Following his victory in the Casino Gauntlet match at All In: Texas, MJF has his sights set firmly on the new AEW World Champion, “Hangman” Adam Page. The former champion did not mince words, calling Page “talentless” and a “phony,” and vowing to take back the title he believes is rightfully his.
“I Saw It Coming”
On the Unlikely podcast, MJF discussed winning the Casino Gauntlet match, which guarantees him a future shot at the AEW World Championship. He stated that the victory was something he had manifested for a long time.
“A Horse Can’t Be The Face Of Your Company”
MJF then turned his attention to the new champion, making the case that AEW was more successful across every metric when he was the one holding the title.
“I saw it coming like, I manifest these things in my head when it comes to wrestling, and I think about them over and over and over again, ad nauseum. So the reason that when you watch me on your screen, everything looks so great is because I’m an absolute mental patient, and it needs to be great. I’m a perfectionist, everything, whatever comes out of my mouth that I’m saying, whatever I’m doing physically, it needs to be top notch, and that’s why you don’t catch MJF slip. I just don’t slip. It’s not a thing. Doesn’t exist. And that night was a great night. I have my casino gauntlet contract now. I can execute it whenever I want. And as you know, I think Sea Biscuit, the cowboy Hangman Adam Page, is talentless. He’s a bad person. He’s a phony. I think the only reason everybody got behind him is because they felt bad for him. He’s a loser, and I’m really excited to beat him inside the squared circle and take back what is factually rightfully mine, because when I did hold it, it was the most successful the company had ever been from every single metric and standpoint. Don’t let social media fool you. It was the best houses we had ever done. It was some of the best minute-for-minute ratings we’d ever have in the history of the company. And that’s because the company was on my back. A horse can’t be the face of your company. I said it at the very first pay-per-view in the history of our company, you can’t have a horse be the face of your company. What you need is a beautiful man with a beautiful Burberry scarf, and you’re looking at him.”
While MJF can cash in his contract for a title shot at any time, AEW’s next scheduled pay-per-view is Forbidden Door on August 24, a potential target for the highly anticipated championship match.
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