Young Bucks discuss AEW Revolution, friendship with Cody Rhodes

The Young Bucks are preparing to have the biggest match of their career at AEW Revolution.

At the pay-per-view, The Young Bucks will be on the opposite side of the ring for Sting’s retirement match. Sting & Darby Allin are defending their AEW Tag Team titles against The Bucks in a tornado tag match this Sunday (March 3).

Speaking with Sports Illustrated ahead of Revolution, Nick Jackson said this is a moment that means a lot to him and his brother:

It’s a crazy rollercoaster ride we’ve been on the last 20 years. I remember watching Nitro, seeing Sting come down from the rafters to attack the NWO, and how mad I’d be that he’d always beat up Hogan. So to see him still performing at a high level all these years later is amazing. For Matthew and me to be his last match means a lot. It’s the biggest match of our career, and it’s a moment I didn’t think would happen.

The Young Bucks have only faced Sting once before, teaming with El Phantasmo in a loss to Sting, Allin & Shingo Takagi at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2022.

Matt Jackson added that The Young Bucks have always respected Sting, and it’s up to them to help Sting stick the landing to his legendary career:

Forbidden Door was the very first time we’d ever been in a ring with Sting. You can get caught up in moments like that when you’re standing face to face with an icon. It can mix you up and take you off balance because you almost get caught watching yourself, like you’re in a movie or a dream. You have to stop acting like a fan and remember you’re a participant. I remember more about how I felt in that match, and less about what happened.

This match at Revolution, nobody is more emotional about it than my brother and me. Although we usually rooted against Sting when we were kids, we always respected his game. It’s a lot of responsibility on our shoulders. Sting has had a legendary career, and it’s up to us to stick the landing. But this isn’t going to be Kobe scoring 60 points on his final night. We’re looking for a shutout. And I know Sting wouldn’t want it any other way. He mentioned us being in for the fight of our lives. We live for high pressure, high stakes, big fight feel matches. Nobody performs better in those types of situations than us. Sixty-four years of age, performing in his final match or not, we’re not going to take him lightly.

Also in their interview with Sports Illustrated, Nick Jackson discussed The Young Bucks’ friendship with Cody Rhodes. Nick said that, in a weird way, Cody leaving AEW made them grow as friends:

Cody is the face of the WWE now, and it’s cool to see because we always knew how much of a star he was. The founders of AEW will always have a lifetime bond with each other because we all know what we did for wrestling. We talk every week and in a weird way him leaving made us grow more as friends.