Former RAW General Manager Suggests MJF Will Be The Highest Paid Star In The History Of The Industry

MJF has had more praise sent his way by a former RAW general manager.

This year has been a big one for MJF, who has been AEW World Heavyweight Champion throughout the year, defending it at All In in the main event. As of late, MJF has been having it rough at the hands of Bullet Club Gold.

In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Jonathan Coachman stated that he believes MJF will become the highest paid star in the history of the wrestling injury.

“There are very few people that in the history of the business that have figured it out. When I watched this kid a few years ago and he was just young and didn’t even have a home for wrestling, I’m watching this arrogance and I’m like, boy, how would that play in the WWE locker room? Not only did he not stop, he kept doubling down and what did he have that everybody else doesn’t have? He can talk better than anybody else. He knows. What did we just say, if you know it’s great, they can’t say anything. When he does little things — the other day I saw a video where he’s reading the names and he said Edge, and Tony Khan was like [no] because you can’t use the same name, he does that on purpose. That’s what I’m saying, he’s playing chess. He knew he was supposed to say Adam Copeland, but he knew that if he said that, then Tony’s going to be off camera and there’s literally nothing Tony can do. I believe this to be true, Stone Cold Steve Austin made the most money for Vince over the years. But when you’re talking about salary, how much guys make, Stone Cold & Rock probably topped out between five and ten million dollars a year. They were the ones that really got that downside guarantee as high as it’s ever been, Cena was up there too. I think MJF, when he becomes a free agent, because how many guys have the guts? Think about this, how many guys have the guts, a year or two before your contract is up, to say publicly [to not] even think about coming to me with some weak offer before my deal is up because I don’t care what’s on that piece of paper, I’m going to be a free agent. Think about how many guys in the business today have the guts to say that, and then nobody crushes them. I haven’t heard anybody say, woah, he’s putting his career in jeopardy. I think he’s going to be the highest paid superstar in the history of the business when he becomes a free agent.”

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We will have to wait and see if MJF will one day become the highest paid wrestler of all time, but Coachman certainly believes he will.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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