The Young Bucks

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The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Jason and Brian Rapaport (also known by their ring names Matt and Nick Jackson) from Southern California. They are working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) as well as various American independent promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). They are also known for their time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where they performed under the ring names Max and Jeremy Buck and the tag team name Generation Me (occasionally abbreviated to GenMe).

Previous accolades include reigns as Chikara Campeones de Parejas, Dragon Gate USA's Open the United Gate Champions, ROH's World Tag Team Champions, record tying three reigns as PWG's World Tag Team Champions and being the only team to win PWG's annual Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament on three separate occasions (2009, 2011 and 2013). At one point during 2014, they held the ROH World, PWG World, and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships simultaneously.

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Training and debut

[edit] High Risk Wrestling (2004–present)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

[edit] Feud with The Dynasty (2007–2008)

[edit] World Tag Team Championship reign (2008–2010)

[edit] Various feuds (2010–2012)

[edit] The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling (2013–present)

[edit] Dragon Gate (2008–2009)

[edit] International Wrestling Entertainment (2008, 2011)

[edit] Chikara (2009–present)

[edit] Ring of Honor (2009–2010, 2011–2012, 2013–present)

[edit] Dragon Gate USA (2009–2010, 2012, 2013–present)

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

[edit] Early run (2009–2010)

[edit] Heel turn (2010–2011)

[edit] X Division (2011)

[edit] Return (2013)

[edit] New Japan Pro Wrestling (2013–present)

See also: Bullet Club

[edit] Personal lives

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing tag team moves
  • Double rope-hung DDT – TNA
  • Early-Onset Alzheimer's (Double or stereo superkicks to one or two opponents respectively)
  • Meltzer Driver (Springboard somersault spike kneeling reverse piledriver) – 2014–present
  • More Bang for Your Buck (Rolling fireman's carry slam by Matt followed by a 450° splash by Nick followed by a moonsault by Matt)

• Signature tag team moves
  • Aided dropkick
  • Corkscrew neckbreaker by Matt onto Nick's knee
  • Crazy Dive (Matt front dropkicks an opponent through the ropes, holds on, skins the cat and holds the top rope down for Nick to hit a suicide dive through his legs)
  • Indytaker / More Bang for Your Fuck (Springboard spike kneeling reverse piledriver)
  • Matt powerbombs an opponent into the knees of Nick, who is seated on the top rope
  • N'Sync (Double hip toss followed by a double back handspring into a double dropkick to the face of a seated opponent)
  • Springboard splash (Nick) / standing moonsault (Matt) combination
  • Stereo 450° splashes
  • Stereo dropkicks
  • Wheelbarrow hold by Matt into a slingshot sitout facebuster by Nick

• Matt Jackson's / Max Buck's finishing moves
  • Diving corkscrew somersault into a cutter
  • Rope hung DDT – TNA
  • Worst Case Scenario (Victory roll flipped forward into a modified wheelbarrow facebuster, as a wheelbarrow bodyscissors counter)

• Nick Jackson's / Jeremy Buck's finishing moves
  • 450° splash

• Nicknames
  • "Mr. Instant Replay" (Matt)
  • "Slick Nick" (Nick)

• Managers
  • Marty Jannetty
  • Maria Kanellis

• Entrance themes
  • "MMMBop" by Hanson (Independent circuit)
  • "Generation Me" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
  • "Last Chance Saloon" by Deviant and Naive Ted (NJPW; used while a part of Bullet Club)
  • "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (NJPW; used while a part of Bullet Club)
  • "Double Barrel" by Yonosuke Kitamura< (NJPW)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Alternative Wrestling Show
  • AWS Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Chikara
  • Campeonatos de Parejas (1 time)

• DDT Pro-Wrestling
  • Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)

• Dragon Gate USA
  • Open the United Gate Championship (1 time)

• Empire Wrestling Federation
  • EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Family Wrestling Entertainment
  • FWE Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Future Stars of Wrestling
  • FSW Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• High Risk Wrestling
  • Sole Survivor Tournament (2006) – Nick Jackson

• House of Glory
  • HOG Tag Team Championship (1 time)
  • HOG Tag Team Championship Tournament (2013)

• Insane Wrestling League
  • IWL Tag Team Championship (3 times)

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (5 times, current)
  • NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Kenny Omega
  • Super Jr. Tag Tournament (2013)

• Pro Wrestling Destination
  • PWD Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Tag Team Championship (4 times, current)
  • Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2009, 2011, 2013)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked Matt Jackson #77 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
  • PWI ranked Nick Jackson #76 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014

• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (3 time, current)

• SoCal Uncensored Awards
  • Southern California Match of the Year (2011) vs. Kevin Steen and Super Dragon (wrestler)Super Dragon on December 10
• Southern California Match of the Year (2012) vs. Future Shock (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly) and Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied) on July 21
• Southern California Match of the Year (2013) vs. DojoBros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong) and Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) on August 9
• Southern California Tag Team of the Year (2007–2009, 2014–2015

• Squared Circle Wrestling (Syracuse, New York)
  • 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Squared Circle Wrestling (Toronto, Ontario)
  • SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • 5 Star Match (2016) with Adam Cole vs. Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Will Ospreay on September 3
  • Best Wrestling Maneuver (2009) More Bang for Your Buck
  • Best Wrestling Maneuver (2014) Meltzer Driver
  • Tag Team of the Year (2014, 2015)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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