10 Things We Learned From 'Young Bucks: Killing The Business From Backyards To The Big Leagues'

10. Hulkamania Was Running Wild, Brother

Detailing their younger days and their first memories of professional wrestling, Matt Jackson goes on to cite Hulk Hogan as being one of the Bucks' go-to guys - which, let's face it, was pretty commonplace for young wrestling fans at a certain point in time.

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As Matt puts it in Killing the Business:

"Like me, my brothers gravitated to the lively, muscular, bald-headed Hulk Hogan. Before my parents knew it, we had the Hulk Hogan stuffed animals, bedsheets, mugs, lunch pails, and even hand grippers. We were full-blown Hulkamaniacs."

Interestingly, shortly after this, Matt goes on to talk up Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty, and the 1-2-3 Kid as other favourites - even detailing how he and Nick would nail their brother Malachi with a "perfectly synchronized double Superkick", à la The Rockers.

As for the first time he was bitten by the wrestling bug, Matt names his cousin's description of watching WrestleMania III on closed-circuit TV as being what really stirred his interest in the business. At that point in time, Matt was just two years of age - and he goes on to then discuss the various WWF and WCW shows he'd manage to convince his father to take the family to.

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