McMahon Told Young Bucks to Be Careful With Hardys Before ‘Mania

The Young Bucks were on Edge and Christian’s podcast, “Pod of Awesomeness” yesterday and said that they were one of the few people who knew that the Hardys would be showing up at WrestleMania. The Hardys and Young Bucks were scheduled for a (brutal) ladder match the day before for Ring of Honor, and Vince McMahon told them to “take care” of the Hardys.

Transcript via Reddit:

“We actually felt a lot of responsibility there too. We knew what they were doing the next night. We were two of the few guys in the world that actually knew about it.

Nobody else in Ring of Honor that night knew about it except us. So we were like, ‘we can’t hurt these guys.’ What would that look like on us? […] That was definitely weighing on our hearts. We were like ‘we gotta take care of these guys.’ They’ve got a big night tomorrow.”

“[Matt Hardy] comes up to the ring and he’s like, ‘Vince McMahon called me this morning and said, ‘hey I know these Young Buck kids are good, but could you please tell them to take care of you guys?’”

They also talked about the possibility of eventually coming to WWE, saying that they didn’t feel that the time was right for them right now and that they would likely get “lost in the shuffle.” Transcript via StillRealToUs.com:

“My take on it is even if we were available right now, now’s not the time to go for us, ” Matt Jackson said. “Because everyone in the world is going there. And for the first time in when I can ever remember it doesn’t seem cool to go there right now. ‘Oh hey, Johnny guy — now this guy got signed, now this guy got signed’… everybody in the world — like guys that weren’t even really necessarily big names on the indies yet. Like you know, middle-card [indie] guys are getting signed now.”

“I feel like even if we were available right now and we signed, it would just be like two other guys who got signed,” Matt said. “Like, I feel like there are already a hundred guys down in Florida. So I feel like maybe for us at least, if we did sign right now we’d probably just get lost in the shuffle.”

Edge said he felt The Young Bucks have created enough of a following and a buzz about them that they would do well in WWE.

The Young Bucks are still hesitant though. They don’t want to get down to NXT or the WWE main roster and not make enough of an immediate reaction to cause a stir. They realize you get one shot to make a good first impression. Now is obviously just not the right time for The Young Bucks and WWE.

But it’s okay. They seem to be doing pretty well for themselves for the time being. The Young Bucks are near the top of the card wherever they go. They said it’s never gotten to the point so far where WWE was talking to them about what they would even do in the company if they made the jump.

That is why it is so questionable for them. Simply put, The Young Bucks don’t know what WWE would want or like from them. They’ve never had an open communication. But you can never say never in pro wrestling.

They put a bow on the subject by saying in 18 months they might think about it. They did say, “if it doesn’t happen in 18 months, then it probably won’t happen. But if it does then I guess we’ll see what happens.”

If they never make to WWE, The Young Bucks won’t be heartbroken. They’re making plenty of money as it is. They said at the pace they’re going right now, they won’t have to go to WWE to be able to retire on their own.