% Superkick capacity. 

Ryan Nemeth and his pets —

  • Nemeth had more questions about wrestling for his pets this week. He wanted to know if Vince McMahon now looks like the guy from the Pringles can with his new mustache. 
  • His pets were asked if they will be going to Double or Nothing in Las Vegas next month. Their response was inconclusive. 
  • One dog mentioned they don’t watch the modern product and prefer the Attitude Era. 

The Dark Order checks in on Brandon Cutler —

  • John Silver & Alex Reynolds visited The Elite in their locker room after Dynamite. Matt Jackson asked them where they were when Hangman Page was getting beat up by the Blackpool Combat Club two weeks ago. 
  • The Dark Order told The Elite they’ve been making Cutler’s life hell for the last two years. 
  • Omega then said that “Nobody here is friends with Hangman” which drew confused looks from everyone else. 
  • Silver pointed out that he has kissed Hangman’s cat, implying that this makes them close friends. 
  • Omega told Cutler that while he lost on Dynamite, the way he fought was a moral victory. 
  • Later, the Young Bucks told Cutler that he deserved a day off. 

Hangman Page watches Dynamite

  • A clip of Hangman Page watching last week’s Dynamite is shown at the end of the video. 
  • A shot of his laptop shows Evil Uno has texted him saying they haven’t been able to get through to him and they never would have left the venue if they knew he was going to confront the BCC. 

AEW’s Matt Jackson suffered partially torn biceps in Trios title three-way

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AEW’s Matt Jackson is currently dealing with an injury.

On the post Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez said Jackson had suffered a partially torn biceps during the three-way AEW Trios Championship match with House of Black, Jericho Appreciation Society and The Elite that took place earlier this month in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on Dynamite.

“Apparently it happened early in the match and he worked the whole match with it,” Alvarez said.

“He opted to not get surgery and is hopeful he’ll be back quicker,” Meltzer added. “(With) surgery, you’re looking at seven months.”

Meltzer did not know what the timetable is for his return. He said the injury angle from last week’s Dynamite was designed to write him off TV to explain his absence. The Young Bucks were attacked by the Blackpool Combat Club and were taken away in an ambulance.

“As far as timetable, it’s probably not too long? I don’t know. (Double or Nothing) is in two months. Two months feels short which is too bad if they are not on pay-per-view,” he said. 

VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘Stolen Ambulance’

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Charity basketball event highlights —

  • Nick Jackson and Brandon Cutler are at a charity basketball game from last Tuesday. 
  • Orange Cassidy put forth the kind of effort you would expect him to. 
  • Jade Cargill won a game of Horse. 
  • A player on the high school team won the three-point contest. 
  • Nick Jackson ended up winning some sort of skill game as well. 
  • Kenny Omega thanked everyone for coming out at the end. 

Ryan Nemeth talks to his pets about wrestling —

  • Nemeth had many questions about several pro-wrestling topics that he asked his dog and cat this week. They both seemed to largely ignore him. 
  • He asked his dog about Forbidden Door but didn’t get much of a response. 
  • Nemeth asked if we are going to see Bray Wyatt vs. Goldberg at Forbidden Door but neither his dog nor cat had any opinions on this. 
  • It wasn’t mentioned in this week’s episode, but Nemeth walks kind of weird. 

Nick Jackson and Brandon go to a casino —

  • Nick and Brandon are in a casino at 2 a.m., which is sometimes a concerning sign. They mentioned they had been gambling for about 10 hours. 

Dark Order segment–

  • The Dark Order minus Stu Grayson were shown having a conversation. Clips of Grayson being assaulted by the Blackpool Combat Club are shown. The Dark Order then yell for people to keep it down while they are recording, unaware the sounds were their stablemate being attacked. 

Trent Beretta breaking the rules —

  • Beretta and Chuck Taylor were shown stealing the same ambulance Page drove into the arena on Dynamite last week. 

