The Young Bucks aren’t announcing their retirement, but Matt Jackson just admitted the clock is ticking. After more than two decades of destroying their bodies in tag team matches around the world, Matt and Nick Jackson don’t know how much longer they’ll keep doing this.
The brothers entered AEW All In 2026 chasing another run with the AEW World Tag Team Titles. They challenged Christian Cage and Adam Copeland at Wembley Stadium but failed to take the belts.
Ahead of the match, talk started spreading that the Bucks’ current AEW contracts could be their last. Neither brother confirmed that, but Matt didn’t exactly shut down the retirement question when speaking with Justin Barrasso of Undisputed. Matt said the Bucks are focused on the loaded schedule directly in front of them. Beyond that, even they don’t know how much road is left.
“We’re excited for the next several months of incredibly competitive matches with the most stacked tag division ever. Who knows how long we’ll continue to do it? But we’re going to do what we’ve always done and treat every match like it’s our last.”
That answer carries weight because Matt and Nick have already been wrestling for more than 20 years. The brothers started their careers in the early 2000s and fought their way through the independent scene before gaining national exposure as Generation Me in TNA. They later became major attractions in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Their run with Bullet Club turned the Bucks into two of the biggest names outside WWE. They collected championships across AEW, ROH, NJPW, AAA and the independent circuit while building a fast, risk-heavy style that helped reshape modern tag team wrestling.
The Bucks also helped promote the original All In event in 2018 alongside Cody Rhodes. The success of that show proved a major non-WWE wrestling event could draw a massive crowd in the United States and helped open the door for AEW’s launch.
When AEW officially arrived in 2019, Matt and Nick joined the company as wrestlers and executive vice presidents. They became AEW World Tag Team Champions, competed in some of the company’s biggest matches and helped build the division they are now calling the most stacked in wrestling.
That division showed up after their loss at Wembley. Motor City Machine Guns, FTR and New Level all entered the ring, putting Matt and Nick face-to-face with several teams waiting for a shot.
The Young Bucks may be closer to the finish line, but they aren’t slowing down or starting a retirement tour yet. Matt’s message was simple: every match could be the last one, so they plan to wrestle like it.
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