The Young Bucks discuss Blood and Guts match

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The Young Bucks Offer Inside Look at Blood & Guts

Matthew and Nicholas Jackson detail AEW’s signature match

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On working with Mark Briscoe again:

“We wrestled The Briscoes so many times,” said Nick Jackson. “It felt really good to wrestle Mark. When he was hitting those Jay Drillers on all of us, I knew Jay was smiling. I was feeling pain by then, but I still kind of smiled a bit during that moment.”

“Wrestling Mark, it was like old times,” said Matt Jackson. “It brought back so many memories of years past. For a stretch of time, it seemed like we wrestled every other weekend at an independent show or a Ring of Honor event. We developed such a camaraderie and rivalry.

“Out there at Blood & Guts, I was reminded of the amazing chemistry we have. It’s like lightning in a bottle, a type of magic you only have with a very few select opponents.”

“I felt Jay out there with us,” said Matt. “I couldn’t stop thinking about him. It was such an overpowering feeling.”

On the match itself:

“This match definitely felt fresh with so many different players in it,” said Matt. “Team AEW was a group of various styles, so I think it made the match more interesting. And with the addition this year to our team of the best big match wrestler in history–Kazuchika Okada–and the unpredictable Scapegoat Jack Perry, The Elite was much more versatile. Because of multiple moving parts, intangibles, and injuries, the build wasn’t what we had planned, but I think we still made this one work.

“I heard a lot of people in the back saying it was the best Blood & Guts ever, so that’s a huge compliment to the men who participated. They all certainly have our respect.”

“I don’t think The Acclaimed have ever been in a match like that before, and they showed a way more violent side,” said Nick. “Swerve seemed superhuman in there taking all those staples to the flesh and laughing about it, which was terrifying. Mark, we knew he would be insane. The same goes for Darby.”

“Darby is out of his mind crazy,” said Matt. “When production lowered the cages down earlier in the day to look over everything, I heard Darby climbed to the top while he was wearing socks. He’s fearless. We’ve done some crazy things in our career, and even he frightens us.”

“Tons of people stood out. I thought Bowens had a great night and showed just how hungry and tough he is. Jack Perry showed never-say-die attitude and perseverance. We obviously showed the naysayers again that we can still hoop and move around with the best of them. In fact, I don’t know if anyone else worked harder or took more punishment than we did. And coming up with new ways to violently inflict pain on someone has become a great joy of ours. Whether it’s a barbed wire board sandwich, or making Max Caster eat thumbtacks before a double superkick so he hopefully can’t rap for a long time, I get giddy when I come up with a new way to hurt someone I don’t care for.

“This is certainly the marquee match in AEW, and it’s quite the daunting task to perform in a match like this. We’ve done two of them now, and I shared this with a couple of people, and I know I can’t tell the future, but I think that might’ve been my last one. Who knows. I think I’d like it to be.”

“At this point, coming up with the ideas is a lot more fun than executing them,” said Nick. “It’s a really intense match. And Darby is the most unpredictable wrestler in the business. You can’t really prepare for someone who isn’t scared of pain. When he was doing the monkey bars into the coffin drop, it blew my mind.”

On the Jack Perry chair shot

“All I know is Jack is fine, and that’s all that matters,” said Nick Jackson. “We know the risk we’re taking in the ring and it wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t prepared for it.”

On Okada's transition to AEW:

“Okada has come to AEW and completely stepped out of his comfort zone,” said Matt. “I couldn’t be prouder to see him trying new things and learning a new style. He’s a movie star with perfect timing, an unbelievable sense of humor, and he just so happens to be the greatest wrestler alive. I can tell you while he doesn’t exactly prefer being in these types of matches, he’s certainly having a damn good time. It would’ve been so easy to just come here and rely on the things he’s already known for. I’m so proud of him and his versatility.”

“Okada is the best,” added Nick. “He is performing so great and adapting to new matches he’s never been in as well as I’ve seen anyone be able to do it on the fly. It’s been so much fun working with him these last several months. There’s no one better.”