William Regal believes MJF is an entitled prick, but also laments he is incredibly talented.
On last weeks episode of AEW Dynamite, William Regal and MJF engaged in a promo battle where they told their side of the story regarding MJF trying to get signed by WWE when he was 19. Regal would fire back after MJF’s story, with the segment being applauded by fans and critics alike.
On the latest episode of The Gentleman Villain, Regal gave more context to the story.
“How come he’s the only person in the entire industry who has some gripe against me about that? Perhaps he’s just a prick. Perhaps he’s just an entitled prick who needs to grow up a bit. That’s what he needs. He’s 26. If he’s still whining and moaning about that, good for him. Good for him when he gets in the ring with someone like Jon Moxley, who has never acted entitled and has grown up very hard. Good for him. He’s going to get battered. Not just physically but mentally. Jon Moxley is ahead of the game,”
“As much as that was, as far as I’m concerned, it was another day at work and it turned into…everyone has their own interpretation as to what they think it was. It is a nice thing, as a professional, to know that it’s gripping television or it’s got the audience. This was a different thing all together. What was going on between us, it’s another level of me as a professional where you know you’re taking your audience on a ride. On top of the fact that I was laughing because I was reading him, I’m a bit joyous on how good he was, how incredibly good he was because he was taking the audience and they were cheering him and booing me, which he managed to do. The reason that made me think a little differently about the audience, maybe they are a little more entitled, a different audience. It took me, as a professional, just one line to get them laughing and turning around. As a professional, that’s something great, and he has that ability. That’s how good he is. Whatever it is, if it was my email that fired him up. To take them on that kind of rollercoaster and to do that verbally and make them feel so much and make them love you and hate you, he’s mastered that. Well, he hasn’t, because he’ll never master it, but he’s incredible at what he’s doing. You can never master anything. If he keeps on that path, imagine what he’s going to be like in a few years. Same with his wrestling.”
William Regal On The Gentlemen’s Villain Podcast
MJF will go one on one with Jon Moxley at AEW Full Gear next month for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship.
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