MJF shared his feelings on the current locker room dynamic in AEW as the promotion prepares for one of its largest shows this weekend.
While speaking with Scott Fishman at TV Insider, MJF stated that everyone is on the same page and indicating the high bar that AEW has set for talent who are considering jumping on:
We aren’t coming there to cash a check. We aren’t coming to give 50 percent. We’re all giving 110 percent. If you think you’re going to come into my company, and yes I said my company because I’ve been here since day 1, and I’m the best professional wrestler in the world. If you think you’re going to come into my company and barely put in work, you’re out of your goddamn mind. You don’t belong here. We don’t want you here. So stay where you are and be miserable over there because you don’t belong swimming in the ocean of sharks that is AEW. And you’re talking to the biggest shark of them all in MJF.
The performer didn’t list any names that he felt didn’t give their all in the company, but said everyone with AEW today “wants to be in the AEW locker room”.
MJF also reacted to WWE’s scheduling of the NXT Great American Bash & Saturday Night’s Main Event on the same day as All In Texas and sees it for what it is, but doesn’t begrudge WWE for taking that tactic
Everyone is judging them for it. I think that’s silly. Don’t judge them for it, but also, don’t be stupid. They’re not doing this by happenstance. This isn’t circumstantial. None of it is. The difference between me and everyone else is even though I know that, I’m not going to pretend that is not the truth or going to stand here and pretend that’s not an incredibly intelligent thing to do.
MJF will be part of the Casino Gauntlet match at All In Texas this Saturday, and is part of the cast of Happy Gilmore 2, which premieres on Netflix on July 25.
The full interview is available on TV Insider.
