The Young Bucks defeated Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher to retain the World Tag Team Championship at AEW WrestleDream.
Knight and Fletcher earned their number one contendership for the titles last month at All Out, defeating Stephen Borden and Darby Allyn by stoppage when the former suffered a legal injury. They tried to capitalize on that opportunity against the Bucks by isolating them with sneak tactics, cutting the rim in half so Matt Jackson wouldn’t expose his brother in the early going.
Jackson managed to counter almost completely with a series of Northern Lights suplexes, hitting them in quick succession on Knight and then Fletcher as he tagged in the contestant before the other, both at the same time. This allowed him to make the tag to Nick Jackson to turn the tide of the fight.
Fletcher and Knight continued to terrorize the champions throughout, with Fletcher hitting a brainbuster in the middle of the ring for a nearfall and then again on the turnbuckle, followed by a UFO splash from Knight. Nick Jackson managed to break that slump three shots ago.
Fletcher and Knight had a falling out that led to their falling out, the latter pointing himself to the former’s anger. That disagreement resulted in Knight being thrown out of the air as he went for a splash followed by the BTE Trigger for the winning pinfall.
