MJF believes in his hype and knows what he is worth.
During his absence from TV following his AEW World Championship loss to Samoa Joe at AEW World’s End before he was betrayed by his best friend Adam Cole and the Undisputed Kingdom, many fans continued to chant his name, even during the Pat McAfee show while in the middle of WrestleMania week.
MJF considers himself to be one of the biggest stars in the history of the pro wrestling business and went into detail on why during an interview, you can read the full quote from it below.
“Cody Rhodes is a mentor of mine. I f—— love the guy. I love the Rhodes-a-coaster. But when Triple H is doing an interview on one of the biggest sports shows, whose name were they cheering in the background? My name. I’m not just the biggest star in AEW. I’m one of the biggest stars in the history of the f—— business,” MJF told Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated.
“The reason that promo resonated with people is because everything that came out of my mouth was fact,” said Friedman. “It wasn’t feelings. It was facts. Can you remember the last time someone became a household name and arenas in WWE were chanting their name when they zero exposure elsewhere? We’re talking the Crockett era, aren’t we? I take pride in that. AEW is my territory. But I’m a name in every territory because I made professional wrestling my b—-. MJF made MJF.
“And you know what’s crazy? I’m still evolving. Nobody really knows me 100 percent ever, and nobody ever will. To coin a line from one of the greats, if there’s one thing for sure about MJF, nothing’s for sure. I almost look at my wrestling matches as a discography of sorts. Somebody might say to you that the match between me and Jungle Boy at Double or Nothing in 2020 is one of the greatest matches they’ve ever seen. Somebody might say the greatest match they ever saw was MJF versus Darby Allin at Full Gear, or that MJF versus Adam Cole at Wembley Stadium was the greatest spectacle they’ve ever seen, or MJF in the Iron Man against Bryan Danielson, or MJF in the Four Pillars match, or MJF versus CM in the Dog Collar match, or MJF versus Cody Rhodes. The list goes on and on. What’s so interesting about me to toot my own horn–toot toot–is because I’m so good at talking, people genuinely forget how great I am in the ring. Then they see me wrestle and say, ‘Holy sh–, MJF is the best wrestler in the world.’ And I don’t wrestle too often. That’s why, when I wrestle, it’s can’t-miss.”
MJF is set to compete at this year’s Forbidden Door event, he will go one-on-one for the first time with Hechicero who works with CMLL.
h/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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