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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
emotional
medium-paced
Great book. The only drawback of this book is that the audiobook version is not narrated by Matt and Nick Jackson.
Pretty fun read. I use to be a wrestling fan as a kid. Watching WWF, WCW, and ECW. Then I stopped watching when WWF brought out the competition and became WWE. I hadn’t really watched wrestling in well over 15 years. Then a group of wrestlers decided to come along with a new wrestling promotion called AEW. It made wrestling fun & enjoyable again. AEW got me and my family back into wrestling. So I was curious to read the life of two of the wrestlers who changed the game and found myself really enjoying it. Each chapter alternating between the point of view of each brother. If you’re a wrestling fan, then you’ve got to seek this book out.
inspiring
medium-paced
MAYBE 4.5 stars simply because the narrator mispronounced a few things, but forgiving that this was excellent and highly recommended to any wrestling fan.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail
This is a bit of a rags to riches tale, if by rags I meant "a loving Christian household with a splash of backyard wrestling" and if by riches I meant "running an independent wrestling empire with the son of a billionaire".
I'm assuming anyone who stumbles across this review is familiar with brothers Matt & Nick Jackson, aka the Young Bucks. As a casual AEW fan, they won me over in no time with their flashy ring gear, funny vlogs and over the top personalities. This book shows a different side, such as the brothers struggling to pay bills and support their families through their wrestling and experiencing culture shock on their first visit to Japan. It's inspiring to see the drive and DIY ethics that launched the Young Bucks to the place they are now.
Again speaking as a casual fan, I appreciated that all the wrestling jargon was explained. There's no assumptions here that the reader knows what a, say, moonsault is or even what "blading" refers to.
There's not much dirt, so to speak, as by their account they seem to be a pretty squeaky clean duo. There are some interesting self reflections throughout and acknowledgements of the times they acted like.. I mean "assholes" is the correct word. There's a little backstage drama but nothing earth shattering.
Good addition to the bookshelf of a wrestling fan.
I'm assuming anyone who stumbles across this review is familiar with brothers Matt & Nick Jackson, aka the Young Bucks. As a casual AEW fan, they won me over in no time with their flashy ring gear, funny vlogs and over the top personalities. This book shows a different side, such as the brothers struggling to pay bills and support their families through their wrestling and experiencing culture shock on their first visit to Japan. It's inspiring to see the drive and DIY ethics that launched the Young Bucks to the place they are now.
Again speaking as a casual fan, I appreciated that all the wrestling jargon was explained. There's no assumptions here that the reader knows what a, say, moonsault is or even what "blading" refers to.
There's not much dirt, so to speak, as by their account they seem to be a pretty squeaky clean duo. There are some interesting self reflections throughout and acknowledgements of the times they acted like.. I mean "assholes" is the correct word. There's a little backstage drama but nothing earth shattering.
Good addition to the bookshelf of a wrestling fan.
Never did I expect that I would cry so much because of a wrestling book, but here we are.
This was beautiful, and when I say that - I mean it. I can't find a single flaw because everything was on point.
The writing? Engaging.
The chapter length? Not too long, not to short.
The story? Truly inspiring.
As a wrestling fan I knew who the Young Bucks were, but I didn't know the full story. Now I do, and all I can say is wow.
Even if you're not into wrestling, you should still give this a try. It's written in a very accessible way so you shouldn't have any trouble connecting the dots. And it's a good time, trust me. I only wish it was even longer.
This was beautiful, and when I say that - I mean it. I can't find a single flaw because everything was on point.
The writing? Engaging.
The chapter length? Not too long, not to short.
The story? Truly inspiring.
As a wrestling fan I knew who the Young Bucks were, but I didn't know the full story. Now I do, and all I can say is wow.
Even if you're not into wrestling, you should still give this a try. It's written in a very accessible way so you shouldn't have any trouble connecting the dots. And it's a good time, trust me. I only wish it was even longer.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced