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Brothers, merchandise machines, Indie darlings, pro wrestling entrepreneurs, the driving force behind All Elite Wrestling, Elite.
These are just some of the ways to describe Matt and Nick Jackson, collectively known as The Young Bucks.
I missed out on the big one - best tag-team in the whole world, and it isn't even close.
That at least, is the sentiment held by a lot of fans. And judging by the number of tag-team titles they have held, a lot of wrestling promoters hold the sentiment as well.
Their accomplishments are too long to list, so I'll give you the cliff-notes version; 28 tag-team championships across promotions, including both the IWGP Junior Heavyweight and Heavyweight tag team championship.
They promoted, funded, and main-evented the independent show, ALL IN - the first non-WWE promotion to draw over 10,000 fans since the days of WCW. Most recently, they have been the driving force behind All Elite Wrestling, the upstart promotion funded by the billionaire Khan family.
It has been argued that there is one thing missing from their list of accomplishments - they have never performed for the WWE.
That is not likely to change for a while, given the launch of AEW, but it got us thinking. What if the Young Bucks had signed with the WWE? What if they had faced these men?
#1 The Revival
This is somewhat of a dream match for hardcore fans. The buzz for this match was most fervent when The Revival were tearing it up in WWE NXT, consistently having the best match on the card.
The appeal was simple; which was truly the best tag-team in the world?
Was it the throwback, old-school Revival, the team that espoused the motto - 'No flips. Only fists'?
Or was it the self-aware, super-kick spamming Young Bucks, the very team who appeared the most in gifs of "flippy $h!t"?
Some argued that it was The Revival, citing their numerous Match of the Night candidates as proof.
Some argued that it was The Young Bucks, arguing that they performed at a very high level almost every night, unlike The Revival who had weeks to prepare their matches.
This rivalry was acknowledged by both teams, and was even part of a running-gag on the Bucks' YouTube series, 'Being The Elite'.
Whilst we can argue about who the better team is, and debate about who would have won this match, one thing is certain; we missed out on a great wrestling match.
#2 The New Day
The Young Bucks are veritable merchandise machines; everything they touch turns to gold. Their merchandise on pro wrestling tees regularly sells out, no matter how absurd.
The WWE issued them with a cease and desist, essentially legally barring them from using the 'Too Sweet' gesture. Their response? To monetize it of course! Their 'cease and desist' t-shirt was one of their best selling merchandise items ever.
The point I am trying to make is this: The Young Bucks can get anything, and I mean anything over.
Does this sound familiar?
Like certain multiple time Double-u Double-u EEE World Tag Team CHAMPIONS?
Y'know, The New Day.
The same team that were so over that grown men bought New Day unicorn horns.
The same New Day that got a fictional cereal, Booty-Os so over, that WWE actually launched a cereal called Booty-Os?
Forget the matches (which would likely be excellent).
I want to see this feud, just to see the antics these two teams get up to.
#3 The Usos
This match-up should happen for the super-kicks alone.
That is how good these two teams are.
They could sell us all on a feud built upon the premise of which team has the better super-kick.
Seriously.
However, there is another intriguing angle to explore.
There are three truly elite brother tag-teams in the modern era of wrestling. Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy - The Hardy Boyz, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson - The Young Bucks.
And Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso - the Usos.
The Usos, as they tell us, have been together ever since day one.
The Young Bucks conquered independent wrestling together.
The Usos have cemented themselves as one of the best tag-teams in the entire history of the WWE.
The Young Bucks are arguably the best tag-team in the entire world.
This match is both as good as it gets, and as simple as it gets.
A battle between two sets of brothers to prove once and for all which is the best tag team in the world.
