Aug 27, 6:30 PM
MJF has some more things to say about AEW, WWE, and wrestling tribalism
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While I find he can get in a low-hanging fruit/cheap heat rut with his heel promos, Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s work representing AEW on the interview circuit is usually pretty even-keel. At least in comparison to the way Tony Khan and Chris Jericho did interviews in the company’s early days, or how Will Ospreay does them now. MJF will still passionately represent his employer, and make snide comments about the competition. But he’s also attempted to explain the value of a competitive marketplace to the most extreme WWE devotees, and asked critics of AEW to provide something constructive rather than “Fed is better. LOL”. Talking to Richard Deitsch ahead of All In this weekend, Max took an “all in the game” approach to WWE tactics others might call petty: “Prior to MJF vs. Samoa Joe [at Worlds End in 2023]… no professional wrestling event had sold out Nassau Coliseum — not a live event by us or WWE or anybody — since I believe the late 80s. I took a lot of pride in that. Then, magically, s