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Âgé à peine de 26 ans, MJF est considéré par plusieurs fans comme le “heel” numéro 1 de la lutte professionnelle. En entrevue avec le journaliste Ariel Helwani, il a expliqué pourquoi la AEW a été son choix final et non pas la WWE.
MJF se questionnait sur la compagnie qui lui permettrait d’être le plus authentique possible. Une discussion avec Tony Khan l’a convaincu de joindre la AEW en 2019.
Il mentionne que la WWE avait un grand intérêt pour lui, mais que la AEW le laisse vraiment être lui-même. Cody Rhodes a également influencé son choix de carrière.
“I knew there was serious interest in me in WWE, but again, I thought to myself, ‘Are they gonna let me be me?’ That’s my biggest thing. Because I’m not fake. Everything about me is real. Are you gonna let me do what I do best? Let me be me. Then I got to talking to Tony Khan.” recalled MJF, “I was linked up with him by my good friend Cody Rhodes. Hope you’re doing good buddy. And we talked for hours on end over the phone, me and my BFF TK, about mid-south [wrestling], about AWA, about Buddy Landel, about Butch Reed.
“And I immediately thought to myself, ‘Okay, this guy gets it, and he gets me.’ That’s what was the most important thing to me. So at that point in my career [it] was a no brainer. Now, you bring me anywhere, I’m gonna be a top guy in your promotion so it doesn’t really matter. But at that point, I needed to make sure I had the perfect launching off point in my career.”
MJF avoue cependant qu’il aime vraiment tout ce que propose la WWE, incluant la refonte de NXT avec ses nouveaux talents.
“See, I think WWE is doing great. I love everything WWE’s doing. I just think we are fresh and we have fresh faces that people haven’t seen before. I think right now everything that Vince [McMahon] and Bruce Prichard are putting out there is absolutely incredible. I love it. I love NXT 2.0. I love Raw, I love SmackDown.”
MJF ajoute que Roman Reigns et Paul Heyman sont extraordinaires.
Selon lui, la AEW se démarque car il fait partie de la compagnie.
“I think the big difference, quite frankly is that AEW has MJF. That’s the biggest difference-maker you could possibly have.”
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