Summary

The Young Bucks say the match built around Being The Elite episode 200 became the blueprint for Stadium Stampede in AEW.

While rewatching BTE 200, Matt and Nick Jackson looked back at the at-home match they filmed during the pandemic and said several of its ideas later carried over into the cinematic style AEW used for Stadium Stampede.

Quotes

**Matt Jackson:** "That's what inspired the football field one that we later do at Stadium Stampede."

**Nick Jackson:** "This match inspired Stadium Stampede."

**Matt Jackson:** "This is the pilot to Stadium Stampede. We showed this as a proof of concept to Tony Khan. We were like, hey, I think we could do this on pay-per-view with a bunch of guys."

**Nick Jackson:** "This was the guinea pig."

How BTE 200 Shaped Stadium Stampede

The Young Bucks tying BTE 200 directly to Stadium Stampede gives AEW fans a clearer origin point for one of the promotion's most distinctive pandemic-era matches. Instead of treating that episode as a one-off bit for their YouTube series, Matt and Nick Jackson described it as the test run that helped them sell the concept internally.

That also adds a little more context to Tony Khan's early AEW creative process. The Bucks say they used the match as a proof of concept, which suggests the cinematic chaos of Stadium Stampede was refined before it ever reached pay-per-view. It is another small look at Khan's decision-making, much like his recent comments about wrestling newsletters.

Sources

The Young Bucks while speaking on Being The Elite