The Escape

Cody in the ring.

***The Escape*** is episode 72 (Season One) of of the YouTube series Being The Elite, which was produced and edited by professional wrestlers The Young Bucks. Hangman finally escapes his captor and Cody declares war. This was also the first episode to feature Jay Lethal and Chuck Taylor in a regular scripted segment.

## Characters

### Featured

* Nick Jackson
* Matt Jackson
* Kenny Omega
* Adam Page
* Cody
* Marty Scurll

### Also appearing

* Sean Waltman
* Brandi Rhodes
* Jay Lethal
* Colt Cabana
* Chuck Taylor
* Matthew Massie Snr.

## YouTube Description

*"The stooge contacts Kenny. What happened to Hangman? Cody makes an announcement."*

## Story

Sean Waltman is backstage at a show and asks "Where's Hangman?" before the opening credits run. Matt and Nick Jackson are in a hotel room in Las Vegas when Kenny Omega rings them. Omega asks how The Young Bucks are holding up but Nick says that he had had a vision (almost a "premonition") about Hangman being tortured. Matt says they are feaking out. Kenny says that this is beyond anything that has happened before and that maybe they all miss Page so much that Nick is just seeing what he wants to see. Nick is annoyed and says that he and Matt blur the lines so much he doesn't know what is real and what is storyline any more. Kenny asks if they have been in their dad's stash again but that he is there to support them both. Kenny then suggests that at some point they will have to cut their losses, like they have in the past. He says they cut off AJ Styles, Scott D'Amore, Jeff Jarrett and Adam Cole, and that if it means someone getting fired or dying then they move on. Kenny says that The Bucks have to defend their trios-tag-team titles and maybe now is the time to find a new partner to replace Page. Nick agrees and hangs up. Kenny sighs and wonders where Hangman is. A new YoungBucksMerch.com commercial runs.

Back in his room Kenny is agonising and says that he was too hard on Nick and decides to call back and apologise. His phone rings as he picks it up and it is the WWE stooge. The stooge's face is obscured and is in a darkened room shot with green night vision camera. Kenny doesn't believe it is the stooge and says that Bullet Club are really worried about their friend, and this is a sick joke someone is playing on them. As he says that he hears screaming in the background. The stooge shows Kenny that Page is tied and gagged and laid in the bathtub screaming. Kenny is shocked and asks if he is OK before threatening the stooge. The unseen stooge hangs up and goes back into the bathroom but Adam Page is gone. The stooge asks "Where's Hangman?" and says that Vince is going to kill him.

Cut to backstage at a Ring of Honor show and Hangman is runnig through the building still with his hands bound and his mouth gagged. He makes it to the ring where Matt and Nick are mid-match and joins in the fight, helping them to victory. Later Cody is in the ring addressing the crowd. He says he is there with friends and family and that the company has offered him the most lucrative deal in their history. He bigs up The Bucks for signing for Ring of Honor and then signs his contract in the ring.

Backstage Jay Lethal and Colt Cabana are watching the footage of Cody on Colt's phone when Chuck Taylor walks up wearing shades. Chuck grabs Colt's coffee out of his hand, drinks it then drops the cup on the floor before walking off without saying anything. The pair are shocked and Colt says that Chuck is "a dick in rel life!" Another Bucks made commercial follows, this time for High Spots Wrestling Network.

Matt, Nick, Cody, Marty and Hangman are outside the venue after the show celebrating their wekeend. They congratulate Cody on his new contract but Adam Page still looks unhappy. Cody says the best news of the weekend is Hangman coming back to them. Cody gives Hangman a cigar but he just stands and looks miserable. Matt asks what is wrong and says Page has been different since he got back. They ask what happened while he was away but Page says that they aren't ready to hear what the stooge did to him. There is a flashback of Page being tortured as the group say they need to know what happened. Hangman takes a breath and says that they made him watch WWE RAW, but Matt says that show isn't too bad. Hangman says he had to watch Smackdown Live which does unnerve the group. He says they made him watch the Mae Young Classic which starts to anger the Bullet Club. He finishes by saying that they made him watch 205 Live! Everyone goes hysterical and Cody says that this means war. They dejectedly walk off apart from Marty who looks enthused as the episode ends.

## Notes

* Nick saying he had a "premonition" was a reference to Matt Hardy's Broken Matt gimmick that Hardy was playing at the time.
* Scott D'Amore and Jeff Jarrett are former wrestlers and promoters who had run Impact Wrestling but it not clear why Kenny Omega namechecks them.
* The shows that Adam Page lists are all WWE programmes, with 205 Live being generally seen as the lowest quality among them.
* This episode saw the start of a regular segment involving Best Friends "being dicks!"

* 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