Former AEW World Champion MJF is heading to All In: Texas.
On Wednesday’s three hundredth edition of “AEW Dynamite,” MJF bested Brody King, AR Foxx, and Anthony Bowens to earn the #2 entry within the Casino Gauntlet match on the upcoming supershow in Globe Life Field. MJF submitted Foxx with a modified Fujiwara Armbar to get the win. Which means that MJF will come to blows with former ROH World Champion Msark Briscoe, with whom MJF has been exchanging stiff barbs as of late. Briscoe declared MJF to have a “tiny Kosher pickle,” and now could be promising that he and MJF could have a “talky-talk” on the subsequent episode of “Dynamite.” Briscoe told MJF to go away The Hurt Syndicate backstage for the upcoming promo battle.
The win represents something of a full-circle moment for MJF, as he was in the primary Casino Battle Royal on the inaugural Double or Nothing event in 2019. Though technically, the Casino Gauntlet is a unique match from the battle royal, as a Casino Gauntlet is sudden death. There may also be a women’s Casino Gauntlet. The winners of each matches get their respective world title matches somewhere down the road. The one entrant in the ladies’s match to date is Kris Statlander.
This may also mark the primary time in AEW All In history where MJF won’t be competing in a title match. MJF main-evented the primary All In event in 2023, retaining his AEW World Championship against Adam Cole. Ultimately yr’s event, MJF entered the show because the AEW International Champion and was dethroned by Will Ospreay.