The Young Bucks' Role In Controversial AEW/CM Punk Footage Revealed
Were The Young Bucks REALLY not in favour of this week's CM Punk/Jack Perry footage?
Despite reports to the contrary, Fightful Select reports that The Young Bucks were "fine" with AEW's controversial All In footage angle on Dynamite.
Matthew and Nicholas Jackson presented CCTV footage of CM Punk's backstage fight with Jack Perry on the show. In kayfabe, they did so to further their feud with FTR, claiming that the London incident distracted them from their match with Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood last August, causing them to lose.
PWTorch's Wade Keller reported on Wednesday that the Bucks "weren't in favour" of the footage being shown on Dynamite. This dated back to the initial idea, with a source stating that outside of Tony Khan, they didn't know another person within AEW who agreed with the idea. Once Khan decided to show the clip, the Bucks developed ideas for how to present themselves in the segment, several of which were turned down.
Keller added, however, that another source with first-hand information dismissed the notion that the Bucks were forced or pressured into doing the segment. The Jacksons were described as "willing participants", according to this person.
Elsewhere, Fightful noted that FTR were given a heads-up about the decisions - and decreed that if it added to their storyline with the Bucks, they were okay with it.