Before MJF signed with AEW at 22 years of age, he made sure that he was going to be regarded as one in all the most popular young stars in skilled wrestling by accepting every opportunity on the indie scene, performing over 100 times a 12 months, and mastering the art of cutting a promo. MJF’s dedication led him to a few AEW World Championship wins and a number of other major event opportunities on pay-per-view, but he believes that the young talent of today will fail to follow in his footsteps attributable to their lack of labor ethic.
“I used to be wrestling a minimum of 4 times per week on the independent circuit, a minimum. After which on top of that, I used to be training at Create A Pro,” he explained during a recent appearance on “Shut Up and Wrestle.” “I’ll see guys get signed young like I did, but they didn’t wrestle three to 4 times each week and nor are they training after they got signed since it’s ‘Oh, I’m making big money now’ … that makes me sick to my stomach.”
MJF didn’t name which talent he’s develop into frustrated with, but he went out of his strategy to credit AEW star Lio Rush, who debuted his latest “Blackheart” gimmick earlier this 12 months, leading him to be featured more often on television while being one of the unique young stars within the industry today.
“That dude trains on a regular basis. That dude then realized, Okay, this thing I have been doing for a decade since I used to be a young guy, it’s not working anymore. I’m going to modify it up now … his flavor of ice cream that he’s doing now may not be your flavor of ice cream that you simply’re fascinated by, but it surely’s gotten him on television … I respect that immensely and I wish there have been more guys like him in our age group.”
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