MJF is ready to cross paths with John Cena again.
Worlds collided on the red carpet for the premiere of The Iron Claw when WWE star John Cena and AEW World Champion MJF crossed paths and snapped a photo. MJF recently spoke to Liam Crowley of Comicbook.com and detailed his experience meeting someone he grew up a fan of.
“This dude was a fathead on my wall in my bedroom. I was kind of s–tting my pants frankly,” MJF said of Cena. “The professional answer is I was very excited to meet with a peer. But the realistic answer is this was a guy I grew up watching. It’s a guy that I bought merchandise for. I bought tickets for. The fact that John posted the Burberry plaid on his Instagram after he met me was both cheeky and funny and really cool.”
MJF, who is still a fan at heart, opened up about meeting other wrestlers he grew up watching.
“I think that’s the coolest thing about being a professional wrestler. You get to swim in circles and work with people that you literally grew up watching and idolizing. Not a lot of sports are like that. There’s not a lot of people that grew up watching Brett Farve, for example, at quarterback and then got to play against Brett Farve once they grew up,” MJF noted. “There’s a lot longer of a shelf life in pro wrestling, for the most part, than in most other major professional sports. The fact that I’ve gotten to work with and beat guys like Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, when in reality these guys have everyone I just named has been in wrestling for over a decade. How many sports is that normal with? Not many.”
The AEW World Champion confidently concluded, “I look forward to working with him at some point down the road. I most certainly feel I will. I can’t wait.”
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