MJF on Him Comparing Modern Wrestling To “Cake Batter Ice Cream” & His Issues With Veterans In The Locker Room Not Having A Young Wrestler’s Best Interests In Mind,

Bleacher Report held a recent interview with MJF. One of the topics discussed included MJF’s thoughts about him comparing the current style of modern wrestling to “cake batter ice cream” and how him being more simple in the ring has helped his own rise with him being able to offer fans something different.

“I don’t know if you can say it’s not in a good place when in the history of pro wrestling, this is the most amount of money that’s ever been made off of pro wrestling ever between TV deals and gates. I’m a 30-year-old man and I’ve already sold more million-dollar houses than most Hall of Famers. I think wrestling is in a really good place. Now, do I think that much like any sport or platform, there’s a way that it can improve? Absolutely.

Personally, I’m getting really sick of there’s like a homogenized standard of what [is] good bell-to-bell, and I would love to see more styles. It’s like cake batter ice cream. I had cake batter on an almost daily basis, over and over and over again. But eventually, because the flavor was so rich, I kind of got sick of it. And I yearned for the days of vanilla. I couldn’t handle anymore. And I think that’s happened with wrestling. It’s a good thing to have options. If there’s one thing I can critique pro wrestling for, while also stating the reason that my rise was so meteoric, is because I gave people that different flavor of ice cream they’ve been yearning for. So that’s my take.”

MJF also gave his thoughts about his belief that most veterans wrestlers in the locker rooms do not have the best interests of wanting to help younger wrestlers in mind and why wrestlers can only trust themselves in the wrestling industry.

“In all sincerity, I think one of the biggest issues that young people in the industry make is that a lot of guys are busy walking around trying to find veterans in the locker room. Here’s the deal and the god’s honest truth. Not all of them, but 99 percent of the veterans in the locker room, they don’t have your best interest, they don’t want you to beat them, they don’t want you to be better at talking than them or better at wrestling than them. Because if you’re better than they are, that’s taking food off their plate.

The only person you can trust in this industry is yourself. Now, if you’re a young reader who has piss poor instincts, then I can’t help you. You’re better off being a follower. Trust me, there are plenty of followers in this industry, and they make good money being followers, just not MJF money and that’s fine. Not everybody is a lead. Some people are born to be backup dancers. Some people are born to be stars. That is truly what I’ve learned. The only person that I can trust and should trust is myself and my own instincts.”