AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks have faced criticism for negatively impacting AEW’s ratings and overall product. They rarely appear on television due to limited dates on their contract, leading to limited title defenses (only 1 in 4 months so far).
On his YouTube channel, Jim Cornette criticized The Young Bucks, arguing that their reduced presence has devalued the show. He believes their matches are repetitive, and their characters lack authenticity, making them less appealing to the wrestling public.
Cornette also said Tony Khan feared that Nick & Matt Jackson would’ve left for WWE had they not received their current contract, where they make a lot of money for part-time schedule. However, Cornette thinks Khan should’ve let them go as that would benefit AEW and the Bucks would’ve been exposed in WWE.
Here’s what Cornette said:
“The Young Bucks have never meant less. Their presence on the show is one of the things that hurts it. The wrestling public at large is not accepting of them because their matches are repetitive and their characters don’t feel genuine.
They’re not only making a lot of money and working a job where they often do pre-tapes in the back while wearing headsets and telling people what to do. I wonder if that counts as a workday and if they’re paid for it. They had to go there, so the point is, they got a screwy deal with all that money and limited dates. They started the whole thing, claiming they wanted to change the world as part of The Elite in All Elite Wrestling. They wanted to change the world and are Executive Vice Presidents.
Guess what? If you’re an Executive Vice President or any kind of wrestling booker or promoter in a real company, you don’t get days off. Forget that; when everybody else is off, you’re on. As Ole Anderson used to say, wrestlers show up and wrestle if booked, and if not, they’re off.
I think some people might think differently, but with these two who have everything handed to them, Tony Khan was scared they’d go to WWE. He should have let them because it would have removed a drag on his ratings and all those crummy TV segments. They would have been exposed for what they are: a couple of cosplaying kids who didn’t realize how out of their depth they were until they got there.
Now they’re getting paid and don’t have to work, but that just means that nobody is calling for them to work less. Only the guy paying them millions of dollars is aware of them.”
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