Recently, the Young Bucks made a return to All Elite Wrestling. They returned with a brand new look, wearing suits and sporting mustaches. Recently, WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Morton reacted to the Young Bucks’ look.
This past week on AEW Dynamite, The Young Bucks had a sit-down interview with Renee Paquette. During the interview, the former AEW World Tag Team Champions referred to all the issues they have faced in AEW over the past couple of years. They also subtly referenced CM Punk by calling him a ‘Cancerous Superstar‘. They also claimed the company began to lean on him and that is when their original vision of the company switched tracks.
It is to be noted that while both Nick and Matt Jackson were talking to Renee Paquette also mentioned that Sting was not cancerous by any means. They also praised the WWE Hall of Famer and mentioned that he is one of the best in the business. They also mentioned that being the Executive Vice Presidents of the company they will make sure that they are the final opponents for Sting. The Icon is set to wrestle in his final match at the AEW Revolution pay-per-view.
Ricky Morton took to Twitter to react to the interview segment. Jokingly, the WWE Hall of Famer hinted that Nick and Matt Jackson are dressed like one of his past gimmicks.
“I know a Richard Morton, @youngbucks Fax me ;),” Ricky Morton tweeted.
That gimmick he referenced was Richard Morton, the name he used in WCW. Morton was part of the York Foundation in WCW along with Alexandra York (Terri Runnels), Michael Wallstreet (Mike Rotunda/IRS), Terrance Taylor, Thomas Rich and Mr. Hughes.
“It could work again today”
Rotunda, aka Irwin R. Schyster, spoke with WrestleZone about one of the other stables he was part of, The Varsity Club. Rotunda talked about how “bragging rights” is still relatable and believes the gimmick could still work today.
“Up to the point that we did the Varsity Club, you often had college athletes that had wrestled or played football or whatever, but they were babyfaces. And this was a whole different spin on it. You know, taking it to a heel level where you could actually knock people for where they lived and what school they back, so I think it could work again today.”
“If you had the right chemistry with the guys in it that actually had wrestled or played football. If you got the right group together, I think it could work this day and age. Rivalries have gotten bigger, especially with college football and basketball and it’s huge now with the media coverage, where back in the day, there were rivalries but it was more [localized]. Now you have national rivalries because you’ve got so big a coverage [footprint], like an Alabama playing Florida or Clemson. It’s just huge now because of the ESPN football and everything like that. It could still work, I think. I think it could be redone, for sure.”
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