MJF says AEW would collapse without him and credits his current title reign for improvements across every measurable metric. Speaking on TMZ Inside The Ring ahead of his Texas Death Match against Hangman Adam Page at AEW Revolution, MJF was asked about his value to the company. He did not hold back.
“We would be fucked if MJF left the territory,” MJF said. “I am the biggest thing this company has got. Right now, since I have won the championship, we are up in every single metric. Ticket sales, pay-per-view buys, ratings. We are absolutely killing it right now.”
MJF also pointed to the roster around him as a contributing factor to AEW’s current momentum. “I respect people’s abilities? You know, I can sit here and say, the other reason why our show is doing so incredibly right now is because of the cast of characters, if you will, that are trying to take this championship away from me. The other reason why our show is doing so incredibly right now is because of the cast of characters that are trying to take this championship away from me,” MJF said. “You have Hangman, you have Kenny Omega, you have Swerve Strickland, you have Samoa Joe, you have Andrade, you have Kyle Fletcher, you have Bandido, you have Darby Allin, you have Brody King, you have Kevin Knight, you have Speedball Mike Bailey. The list goes on and on, and the scary part is it is growing.”
MJF went further, stating that AEW is producing the best professional wrestling on television today. “I think the reason why we are catching fire right now, and everybody is unanimously agreeing, facts not feelings, we are putting on the best professional wrestling shows in the sport today,” MJF said. “It is because we have the best professional wrestlers in the sport today, bar none.”
MJF defended the AEW World Championship against Hangman Adam Page in a Texas Death Match at AEW Revolution on March 15 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. If Page lost, he would be barred from challenging for the title again.
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