MJF believes in his star power.
While MJF was off television from AEW Worlds End to AEW Double or Nothing, he kept a relatively low profile, but his name was still trending. Ahead of WrestleMania XL, fans attending The Pat McAfee Show chanted for "MJF" while McAfee interviewed Triple H.
“Cody Rhodes is a mentor of mine. I f------ love the guy. I love the Rhodes-a-coaster. But when Triple H is doing an interview on one of the biggest sports shows, whose name were they cheering in the background? My name. I’m not just the biggest star in AEW. I’m one of the biggest stars in the history of the f------ business," MJF told Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated.
When MJF returned at AEW Double or Nothing, he noted that MJF made MJF, not New Japan or Vince McMahon.
“The reason that promo resonated with people is because everything that came out of my mouth was fact,” said Friedman. “It wasn’t feelings. It was facts. Can you remember the last time someone became a household name and arenas in WWE were chanting their name when they zero exposure elsewhere? We’re talking the Crockett era, aren’t we? I take pride in that. AEW is my territory. But I’m a name in every territory because I made professional wrestling my b----. MJF made MJF.
“And you know what’s crazy? I’m still evolving. Nobody really knows me 100 percent ever, and nobody ever will. To coin a line from one of the greats, if there’s one thing for sure about MJF, nothing’s for sure. I almost look at my wrestling matches as a discography of sorts. Somebody might say to you that the match between me and Jungle Boy at Double or Nothing in 2020 is one of the greatest matches they’ve ever seen. Somebody might say the greatest match they ever saw was MJF versus Darby Allin at Full Gear, or that MJF versus Adam Cole at Wembley Stadium was the greatest spectacle they’ve ever seen, or MJF in the Iron Man against Bryan Danielson, or MJF in the Four Pillars match, or MJF versus CM in the Dog Collar match, or MJF versus Cody Rhodes. The list goes on and on. What’s so interesting about me to toot my own horn–toot toot–is because I’m so good at talking, people genuinely forget how great I am in the ring. Then they see me wrestle and say, ‘Holy sh--, MJF is the best wrestler in the world.’ And I don’t wrestle too often. That’s why, when I wrestle, it’s can’t-miss.”
On Wednesday, MJF is set to appear on AEW Dynamite for the first time since December 2023.
Elsewhere during the interview, MJF commented on his new AEW contract. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
