#1 Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks are insanely popular
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- The line to meet Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks was easily the longest at the event. The Elite started signing autographs and taking photos along with all the other wrestlers. But their line was so long that they kept greeting fans well after the first match had started.
And when they actually wrestled, the entire place became unglued.
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In the main event match, The Elite (Omega and the Bucks) faced the team of Tanahashi, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. From the very beginning, I watched in amazement at how popular this trio had become.
No matter what their opponents did (including Tanahashi, who was a clear-cut babyface), the Elite were cheered for every single move. Even random taunts and gestures were met with roaring approval from the people around me.
For the longest time, I was curious and sceptical about what made The Elite so popular and beloved. Then I saw them wrestle in person, and have concluded that they manage to walk the line between serious and wacky perfectly.
Their match was so hilarious that I couldn’t stop laughing at the absurdity of it. At one point, all six of the wrestlers tried to dropkick each other in a circle, and everyone in attendance started laughing.
Another key point here is that I’ve noticed that the Elite sometimes tweak what they do based on what the fans chant. At one point, the Elite had Daniels in their corner and held their boots to the turnbuckle, and Omega smashed Daniels’ head into their boots.
After this, the audience around me started chanting ‘Four Boots’ out of nowhere. In turn, the Young Bucks both put both their boots into that same turnbuckle, and Omega did the same move again, causing the audience to cheer wildly.
This wasn’t the technical wrestling match that’s meant to wow the audience with its seriousness and precision (we had gotten that earlier in the show anyway). This was a glorified comedy match that has become the staple of some of The Elite’s matches.
And that isn’t a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination. This was high-quality wrestling entertainment, so much so that it puts a lot of what’s seen on Monday nights to shame.
If WWE were to ever sign these three wrestlers, I hope that they don’t ever force these three to make any changes to how they wrestle. Because if they did, all three of them would be robbed of that magical ‘it’ factor that makes them so unique.
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