Being The Elite

Being The Elite is a YouTube series that was created by wrestler Nick Jackson that is currently in it's second season. The show debuted in May 2016 and has appeared regularly ever since, with over 200 episodes being produced. The show was originally a straight forward vlog style series showing behind the scenes footage of wrestlers Nick, his brother Matt Jackson and friend Kenny Omega as they travel the world performing. As the series progressed however it began to focuse more on scripted fictional storylines featuring an expanded cast of other wrestlers.

Creation
Wrestler Nick Jackson created a YouTube channel in February 2016 and began to post short comedic skits filmed with Matt Jackson, his brother and partner in The Young Bucks tag-team, and thier friend and fellow wrestler Kenny Omega, who style themselves as "The Elite" of wrestling. The films were generally an extension of their wrestling characters and showcased the group's wit and sense of humour.

In May 2016 Nick posted the first of what was billed as a series of videos designed to show the real life sruggles of the wrestlers as they are constantly touring around the world to perform. The early episodes were straighforward talking head to camera vlog content edited together with supporting footage.

Development
Initially Jackson continued to also make the original extra videos containing their comic skits while keeping the Being The Elite series for the more straight fly-on-the-wall footage. After a few episodes however, scripted elements and humourous inserts began to creep into the regular episodes.

Within the first few episodes another fellow wrestler, Adam Cole began to feature regularly alongside The Elite and soon became the fourth central character. As the series progressed the episodes began to become longer and more ambitious in scope, and the cast of regular supporting characters began to grow.

By the mid-point of Season One the episodes were primarily focussed on the scripted story elements, with the storylines being interwoven with those being played out in the wrestling promotions that the group appeared in. By episode 50, the mid-point of Season One, the show had completely changed, with wrestlers Marty Scurll and Cody having been added to the main cast. The first major storyline began to develop as Adam Cole was written out when he signed for the WWE.