Backstage News On The Young Bucks Being Sting's Retirement Match

On the January 10 ‘Homecoming’ edition of Dynamite, The Young Bucks made their return to All Elite Wrestling, interrupting Sting and Darby Allin and seemingly putting themselves in the frame to face the Stinger in his retirement match at AEW Revolution on March 3.

The potential match-up has divided fan opinion online - such is the divisive nature of The Young Bucks - but a new report from Fightful Select has shed some more light on why Matt and Nick Jackson are set to dance with Sting as he brings the curtain down in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Whilst detractors of The Bucks suggest that the former AEW World Tag Team Champions puled their EVP privileges to get the match, Fightful’s report suggests that Sting himself had a major say in who he would share the ring with for his retirement match, with plans for Sting & Darby vs. The Bucks having been in place ‘for several weeks’.

Some have questioned why AEW aren’t booking a torch-passing match pitting Sting vs. protege Darby Allin,  but accounts suggest Sting is more keen to work tag matches than singles bouts at this stage of his career.

AEW have been promoting Revolution as Sting’s final match for months now, with the legendary former WCW World Heavyweight Champion’s send-off being ‘very important’ to AEW President Tony Khan. Fightful’s report adds that ‘pretty well whatever’ Sting wants on the road to his final match AEW has been willing to make it happen.