MJF is trying to change the perception of the way people view professional wrestling in 2023.
AEW World Champion MJF recently took part in the AEW WrestleDream post-show media scrum. During the scrum, Friedman took the opportunity to call out Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer for his comments on his tag match earlier in the evening.
“I just wanted to say something very quick. You said that the match was the match was incredible, but it was a gimmick match,” MJF said. “Very quickly, here’s what I’m going to say. I feel professional wrestling, for an incredibly long time, went south, in my opinion. I think people decided that they needed to absolutely murder themselves or their opponents, not even considering trying to get a win.
“All they were considering was trying to get a cheap pop or a cheap reaction. What I am trying to do is bring back a flavor of ice cream that I love and dare I say is just as much professional wrestling. It most certainly is not a gimmick, and that is to make people so emotionally invested in the person that is inside the squared circle that if they hit a bodyslam or a headlock takeover or a Kangaroo Kick, it gets just as loud of a reaction as Darby Allin getting thrown onto the steel stairs, which was the most insane thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
MJF: Nothing I do is a gimmick
“All I am simply saying is, nothing I do is a gimmick. I believe that professional wrestling, in all shapes and sizes, is important, and it’s all different flavors of ice cream. But I also believe, to me, for my two cents, if you can do what I do and get that reaction, I think it’s much harder actually than doing a triple indie whatever the f—k. Obviously, they’re gonna clap. It’s insane.
“Can you make them absolutely freak out and have a damn near panic attack when you do a little thing? To me, that is professional wrestling. Everybody’s thoughts on what pro wrestling is is different, and I am really proud of all the flavors of ice cream that we showed on tonight’s card. I think this is quite possibly one of, if not the best, pay-per-views we’ve ever done.”
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