AEW World Champion MJF could have missed his opportunity to wrestle John Cena after the latter retired in December, but that hasn’t stopped him from throwing out dream match ideas featuring WWE wrestlers. During an interview with Chris Van Vliet on “Insight,” MJF named the late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as his ultimate dream match before narrowing his scope to living performers.
“John would have been my answer but he’s retired, so I’m gonna say Kevin Steen,” MJF said. When asked specifically about injured WWE star Kevin Owens, MJF clarified that wasn’t who he meant. “No. I would like Kevin Steen, the one which I watched in Ring of Honor. Not saying Kevin Owens is not spectacular. Kevin Owens is probably the greatest wrestlers on this planet and it sucks that he’s hurt immediately. It kills me. But Kevin Owens cannot exactly say a few of the things that Kevin Steen was in a position to say back within the day. So I would like Kevin Steen. That is a dream match for me … I believe that might probably go down as certainly one of the best matches of all time and certainly one of the best promos of all time.”
Owens is currently coping with a neck injury suffered in early 2025 that has now kept him out of motion for nearly a 12 months. MJF went on to say one other injured WWE star, Seth Rollins, before turning a watch to the AEW roster, mentioning that he’s never had singles matches with Swerve Strickland or Andrade. He also seemed receptive to the thought of recent AEW arrival Tommaso Ciampa when Van Vliet brought up that name.
Earlier within the interview, MJF was effusive in his praise of Cena, calling him “a god amongst men” and “all the things that I would like to be in terms of work ethic.”