Self Made Pro held a recent interview with AEW World Champion MJF. One of the topics discussed included MJF’s thoughts about his belief that the current main event scene is the best its ever been in AEW history.
“I don’t think it’s an unfair thing for me to say that right now, point blank, this is the best the main event scene has ever been in the history of the company.”
MJF also gave his thoughts about his issues with his generation of wrestlers not watching and studying wrestling and his belief that they all wrestle the exact same way for their matches.
“I think the biggest issue with people of my generation right now, besides reps, is the lack of watching wrestling. They’ll pretend and lie to whoever their coach is, whether it be at the PC or weather it be the coaches at AEW — I know these cats ain’t going home and consuming wrestling. They’re not because everybody wrestles like the next guy in this generation. Everyone’s wrestling the exact same way and it’s a snooze fest for me. The way I wrestle, I’m a traditionalist at heart. Always have been, always will be. Everybody was telling me in the back, ‘Oh shit, you’re going to have to follow Kyle Fletcher and Mark Briscoe in a ladder match, are you freaking out?’ No. Because I knew my match was going to be so so so so so different that it wouldn’t matter. It’s never going to matter and I think that’s why a lot of people struggle. I think being in the main event of an AEW pay-per-view is about the hardest thing you can do a professional wrestler. It doesn’t get harder than that. Everybody’s wrestling for 20 to 30 minutes because we’re all so competitive, everyone’s trying to have the best match on the card. I don’t sweat it and the reason I don’t sweat it is because I’m so different. The reason I don’t sweat it is because when I was on the independent circuit, I was wrestling three times a week every week from the time I was 18 until the time I got signed.”
MJF also gave his thoughts about his issues with his run in 2023 following Adam Cole’s broken ankle injury.
“Three months, I did what I admit — I had an unfun time after Adam Cole broke his ankle. Wrestling fans had an unfun time after Adam Cole broke his ankle. I was the drizzling shits for three months after Adam Cole broke his ankle because I was dealing with the loss of a friendship, I was dealing with the loss of knowing who I was as a performer. On multiple levels, I didn’t know who I was anymore for three months. Three months out of years of proving that I was the biggest draw, years of proving that I was the biggest star, years of proving that I was the best bell-to-bell, years of proving that I was the best on the microphone. Those three months, people ran with it. I understand why they did because I hated those three months. I wake up in a cold sweat and I think about those three months. This world title reign, this belt, this run since I have come back has done nothing but wake the fans up and wake me up. Those lapsed fans that left because they felt like MJF left, they’re coming back. They’re coming back into the buildings, they’re coming back to buy pay-per-views, they’re coming back to watch the product because MJF is back. I’ll say this right now, I’ll put my motherfucking name on this. This is the best version of MJF that there’s ever been. I’m only gonna get better, I’m not even 30 yet. I’ve got 20 more years in this sport.
Let’s talk names of top guys right now. I’m not gonna tell you to say their ages because you know. CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, Jey Uso. I think you people know where I’m going with this, I’m the youngest top guy by a fucking landslide. I got 20 more years of greatness, I will go down as the greatest of all time. I need this belt to prove that. But you know who else feels that way? Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Andrade, Darby Allin, Swerve Strickland, Brody King, this list goes on and on. The reason that our product is must see right now is because we all want to be the goat. The fucking simple fact of the matter is I’m the Michael Jordan of this generation. These other people, they can be Shaq, they can be Penny, they can have fun. Only one person gets to be MJ, I’m MJ.”
MJF also gave his thoughts about him not being interested in being part of a stable or faction ever again for his wrestling career.
“I don’t think I ever want to be in a stable ever again. I think what makes me special is the fact that I’m one of the few people in All Elite Wrestling that can stand ten toes down alone by himself and be the most interesting act on the show. I don’t need to rely on others.”
MJF also gave his thoughts about him being interested in wanting to star in a comedy movie with John Cena for his acting career goals.
“I want a MJF x John Cena two-hander at some point. Truly. I think that is going to happen. I’m manifesting that in my head. I think an action comedy with me and him would be next level.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
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