The Young Bucks Talk Why They Wouldn’t Sign With WWE Now, AJ Styes Wanting Them To Come To WWE With Him

The Young Bucks, Nick and Matt Jackson, were recently guests on Chris Jericho’s podcast, Talk Is Jericho. You can check out some of the highlights here below:

Matt on AJ Styles wanting to bring he and Nick with him to WWE: “We had just signed a contract with ROH at the time in November because AJ pulled us aside and was like, ‘tell me you guys don’t have any contracts now please,’ and we were like, ‘we just signed.’ And he was like, ‘argh!’ because he wanted to bring us over too. And I don’t know if that would’ve happened, but that was his idea. And we were like, ‘naw, man. We just signed for two years’ or whatever it was.”

Matt on how it would been a dumb decision to sign with WWE at this point in their careers: “If we left right now [for WWE], it would be kind of dumb of us because they couldn’t pay us what we’re making right now, not with the schedule we’re on too. There’s no way.” Matt clarified, “of course they could [afford the pay]! Do you know what I mean? I just don’t think they would!”

Matt on The Young Bucks’ ceiling in WWE: “Historically, tag teams aren’t the main feature there, so I mean, would you say The Hardy Boyz were the last big [WWE tag team]?” Matt asked. “Yes, so it’s like, ‘well, do you want to put in 10 years there to get to the point of where the Hardys were?’ We have a lot of weighing options, but like [Jericho] said, if you get there, you make top dollar and you can’t make money like that doing what we’re doing.”

Matt on if they’d ever sign with WWE: “It’s always going to be a question. No matter how big we get, it will always be a question that lingers on in our career, I think, as well as Kenny because the three of us, well, he went to [WWE] developmental for a little bit, but people don’t remember that. I don’t even know if that counts as a WWE run, but it will always be a question. The way we’re going, we could probably quit in five years.” Nick said, “at this point, [WWE]’s not a goal. We don’t need it. It was [a goal] for sure. For our first eight years, that was the goal.

“We could literally quit tomorrow and do something else. And we would be fine though because we have enough saved now at this point. Like, we’re in a good spot!” Matt reflected, “we’ve built this empire, man, The Young Bucks brand. What else could I want? That would be literally the last missing piece, going there and doing a run.”

You can listen to The Young Bucks’ interview on Talk Is Jericho by clicking this link here.

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions