After being absent from AEW television for the entirety of 2024, MJF came back with a vengeance at the Denver, Colorado edition of Dynamite a little under two weeks removed from his Double or Nothing return, and believe me; he came back with a list of grievances a mile long in the Mile High City.
Addressing the crowd in the opening segment of the show, MJF began his time in an unusual way, discussing the many money-making opportunities that are now presented to him as a contracted member of AEW.
“To the folks watching at home, if you’re wondering why my eyes look a little bloodshot and squinty, just in case you didn’t get the memo, we’re in Colorado, baby. And MJF is back, and he’s rocking that brand-spanking new MJF merch, available now at ShopAEW.com, get yours today,” MJF told the crowd. “Done shilling, I’m done shilling. See folks, I’m gonna put everybody on notice. While I was out nursing my wounds, I’m sitting on my beautiful couch in my palatial estate in the most magical place in the world, Long Island, New York. UBS, Forbidden Door, Long Island, daddy’s coming back home. Probably going to wrestle some random guy from Mexico or Japan. Doesn’t matter. Get your tickets today. Done shilling.”
Fortunately, after he was finished with his shilling, MJF got down to the task at hand, which was re-defining himself as the new face of AEW, which is a title that has become rather murky over the past few months what with the Dynasty win of Swerve Strickland, the arrival of Kazuchika Okada, and the emergence of Will Ospreay as the new face of AEW.
MJF has words for Okada, Swerve Strickland, and Will Ospreay.
Turning his attention from how fans can support him to why they should, MJF discussed all the new faces in the AEW Galaxy and why, despite the pedigree surrounding so many of AEW's new signings, he remains a performer worthy of the moniker “The Best in the World.”
“So I’m sitting at home, you know, and I’m watching a bunch of children make a ton of bold claims on my show. I got one guy walking around saying he’s ‘The Rainmaker.’ Make a lot of money there, eh chief? That’s interesting because every time I look at his physique, it seems pretty apparent to me that the guy can’t even afford a gym membership. But you know, I got another bold claimer going around. As a matter of fact, he was swerving around. And he was claiming he was the leader of the Mogul Embassy. H*ll of a leader, pal, your entire group turned on you and whooped you, but that’s not the part that offended me, folks. It’s not. The part that offended me, Swerve, was you referring to yourself as a Business Mogul. Interesting. Swerverino, Shano, last time I checked, business moguls tend to go to business school, and if you did, I guess you must have skipped your public speaking course,” MJF declared.
“But that was not the most egregious claim, folks. The most egregious claim was from a Cockney c****head, walking around saying ‘Oi! I’m the best in the world, bruv!’ It’s a great word, so, that’s really interesting, Willy. Because last time I checked, you ain’t Chris Jericho, you ain’t Jon Moxley, you ain’t Cody Rhodes, you ain’t Samoa Joe, you ain’t Bryan Danielson, you ain’t Kenny Omega, you ain’t Adam Cole, you ain’t Hiroshi Tanahashi. But you know who managed to beat every single one of the individuals on that list? It’s on the tip of my tongue. Oh that’s right, Maxwell Jacob Freeman, MJF. So the next time you wanna come on my show and lie through those disgusting, British, crooked, yellow-stained teeth of yours, watch ya tone and check ya mouth, cause ‘Silly Billy,' you ain’t the best in the world, Bruv. I am!
“I am the guy who did the impossible in five short years of National Television exposure. I became the man, the face of AEW. I created some of the greatest matches, moments, memories, and interviews in the history of this sport. I became the most hated man walking this planet, only to become the most beloved, and that don’t happen by accident, babe. So imagine how I felt when I go home to heal from my wounds after carrying this place, and people have the audacity to try to smear my name? Revisionists trying to revise my history, revise my legacy, revise my name.”
In a way, there's something poetic about MJF and company fighting over who is the best wrestler in the world today when the man who unofficially owns the moniker no longer works for the company after a backstage blowup at the promotion's biggest show of all time, AEW All In. Still, considering MJF has a dog collar match win over the “Second City Saint” in one of AEW's signature matches, it's safe to say if anyone has a claim to the moniker, it has to be the “Salt of the Earth.”