Matt Jackson in hospital —

  • Matt Jackson was shown in his hospital bed after being attacked on Dynamite last week. He is shown sending a text to someone named “Kenneth” on his phone. Omega was listed as “Kenneth” in the text message chain from last week’s episode. 
  • Matt wrote “Okay. So, in an effort to be completely transparent, I want you to see this. Our friendship is too important to me & there should be zero secrets. Love ya man.” It looked like a clip from last week was attached to his message. 
  • But then he deleted everything and didn’t send it. 

VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘AEW Revolution 2023’

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Opening: The Elite’s promo does not go as planned —

  • We opened up this week with Omega seemingly practicing a promo backstage. He mentioned to the Bucks that they haven’t had much time to speak since they returned from suspension but he had secured 10 minutes of TV time for a promo. The scene then cut to The Elite having been attacked by House of Black during their entrance on last week’s Dynamite.   

Backstage at the Cow Palace —

  • The Bucks brought up that the last time they were in this building, they were attacked by the Bullet Club Firing Squad at the G1 Special in San Francisco in 2018. 

JD Drake teaches Ryan Nemeth how to bowl —

  • AEW held a community bowling event ahead of AEW Revolution. Drake had the unenviable task of teaching the game to Nemeth on this week’s BTE. 

Peter Avalon wants to divorce Leva Bates —

  • Avalon, who recently cut his hair, seemed very concerned that his storyline spouse is also sporting a new hairstyle and expressed that he would like a divorce. 

Trent Beretta breaks the rules —

  • A new segment, Trent Beretta Breaking The Rules, debuted this week. He was shown playing with an old school fire alarm this week as Ryan Nemeth sounded concerned off-camera. 

Highlights from AEW Revolution 2023 —

  • Highlights from the World Trios Championship match from Sunday’s pay-per-view were shown. 
  • The Elite were shown looking beat up and dejected in the back before the show came to an end. 

VIDEO – Being the Elite: ‘Goodnight, Son’

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Opening —

  • The show opened this week with members of The Elite shooting hoops on a basketball court. 
  • Matt Jackson told the camera that they were doing pre-tapes in the other room and had come in to ask them to be quiet, but they kept shooting baskets nonetheless. The clip ended with Tony Schiavone reminding them that they are still doing pretapes in the other room. 

Peter Avalon shows off some of his awards —

  • Peter Avalon showed off a series of awards that were given to the Norwegian Pearl but he chose to take credit for them himself. This was filmed aboard the Jericho Cruise. 

Ryan Nemeth provides an update from the Jericho Cruise —

  • Nemeth texted his girlfriend about all the fun he was having on the Jericho Cruise and how many matches he’d had. His girlfriend texted back to complain that he doesn’t win any of his matches and she continued to express concerns regarding how he walks. 

Highlights from AEW Rampage —

  • Brandon Cutler’s footage of The Elite vs. Matt Hardy, Ethan Page, and Isiah Kassidy is shown. 

The Dark Order continues to recruit —

  • The Dark Order was discussing their latest recruiting attempts when they decided to approach Hangman Page. 
  • Page told the Dark Order that if he’s associated with them then Jon Moxley is going to come after them and he doesn’t want that. 

VIDEO: Being the Elite – ‘Reach For The Sky, Boy’

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Opening —

  • The show opened this week with a travel montage featuring the Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler arriving in Lexington, Kentucky for Dynamite. 

The Young Bucks photoshoot —

  • The Young Bucks took part in a green screen shoot for moving photos this week. Along with Kenny Omega, they are the last on the roster to do these. 

John Silver has the perfect recruitment method for the Dark Order —

  • Silver demonstrated his new recruitment method to Reynolds on this week’s show. It involves simply calling people and doing the old “Whassup” thing that was popular many years ago. 
  • However, Evil Uno did not say the line correctly, the mood was killed, and everyone hung up. 
  • It’s not clear if this led to any new recruits or not.
  • Claudio Castagnoli was shown in a post-credit scene also not understanding how he is supposed to say Whassup. 

