Professor wrestling legend and former WWE star Matt Hardy who is an eleven times Tag Team champion in WWE recently talked about the current AEW champion MJF and he discussed his AEW title win. He also talked about the AEW Champion pairing up with the former WWE star William Regal
Maxwell Jacob Friedman who is better known as MJF in the AEW started his professional wrestling career back in 2015 and he participated in the WWE Tough Enough of contest but could not get any recognition. On the same year he joined the independent circuit and worked for various independent promotions.
Matt Hardy Discusses MJF’s AEW Title Win
He won multiple championships from the independent circuit and also earned a name for himself. Friedman joined AEW in the early days of the promotion and started working as a heel. In a very short amount of time he became quite famous among the AEW fans because of his amazing mic skill. Fans have already started to compare him with the likes of the Rock. Friedman is definitely one of the best talkers in professional wrestling today.
He got a worldwide cognition after his feud with CM Punk. When fans got to know this 26 year old wrestler can stand into the same ring with CM Punk holding a mic and own him to some to extent, it was understood this man is special. Recently he won the AEW World Championship after he defeated Jon Moxley at AEW Full Gear pay per view event. It was also the first major success of his career and we believe he has a long way to go.
Matt Hardy who is an eleven times Tag Team champion in WWE recently spoke on the “Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast where he talked about the current AEW champion MJF and he discussed his AEW title win. He also talked about the AEW Champion pairing up with the former WWE star William Regal. He said;
“It was an interesting move for sure, but it is very on brand for the MJF character. I’m really excited about MJF’s run as champion. I’m a big fan of Maxwell Jacob Friedman. It’s going to be really interesting to see how the people gravitate towards him as champion, and considering he is going to be the centerpiece of the promotion, it’s going to be really interesting to see how it does numbers-wise from ratings, buy rates, and whatever else.”
“I feel like, more than anyone, MJF is the most homegrown AEW talent, even more than Hangman Page because I feel like Hangman Page was the first real homegrown talent that actually won the title, but he also had a big run in Ring of Honor.
“He worked in Japan. This is really MJF’s first run on top and now he is representing AEW as the champion. I think it’s a good move. I’m all for it. I really, truly believe deep in my heart, I think MJF is going to be the face of AEW for a long time to come.”
“That’s going to be interesting. The first thing it makes me think about is what is going to happen to the Blackpool Combat Club. I dug the Blackpool Combat Club. I think they were over. I think people were into their act and it was interesting. None of those guys necessarily need Regal as it is.
“Regal is very good at being a heel. He’s very good at getting heat. The combination of him and MJF together, I’m curious. I truly am. I’m truly curious to see what they can do and I think it’s going to be interesting to see the repercussions that this creates on the Blackpool Combat Club as well as adding another layer to MJF’s heel.”
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