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# AEW Star Recalls ‘Overpowering Feeling’ During Blood & Guts Match

AEW World Tag Team Champion Matthew Jackson of The Elite has recalled “overpowering feeling” during Blood & Guts Match.

On the July 24 edition of AEW Dynamite, Team AEW’s Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe, The Acclaimed and Darby Allin defeated The Elite to win the Blood & Guts match. This marked the first time since Briscoe had wrestled The Young Bucks since signing with AEW/ROH.

The Briscoe Brothers and Young Bucks had a long standing rivalry from their time in Ring of Honor and across the independent wrestling scene for years.

Speaking with [Sports Illustrated](https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/aew/the-young-bucks-offer-inside-look-at-blood-guts), The Young Bucks discussed how it felt to wrestle Mark Briscoe for the first time since the passing of his brother Jay Briscoe. Nicholas said:

*“We wrestled The Briscoes so many times,”*

*“It felt really good to wrestle Mark. When he was hitting those Jay Drillers on all of us, I knew Jay was smiling. I was feeling pain by then, but I still kind of smiled a bit during that moment.”*

On having so many memories from his time working with The Briscoes during the bout, Matthew said:

*“Wrestling Mark, it was like old times,”*

*“It brought back so many memories of years past. For a stretch of time, it seemed like we wrestled every other weekend at an independent show or a Ring of Honor event. We developed such a camaraderie and rivalry.”*

*“Out there at Blood & Guts, I was reminded of the amazing chemistry we have. It’s like lightning in a bottle, a type of magic you only have with a very few select opponents.”*

Recalling how he felt following the match and knowing he will never be able to wrestle Jay Briscoe again, Matthew stated:

*“I felt Jay out there with us,”*

*“I couldn’t stop thinking about him. It was such an overpowering feeling.”*

Elsewhere in the interview, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson also addressed Jack Perry’s AEW Blood & Guts chair shot controversy, which you can [read at this link](https://wrestletalk.com/news/the-young-bucks-jack-perry-aew-blood-guts-controversy/).

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