Footage of Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal from AEW Dynamite —

  • Backstage footage of people watching the match on the monitor was shown. 
  • Mark Briscoe was shown in the back, hugging several members of the ROH and AEW roster. 

VIDEO – Being the Elite: ‘For Jay’

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Opening —

  • The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler are shown driving to last week’s show in Fresno. They spoke about the passing of Jay Briscoe, how much they loved him, and how it’ll be tough wrestling on TV that night. Nick Jackson noted that it was completely voluntary for talent to work the show. 

Highlights from AEW Dynamite —

  • Cutler’s footage from the Young Bucks vs. Top Flight from last week’s Dynamite was shown. 
  • Matt & Nick Jackson spoke about their match with Darius & Dante Martin in the back after. They noted that they had been so distracted throughout the day that they actually forgot to wear their Trios Championship belts out to the ring. 

Ryan Nemeth goes snowboarding —

  • Nemeth’s segment this week featured interviews with some local snowboarders and footage of a snowboarding trip he took. 
  • Nemeth and the snowboarders talked a lot about all these cool tricks Nemeth was doing but he looked like he was struggling with even just getting on the board in the footage that was shown. 
  • There were more concerns expressed regarding how Nemeth walks.

The Dark Order try to recruit Adam Cole —

  • Adam Cole returned to the show and Alex Reynolds and John Silver tried to recruit him into the Dark Order. Cole said if they stop calling him “Budge” he was into the idea. 
  • Then Evil Uno walked in and called him Budge and Cole said he needed to sleep on it. 

After the show —

  • The Bucks, Cutler, and Christopher Daniels were in the car getting ready to drive home after the show. 
  • Nick said it was good to be able to be with people that were close with Jay. 
  • Matt said Mark Briscoe watched the match and was texting with them. Daniels also said that he heard from Mark that night. 

Speak Now: Bandido vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynamite recap

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Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo on her weekly Speak Now Pro Wrestling post-show where she covers AEW Dynamite every single Wednesday here on F4W Online.

Matches announced for the show:

–Orange Cassidy(c) vs. Jay Lethal –AEW All-Atlantic Championship.

—The Young Bucks(Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Top Flight(Darius Martin & Dante Martin)

–Jake Hager vs. Ricky Starks

–Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm

–Darby Allin(c) vs. KUSHIDA – AEW TNT Championship

— Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido

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VIDEO – Being the Elite: ‘Game 7’

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Opening —

  • The video opened with footage from The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler at a Clippers game the night before Dynamite.
  • Instead of a travel montage, we saw the Bucks enjoying the game from a private box. 
  • Brandon’s camera spotted Konsuke Takeshita and Don Callis dressed in old-school LA Kings jerseys at the game and they were apparently getting kicked out by security. 

Matt Hardy & Ethan Page try to recruit Brandon Cutler to The Hardy Party —

  • Things seem to be going better between Matt Hardy and Ethan Page. 
  • They spoke with Cutler backstage this week and encouraged him to join The Hardy Party. Cutler will team with Page, Hardy, and Isiah Kassidy on Dark: Elevation this week. 

Matt Hardy turns into Broken Matt Hardy —

  • After meeting with Page and Cutler, Hardy went to the bathroom where he morphed into his Broken character. 

“Smart” Mark Sterling commercial —

  • Sterling bragged that while some lawyers are right most or some of the time, he is right all of the time. He then listed off a series of things he has been right about including MJF winning the title (and that everyone likes him), that Samoa Joe is untrustworthy, and that all polar bears are left-handed. 

The Dark Order discuss their recent recruitment drive and ignore Colt Cabana in the background —

  • John Silver, Evil Uno, and Alex Reynolds discuss what qualities they are looking for in a new member. Colt Cabana is shown in the back, seemingly thinking they were talking about him but instead they walked up to John Morrison. Silver, Uno, and Reynolds asked Morrison to become “Johnny Dark Order.” He said if they are able to recruit the Bollywood Boyz then he’ll join too. 

