What Tony Khan Really Thinks Of MJF’s Hollywood Career
Tony Khan has explained how he really feels about AEW star MJF looking to build a career for himself in Hollywood.
MJF’s Hollywood looks were under threat when Mark Briscoe defeated him in a brutal Tables & Thumbtacks match at All Out.
As well as his in-ring exploits, MJF has been making a name for himself in Hollywood with his biggest role coming in Happy Gilmore 2, where he portrayed one of Adam Sandler’s sons. Now, following his All Out loss, The Salt of the Earth is off to film another role in Violent Night 2 – making his new wife wait even longer for her honeymoon.
Tony Khan Impressed With MJF’s Acting Career
Speaking to Going Ringside, Tony Khan tried to keep kayfabe somewhat alive as he suggested only a villain like Don Callis might like MJF, but that the whole company is proud of what he is achieving in his acting career:
MJF’s a huge, huge wrestling star and now he’s becoming a star in movies. He got a great role playing Happy Gilmore’s son in Happy Gilmore 2, Happy Gilmore 2 is the most-watched movie in America this year, and MJF’s a big part of the movie. If you remember his very rowdy four sons, the main lead boy is MJF. He’s the most prominent one. They’re supposed to be hard-hitting brawlers and he’s definitely the tough guy of the four Happy Gilmore boys.
MJF’s not the most popular guy backstage. Most of the wrestlers don’t really like him very much. I would say that among some of the villains of AEW, there is some camaraderie, and a guy like maybe Don Callis or Okada, I think those guys are probably happy for MJF. But a lot of the fan favorites in AEW really don’t like MJF very much.
That being said, everybody is very impressed with what he’s doing. He is a really hard-working guy, and I am very impressed with MJF. I think he’s an incredible wrestling talent – when he focuses on the wrestling I think MJF is one of the best. But he always takes shortcuts, he’s always trying to cheat his way to the top, and I don’t think he needs to, is the truth, he’s a really gifted wrestler, and a student of wrestling, a student of the history of wrestling and a student of technical wrestling.
Also, MJF is a student of acting now, and he’s doing a great job with it. He’s filming another movie right now, and for AEW, the executives, we are proud of what MJF is doing, even if he’s not the most popular guy with some of the fans and the other wrestlers. He’s a huge part of AEW and he’s working really hard.