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Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues
Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson
4.11 AVERAGE
79 reviews for:
Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues
Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson
4.11 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Reading this in 2025 makes me sad with the downfall in quality of AEW. At the end of this memoir, there is such a hopeful tone for what was to come with the company and it is sadly a shadow of it's former self. I found it hard to root for the Jackson's in the first half of the book because of their cockish behavior they display. Not to mention it seems to have gotten worse as the years have progressed. The second half makes this book likable, but it sadly can't save my opinion on the Bucks as a whole.
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Great to hear their story from the beginning. Nick and Matt Buck lol
A good overview of the Young Bucks' career from their childhood to the formation of AEW, the wrestling federation that has upended the entire business in just a couple of years. Unlike many other wrestling autobiographies, the book was actually written by the Bucks themselves with every chapter's author alternating between Matt and Nick.
Much like Bryan Danielson's "Yes!" and Mick Foley's "Have a Nice Day", "Killing the Business" is very personal and talks a lot about the fears, hopes, dreams and uncertainties of Matt and Nick on their journey. The content is wonderful and if you're someone who discovered the Bucks only in recent years through their work in AEW, you'll learn a ton about their past work, build a big list of matches you suddenly desperately want to hunt down, and learn a bunch of cool little details which give context and background to many of the things they do and reference. For instance, Brandon Cutler, the Waluigi of Wrestling? The guy who follows the Elite around spraying them and their opponents with cold spray? Both him and his brother are childhood friends of Matt and Nick and shared a bunch of adventures which are recounted in the book.
So with all this praise, why only three stars? Well, I experienced the book as an Audible audiobook, and the book's narrator just has a way of speaking that bugs me on some deep, subconscious level. I would definitely recommend the book itself, and rate it very highly, but the audiobook may not be your cup of tea, like it wasn't mine.
Much like Bryan Danielson's "Yes!" and Mick Foley's "Have a Nice Day", "Killing the Business" is very personal and talks a lot about the fears, hopes, dreams and uncertainties of Matt and Nick on their journey. The content is wonderful and if you're someone who discovered the Bucks only in recent years through their work in AEW, you'll learn a ton about their past work, build a big list of matches you suddenly desperately want to hunt down, and learn a bunch of cool little details which give context and background to many of the things they do and reference. For instance, Brandon Cutler, the Waluigi of Wrestling? The guy who follows the Elite around spraying them and their opponents with cold spray? Both him and his brother are childhood friends of Matt and Nick and shared a bunch of adventures which are recounted in the book.
So with all this praise, why only three stars? Well, I experienced the book as an Audible audiobook, and the book's narrator just has a way of speaking that bugs me on some deep, subconscious level. I would definitely recommend the book itself, and rate it very highly, but the audiobook may not be your cup of tea, like it wasn't mine.
I’ve read several wrestling books… this one is really… if I may be permitted… Elite. Equal parts personal biographies and wrestling/wrestling “biz” memoirs, it perfectly blends passion for wrestling, fun, and honesty in a way that the Bucks have built a whole career off of. An awesome addition to the collection of any wrestling fan.
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informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
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