AEW’s Young Bucks Make Surprise Cross-Promotional Appearance

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Matthew and Nicholas Jackson made a rare cross-promotional appearance, returning to NJPW for the first time in years.

With AEW and NJPW having a working relationship since 2021, the two companies occasionally have their wrestlers appear for the other promotion.

Eddie Kingston was one of the stars connecting the two organisations, with the AEW star defending the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title against Gabe Kidd at Saturday’s (May 11) Resurgence event.

While Kingston ultimately dropped the title to Kidd, his bad luck didn’t end there, as his AEW rivals then made an appearance.

Jack Perry entered the arena from the entrance ramp, distracting Kingston while Matthew and Nicholas entered the ring to attack him.

You can watch a clip of The Elite ambushing Kingston below.

Outside of Forbidden Door crossover events, The Young Bucks haven’t wrestled for NJPW since Wrestle Kingdom 13 in 2019. Following this event, the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega left NJPW to form AEW.

Jack Perry notably made his in-ring return earlier this year for NJPW, ahead of returning to AEW at April’s Dynasty pay-per-view to help the Young Bucks win the AEW Tag Team Championship.

The Young Bucks’ other ally, Kazuchika Okada, broke records as an IWGP World Heavyweight Champion during his time with NJPW.

These four stars will battle Eddie Kingston, Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood and Bryan Danielson in an Anarchy in the Arena match at the May 26 Double or Nothing event.

Bryan Danielson recently addressed his involvement in this match, which you can read more about right here.

Just moments after losing a war over the #njpwSTRONG Openweight Championship, now he's being attacked by Matthew and Nicholas Jackson!

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) May 12, 2024

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• AEW
• NJPW
• Young Bucks
• eddie kingston
• jack perry

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