Various: Young Bucks on AEW Keeping Characters Fresh for Television, Hidden Gems, Indies

Young Bucks Comment on AEW Not Wanting to Over-saturated Their Characters for Television

Entertainment website Decider held a recent interview with the Young Bucks and one of the topics discussed included All Elite Wrestling not wanting to over-saturate their characters on weekly television.

Nick Jackson – “Our characters won’t be over-saturated. That’s a problem for the current product for mainstream wrestling right now. You see wrestlers way too often, way too many times, and you become fatigued with that character and that superstar, and they lose that superstardom.”

Matt Jackson – ““[There’s] just time for things to breathe. Everything is so overexposed right now.”

Matt Jackson – “I don’t think everybody has to be on the show every week, necessarily. Like if they’re not needed, maybe they stay home that week. Or we just give them a little bit in the back. Sometimes it’s just too much. But if we give them a little bit of flavor every week or every other week I think it would be fine. I really do.”

Nick Jackson – “We already have a lot of wrestlers in our contracts, so we don’t need to have them weekly. So some wrestlers might not even be on them every single week of the year. So a lot of people are going to have great schedules that are way better than any wrestling company in the world.”

WWE Network Hidden Gems Addition

This week’s addition to WWE Network’s Hidden Gems series is British wrestling themed, featuring six classic matches.

The first gem is from an October 30, 1981 event from Stampede Wrestling featuring a singles match of Adrian Street vs. Davey Boy Smith.

Stampede Wrestling 10/30/1981 – Street’s Stampede
Two of Britain’s best square off when Adrian Street faces Davey Boy Smith from Stampede Wrestling.

The second gem is from an October 1, 1984 event from Mid-South Wrestling featuring a singles match of “Exotic” Adrian Street vs. Bobby Fulton.

Mid-South Wrestling 10/01/1984 – “Exotic” Adrian Street vs. Bobby Fulton
“Exotic” Adrian Street battles Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics in this exciting match from Mid-South Wrestling.

The third gem is from a December 2, 1984 event from Mid-South Wrestling featuring a singles match of Terry Taylor vs. Adrian Street.

Mid-South Wrestling 12/02/1984 – Terry Taylor vs. Adrian Street
Terry Taylor takes on one of wrestling’s most interesting characters in Adrian Street in this bout from Mid-South Wrestling.

The fourth gem is from a November 30, 1991 Live Event from WWF featuring a WWF Championship match of The British Bulldog vs. The Undertaker (c). The Undertaker only had two title defenses during his reign and neither were televised nor were released on home video.

WWF Live Event Ontario 11/30/1991 – The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog for WWE Title
The Undertaker defends his WWE Championship against the British Bulldog in this rarely seen contest from Canada.

The fifth gem is from an April 13, 2008 Live Event from WWE featuring a WWE Championship match of Triple H vs. Randy Orton (c).

WWE Live Event Nottingham 04/13/2008 – Randy Orton defends WWE Title against Triple H
Randy Orton looks to successfully defend his WWE Championship against Triple H across the pond.

The sixth and final gem is from a December 15, 2015 NXT Live Event from WWE featuring a NXT Championship Triple Threat match of Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor (c).

NXT Live Event Cardiff 12/15/2015 – Bálor defends NXT Title vs. Samoa Joe & Zayn [Duration: 29:49]
Finn Bálor puts the NXT Championship on the line against Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn in a Triple Threat Match.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Lance Storm reportedly is currently not expected to work in a full-time role for Impact Wrestling following his recent stint as an agent and producer for the company, according to PWInsider. Mike Johnson reported that Storm currently has plans to resume working full-time in wrestling but for a different company instead.

Arn Anderson’s new podcast show, The Arn Show, will be debuting this September on the Westwood One audio network, according to the show’s official Twitter account.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced a new match for their Destruction in Kobe 2019 event on September 22nd in Kobe, Japan:
– IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito (c)

Ring of Honor announced a new match for the card of their Global Wars Espectacular event on September 6th in Dearborn, Michigan:
– RUSH vs. Stuka Jr.