Eric Bischoff thinks the world of MJF.
The former President of WCW recently sat down with Ariel Helwani and discussed a number of topics, including the "Bidding War of 2024" as MJF has dubbed it. The AEW Champion has often mentioned on television that his contract with AEW is expiring soon and that jumping ship to WWE could happen if Tony Khan doesn't open up his checkbook.
According to Bischoff, if he was Tony Khan, he'd be working pretty hard to get MJF re-signed.
“I think the world of MJF as a talent. I like him as a person. I’ve crossed paths with him a number of times, and I can’t say enough great things about his talent. I don’t know what MJF’s goals are. We’ve never had that kind of a conversation, but if I’m Tony Khan, I’m gonna work pretty hard to keep MJF on my roster. I’m gonna have to because if you look at that roster, there’s not a lot of other talents that are anywhere close to MJF in terms of overall ability and connection [to the crowd]. There’s a lot of great wrestlers there, athletes, there are. Chris Jericho, he’s in the down side of his career. He’s 53, 54 years old. Bryan Danielson, he’s kind of a part-timer at this stage of his life. But if you look at the younger crop of regularly featured talent that you have in AEW, three-quarters of them could walk through any mall in America, and nobody would know who they are. MJF stands out. He’s gotten himself here. So I’d do whatever I had to do to keep him," Bischoff said.
As for whether or not he could see MJF succeeding in WWE, Bischoff doesn't believe he would have any issue transitioning over.
“He’s awful smart, so yeah. You have to be smart. You can’t go in there, 24 years old thinking you’re God’s gift to the wrestling industry with a chip on your shoulder. I don’t think that’s really MJF, that’s the MJF that he wants you to see, but I have had enough conversation with him to know that he’s really, really, really smart, and my guess is he’s smart enough to be able to easily move on to that WWE roster if that’s what he chooses to do," he said.
Following AEW Double or Nothing 2023, MJF was asked about a potential move to WWE, saying that even though they're interested in him, he's getting bored of this sport. Click here to read more.
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