AEW’s MJF Blasts WWE Legend While Bragging About Career Success
MJF felt the need to blast a dead WWE legend while talking about his own success in AEW.
As the AEW World Champion, Maxwell Jacob Friedman is known for saying what he wants when he wants, and he truly doesn’t care who he pisses off along the way.
While speaking with Cameron Hawkins of Yahoo Uncrowned, MJF discussed his life as the AEW World Champion. In doing so, he spoke about competing in Mexico for CMLL and then flying to Toronto for an AEW PPV match, and he decided to mock the late, 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan.
“Getting on a private jet, flying to Mexico, wrestling [against Mistico] in one of the greatest matches of all time, assuredly the greatest match that’s ever happened in that arena … then flying from Mexico all the way to Toronto, Canada, to wrestle against Mark Briscoe in another all-time classic in a Tables ‘N’ Tacks match in under 24 hours, literally wrestled twice in one day.
Unlike Hulk Hogan, I actually did that.”
The shot at Hogan is likely because Hogan was known for telling stories that may not have been factual.
At the time of those matches, MJF wasn’t the AEW World Champion, but he believes those experiences have made him stronger.
“A lot of people would look at that schedule and s*** their pants. But that’s just not how I operate. I enjoy, and I would go as far to say I almost have a sexual thrill when you put a challenge in front of me. Because the challenge only develops the chip on my shoulder to be bigger, and the chip that’s on my shoulder has made the man that I am today.
The chip grows every time I am judged. The chip grows every time my talents are questioned. The chip will continue to grow, but it’s never going to break me. It only makes me stronger.”
MJF Defending AEW World Title At Revolution
At AEW Revolution on Sunday, March 15th in Los Angeles, MJF defends the AEW World Title against his biggest rival, the former 2-time AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page. It will be a Texas Death Match, and if Page loses, he can’t challenge for the AEW World Title ever again.
As usual for an AEW PPV, there are a lot of matches announced for the show. The card is below, and it’s possible that there will be more matches added to the show.
* AEW World Championship Texas Death Match: Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs. “Hangman” Adam Page – If Page loses, he cannot wrestle for the World Title again.
* AEW World Tag Team Championships: FTR – Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler vs. The Young Bucks – Matt & Nick Jackson
* AEW Continental Championship No Time Limit Match: Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita
* AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla vs. Kris Statlander
* AEW World Trios Championships: Don Callis Family – Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis vs. Místico and JetSpeed – Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight
* AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships: The Babes of Wrath – Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron vs. Megan Bayne & Lena Kross
* Andrade El Idolo vs. Bandido
* Swerve Strickland vs. Brody King
* Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong vs. The Dogs – David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Clark Connors
* Everyone Banned From Ringside: Toni Storm vs. Marina Shafir
ZERO HOUR PRE-SHOW MATCHES:
* TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale vs. Lena Kross
* AEW National Championship Blackjack Battle Royale: Ricochet, Tommaso Ciampa, 19 More Competitors