The Young Bucks Reveal Original Plans for Dropping AEW Tag Team Titles

Matt and Nick Jackson held the AEW Tag Team Titles for a long time until they dropped it to Private Party on the October 30 episode of AEW Dynamite. Interestingly enough, Private Party wasn’t supposed to win the titles at first as The Young Bucks have now revealed the original plans for them dropping the AEW Tag Team Titles.

While speaking to Social Suplex Podcast Network, The Young Bucks revealed that the plans for them losing the AEW Tag Team Titles changed many times during their last title run. Originally, they were supposed to drop the titles months earlier, but the creative plans changed four or five times in the last six months. At first, they were going to lose the belts to one team, then the plan shifted to another team.

“For instance, this last run we just had, we were supposed to drop those titles months and months before we actually dropped them, uh, but creative changed, I would say, four to five different times in the last, like, six months. Uh, at one point, we were going to lose the belts to a certain team, and then a month later, it changed to another team.”

They noted that Private Party approached them about wanting a long-term program, but at that time, Tony Khan had already planned a different direction for the storyline. Eventually, plans shifted again, leading to a match with Private Party at the WrestleDream pay-per-view in Seattle. The match was a huge success, and backstage, Tony Khan and the Young Bucks realized they had something special and this led to yet another pivot in the creative plans.

“And then, uh, I remember Private Party came up to us actually, and they mentioned about, uh, wanting to do like a long-term program with us. And we were like, ‘Well, sorry, man, Tony just gave us, uh, the layout of what we’re doing, and that’s not in the cards.’ Yeah, and, uh, something changed, and we—we ended up wrestling them in a—in a match at, uh—what pay-per-view was it? It was in Seattle.

Uh, we—but we tore the house down. And as soon as we got backstage, we knew. All right, T—it’s in Tony’s eyes. He—like—he was like, ‘I think we have something. I think we have something.’ And Matt and I thought the same exact thing, and we’re like, ‘We—we got to pivot. We got to change our plans again.’“

This was the fourth time the title plans changed, but the Young Bucks were happy with the result. It gave Private Party a chance to shine, and after five years in AEW, they felt the team was ready for a big moment.

“And that was, like, the fourth time changing plans for those titles to be dropped. And we were happy, though, because we wanted to put those guys over. They deserved the spotlight, and it’s been five years now, so they were ready for a big push.”

Thankfully, things truly worked out in the end for Private Party and that’s all that matters to them. As for The Young Bucks, they will be competing for the IWGP Tag Team Titles at Wrestle Dynasty next year, so we’ll have to see how that will turn out for them.

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