A Harmless Rib

Cody and The Young Bucks talk in the gym

**A Harmless Rib** is episode 56 (Season One) of of the YouTube series Being The Elite, which was produced and edited by professional wrestlers The Young Bucks. The epsidoe contines the fall out from Kenny Omega's discovery that Marty had seen his DM but The Bucks blame Masa, while Flip Gordon's problems with The Bullet Club members continues. This is the first episode to feature actor Stephen Amell in a featured role.

## Characters

### Featured

* Nick Jackson
* Matt Jackson
* Marty Scurll
* Cody
* Flip Gordon
* Stephen Amell

### Also shown

* Christopher Daniels
* Frankie Kazarian
* Will Ospreay

## Locations

* Chicago
* Tokyo, Japan
* Collinsville, Illinois

## YouTube Description

*"Matt & Nick meet up with Hangman & Cody in Chicago for Ring of Honor. Marty finishes up his tour of Japan."*

## Story

Matt and Nick are in the car on the way to the airport and run down their travel plans. Matt's phone rings and it is Kenny Omega who is angry about The Bucks showing his DM to Marty. Matt claims they are only just hearing about it as well as they upload the Being The Elite episodes without watching them. He claims that it was Masa that showed the DM and suggest that they all confront Masa next time The Bucks are in Japan. Kenny hangs up and Nick luaghs about the rib they are playng on Masa. A travel montage follows.

Some time later Matt and Nick are recording pre-tape promos for Ring of Honor promoting the upcoming shows. Cut to their hotel room later, Matt is filming Nick on his phone while Nick is also filming Matt. Matt has a new Young Bucks phone cover and promotes their merchandise website where fans can buy their own.

Matt and Nick bump into Cody in the gym and ask how he is. Cody is tired but doesn't seem to want to say anything else, despite it being on BTE. Someone hands Cody a Starbucks coffee which he drinks. The name on the side of his cup is "Fuck The Revival".

Over in Japan Marty is at the airport about to leave after his New Japan tour and says he has been away for a month and is missing home and missing the rest of the boys. Marty talks about experiencing Japan and his match last night when he teamed with Kenny. He sings The Elite song and Too Sweet's the camera. Marty spots Will Ospreay heading through the airport and catches up with him, asking if Ospreay has anything to say for BTE. Will initially says no but then after a moments thought says "Fuck The Revival!"

Back at Ring of Honor before the show, Flip Gordon introduces himself to Cody who shakes his hand and welcomes him to the company, before making gestures once Gordon walks off. The Bucks spot Gordon but he is wary after their treatment of him previously. The Bucks apologise and say it was just a harmless rib but Flip isn't convinced. Flip reluctantly shakes Nick's hand and then when he moves to Matt, Matt grabs Flip and says "Where do you think you're going?" before pausing and saysing that he is only joking. As Flip goes to walk away Nick quickly makes a bridge behind him and Adam Page springs over Nick, flattening Gordon with his Buckshot Lariot finishing move. Matt, Nick and Page looks down at Flip and say "Welcome to Ring of Honor" before laughing.

Next up is a meet and greet and they show footage of the long lines waiting for autographs. Footage of their match later than night follows. The next day Matt and Nick are in Colinsville, Illinois before another show. Matt says that their life is not all glamour as he is having to miss his son's birthday and in fact his son is quite poorly. They show Nick interracting with a young girl who has come to the show dressed as Matt and he gets her to superkick him.

The next day Matt and Nick are back on the plane having had little sleep but at least they are heading home. They outline their upcoming matches and travel plans and say they will see Kenny soon, and look forward to enacint their rib on Masa.

The episode ends with actor Stephen Amell stood on a lawn in an unnamed location. He says that Adam Cole got exactly what he deserved as the credits roll.

## Notes

Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian are shown travelling with Matt and Nick during the travel montage. Despite being on the phone to Matt, Kenny Omega does not feature on camera aside from a brief clip from the previous episode *All By Myself*.

Cody was filming the TV series *Arrow* at this point, which starred Stephen Amell, prompting his piece for the episode.

* Episode 31
* Episode 32
* Episode 33
* Episode 34
* Episode 35
* Episode 36
* Episode 37
* Episode 38
* Episode 39
* Episode 40
* Episode 41
* Episode 42
* Episode 43
* Episode 44
* Episode 45
* Episode 46
* Episode 47
* Episode 48
* Episode 49
* *Fifty*
* *Moving Forward*
* *Bullet Club Gets A Villain*
* *One Condition*
* *A Curtain Call*
* *All By Myself*
* ***A Harmless Rib***
* *A Harmful Rib*
* *Dominion Fallout*
* *Ass Man*
* *From Prince To King*
* *Line In The Sand*
* *Hot Topic*
* *We're Back!*
* *Missed Connections*
* *Someone Will Die!*
* *Someone Does Die!*
* *Cease And Desist*
* *Mind Games*
* *Where's Hangman?*
* *Torture*
* *The Escape*
* *Bullet Club Invades RAW*
* *A Hand Gesture*
* *Debriefing*
* *Where Do You Think You're Going?*
* *Prisoner Of War*
* *Ten Boots*
* *Get It?*
* *I Just Want To Go Home*
* *Highspots*
* *Autograph*
* *Flipping Out*
* *All I Want For Christmas*
* *My First Gig*
* *2017*
 Extras
* *Tokyo Dome Fallout*
* *Response To The Hardy's Challenge!*
* *Young Bucks Fired From The Bullet Club?*
* *Santa Meets The Young Bucks Again*
 Storylines
* Who poisoned Nick?
* Nick's Stolen Bag
* Marty's dream
 Regular characters
* Cody
* Adam Cole
* Nick Jackson
* Matt Jackson
* Kenny Omega
* Adam Page
* Marty Scurll