8 Wrestling Megastars That Started As Backyarders

6. The Young Bucks

Social media has to The Young Bucks been a vital tool in promoting their brand and ability having stayed away from the WWE spotlight for almost all of their wrestling career.

Nick and Matt Jackson only took on jobber duties for Vince McMahon in the mid-2000s before electing to dive headfirst into an independent scene that would flourish under their stewardship. The pair were deft with said dives from an incredibly young age, having revealed the fruits of their backyard labour in a tweet earlier this year.

The clips showed the pair executing several high spots rather well, foreshadowing their prosperous encounters as adults. Powerbombs through tables and chairs were emblematic of the Attitude Era performers they grew up idolising - but not the reinvented one they'd help create.

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