MJF recently shared his thoughts on his future in AEW and explained why he believes the company needs him.
During an interview with Denise Salcedo, MJF was asked about previous comments where he said he might never leave AEW. He said, “I can’t say never in wrestling; it’s pro wrestling. Somebody who I hate once said they would never go there, and they went there. So you never know.”
However, MJF made it clear that he believes AEW relies heavily on him. “But again, if you asked me my honest, genuine opinion, my honest, genuine opinion is that All Elite Wrestling’s my company. I’m the biggest star that this company has. I’m the star that this company needs.”
He even claimed that the promotion would struggle without him. “If I leave, this company’s fu*king done, if we’re just being honest. Nobody creates as much buzz as me. Nobody’s as big of a draw as me. Nobody’s as good as me in the ring or on the microphone.”
“So yeah, I don’t think it would be conducive to the sport of professional wrestling, which, frankly, whether I want to admit it or not, I love very much, if I want there to be an alternative. The alternative needs to have a tippy-top act that has managed to get his name outside of the wrestling bubble.”
He pointed to his growing success outside wrestling. “You’re looking at a guy who was in the most streamed Netflix movie of all time. You’re looking at a guy who’s got a Universal movie coming out in December, Violent Night 2.”
“And I have a lot of things that I can’t talk about at this moment that are also irons in the fire in Hollywood. So things are big right now, and I’m proud to be unequivocally the reason that AEW is so successful in 2026.”
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