When it comes to tag team wrestling, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) are often amongst the discussion for the best in-ring duo, especially from the modern day. In that same conversation, fans frequently utter the names of the reigning WWE World Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso as well. Based on recent comments from Matt Jackson, it seems that The Usos’ nomination is indeed warranted.

“Years and years and years ago, this was probably in 2011. I believe we got to go backstage at a SmackDown when we actually did this. It was SmackDown, prior to the show, so all the boys were out there watching. We got to do a sort of a tryout match in front of the boys and we got to wrestle The Usos,” Matt said on “Being The Elite.”

“Even way back then, those guys were awesome. They’re really good, next level. They were calling great stuff on the fly. I remember afterward thinking like, ‘Whoa, those guys are good. I would really like to have a proper match with them one day.’ Now, fast forward all years later, it’s probably not possible, but hey, I recognize that they’ve done some great stuff. Real recognized real. Game recognize game.”

Jimmy and Jey Uso have remained regular fixtures in WWE since their main roster debuts in 2010. Together, they’ve enjoyed numerous reigns with WWE’s tag team titles, and even a WrestleMania main event match in 2023. Meanwhile, The Young Bucks soared across the indies, TNA, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and now, All Elite Wrestling. Both pairs have been recognized as PWI’s Tag Team of the Year at different points.

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Brock Lesnar first broke into WWE when he started in Ohio Valley Wrestling back in 2000 following his successful amateur career at the University of Minnesota. He debuted on the main roster in 2002, when the likes of guys such as The Undertaker, Big Show, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, and more were dominating the roster. It was certainly a different time than today, as Undertaker himself has often alluded to on his own podcast, and Lesnar seemed to echo the sentiment on an episode of “Spittin’ Chiclets” when he talked about his start in the industry.

“I was a shooter, an amateur guy. I had a lot of credentials to my name,” Lesnar explained. “Of course, I got tested along the way by the old-timers. You have to pay your dues. Back then, you paid your dues and you had to earn your respect. It’s different now, obviously. Things have gotten a lot softer. There isn’t no more kangaroo courts. So, it’s different now. I go there, I’m the old guy, now.”

The notoriously private Lesnar appeared on the podcast ahead of his match against main roster newcomer, and former NXT Champion, Oba Femi at WrestleMania 42. Lesnar, alongside career-long manager and “advocate” Paul Heyman, issued an open challenge for “The Showcase of the Immortals” on an episode of “WWE Raw.” In the following weeks, Femi, who Lesnar eliminated from the Royal Rumble after numerous teases of a showdown, answered the challenge.

“The Ruler” hit Lesnar with a big Fall From Grace powerbomb. He then placed a foot on his chest and pointed to the WrestleMania sign, with WWE confirming the match was official later in the night.

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It was revealed earlier in March after weeks of rumors that former WWE Women’s Champion Candice Michelle had returned to professional wrestling by the way of a new job at TNA. The company posted a video to social media showing Michelle signing a contract alongside Tommy Dreamer and TNA President Carlos Silva. No further details were made available at the time, but in a new interview on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet,” Michelle revealed that Dreamer offered her a spot as an agent.

“It was like, ‘Come and shadow me the first weekend, and the next weekend, you’ll be an agent,'” she explained. “All I could think about is like, ‘That is wrestling.’ ‘We’re going to see if you’re going to survive or not and if you can do it or not and throw them to the wolves. I was like, ‘Okay. Let’s go. I’m back.”

The former WWE Diva said that while she hasn’t been wrestling for the last 20 years, it doesn’t mean she hasn’t been doing the work. She left WWE in June 2009 and wrestled her retirement match on the independent scene, a victory over the former Victoria, Lisa Marie Vachon, in 2017. Michelle believes that this backstage role in TNA could lead to more.

“I think that this initial call was my hope spot,” she said. “I think it’s going to lead into my comeback… I was at WrestleCon and I was doing an appearance and my promotor had Dustin [Rhodes] on. Something [in me] said, ‘Go up to him and tell him you want to wrestle again…’ I just feel it coming. I don’t know when it’s coming, but it’s coming.”

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