Is the EVP gimmick the best thing the Bucks have done in their careers?
I wasn't familiar with their stuff prior to AEW and this gimmick, coupled with the “Cutler as Meltzer” gimmick, is hitting all the right notes for me. I know it's very early into things, but still, to long-time fans of Matthew and Nicholas: is this their best work? If not, what is?
And I just want to add that I think they're going to channel Tony Khan and start awkwardly hugging people soon. Matthew did the finger gun on Rampage which I'm pretty sure is a Tony gesture. Next up: weird hugs.
It's really just their "trolling the fans/working the marks" thing they've been doing off and on for years being brought front and center to TV with some "EVP flavor" mixed in.
They are already bookending things with let's have a killer show. We got a LFG from Matt on Rampage
The Bucks have always given me silver spoon kids who are actually pretty good at what they do energy. Them being smug and abusing power that a certain set of the IWC already thinks happens is perfect.
It is hilarious to me that The Elite including Cody wanted to not be guys booking themselves to win everything when that's basically what we wanted from AEW
I think the whole arc with Hangman and Kenny, probably an epic storyline getting a bit lost to history now, is up there with some of their best work in their TV age - i've not seen much of their indy, NJPW or Impact runs so can't comment beyond that.