Footage of Match 7 between The Elite and Death Triangle —

  • Cutler’s footage from Match 7 between The Elite and Death Triangle is shown. 
  • Matt Jackson showed off some of his injuries from the match in a post-credit scene. 

The Elite win AEW World Trios titles in best-of-seven series

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The Elite have regained the AEW World Trios titles, defeating Death Triangle in their best of seven series.

After tying the series 3-3, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega defeated PAC, Penta El 0 M, and Fenix in an escalara de la muerte (ladder) match on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The finish had Kenny Omega give Fenix a one winged angel off a ladder propped up by another ladder and ropes to the floor. Omega then grabbed one of the Trios titles for the win.

Death Triangle’s reign with the titles ends after 126 days. They defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) to win the vacant championships back on the September 7 edition of Dynamite.

The Elite were the first Trios title holders, winning them at All Out. However, a fight between them and CM Punk backstage led to them being stripped of the titles and suspended. They returned at Full Gear, losing what ended up being the first of seven matches between themselves and Death Triangle for the titles. The Elite went on to lose the next two matches before eventually tying Death Triangle in a Falls Count Anywhere match on the December 28 edition of Dynamite.

VIDEO – Being the Elite: ‘Recruitment Bootcamp’

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Brandon Cutler is all alone —

  • The Young Bucks are off this week and Kenny Omega was in Japan for Wrestle Kingdom. The weekly travel montage featured only Brandon as a result. 

Peter Avalon and Leva Bates have a “practice kid” —

  • Now that Avalon has a grown-up haircut, he and Leva Bates are seeing if they are ready to have children. They decided to try with a practice kid, who just so happened to be Luther. 
  • Avalon did not seem to enjoy the experience. 

The Hollywood Hunk goes Bollywood? —

  • The Bollywood Boys approached Ryan Nemeth about giving up his movie career in Hollywood. They suggested he go Bollywood instead. 
  • It took 90 seconds, but they eventually convinced Nemeth to come with them. 
  • Nemeth would later promote his comedy show on Wednesday night. 

The Dark Order is recruiting —

  • Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, and John Silver discussed recruiting new members into the Dark Order.
  • Silver and Reynolds noted that they are recruitment specialists and should lead the project. 
  • Uno suggested recruiting Rick Ross, Satnam Singh, and The Bollywood Boyz. 

Promo for Ethan Page vs. Orange Cassidy gaming championship match —

  • Highlights from the All Elite Arcade gaming channel are shown. Ethan Page and Orange Cassidy will square off for the gaming championship Wednesday on Twitch. 

VIDEO – Being the Elite: ‘A Crimson Christmas’

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The Young Bucks stand-ins —

  • This week’s travel montage was a little different. Instead of following Matt & Nick Jackson as they traveled to Dynamite and Rampage last week, we saw their stand-ins go through an eight-hour travel day. 

Hunk’s Hollywood Holiday —

  • Nemeth’s video this week begins with his girlfriend crying because she has to film a video of him on Christmas. Nemeth is unsympathetic to her concerns. He offered her a milkshake. 

Brandon Cutler gives out Christmas cards —

  • Brandon mentions that he met a family that has traveled to over 40 AEW events. They made cards for several wrestlers that Brandon then handed out during this segment. 

Leva Bates & Peter Avalon take LSD and have a second wedding ceremony —

  • Bates and Avalon take acid and decide to have a second wedding ceremony, this one in front of the devil. Ryzin performs the ceremony. 

NBA on BTE —

  • Daniel Garcia and Isiah Kassidy are back with another episode of NBA on BTE this week. They analyzed The Elite vs. Death Triangle best of seven series. 

Footage from AEW Dynamite —

  • Highlights from Match five in the series between The Elite and Death Triangle are shown.