{"id":338871,"date":"2026-05-22T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338871"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:41:18","slug":"willow-nightingale-provides-injury-update-aew-advance-note-mjf-talks-character-don-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/willow-nightingale-provides-injury-update-aew-advance-note-mjf-talks-character-don-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Nightingale Provides Injury Update, AEW Advance Note, MJF Talks Character, DON Card"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AEW has added a trios match to the Double Or Nothing 2026 Buy In pre-show.<\/p>\n

Anthony Bowens, HOOK, and Katsuyori Shibata of The Opps will face Death Riders members Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Daniel Garcia on the\u00a0Louis Armstrong Stadium on May 24.<\/p>\n

You may take a look at the updated lineup for AEW Double Or Nothing 2026 below:<\/p>\n

Foremost Card<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*\u00a0AEW World Championship Hair vs. Title Match:<\/b> Darby Allin vs. MJF<\/p>\n

*\u00a0AEW Women\u2019s World Championship Match:<\/b> Thekla vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander<\/p>\n

*\u00a0AEW Continental Championship No Time Limit Match:<\/b> Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O\u2019Reilly<\/p>\n

*\u00a0AEW International Championship Match:<\/b> Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita<\/p>\n

*\u00a0AEW World Tag Team Championship I Quit Match:<\/b> FTR vs. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage [If Cope and Cage lose, they must retire as a tag team[<\/em><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Stadium Stampede Match:<\/b> Chris Jericho, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Jack Perry, Kenny Omega & Young Bucks vs. The Demand, Mark Davis, Andrade El Idolo & The Dogs<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Women\u2019s Owen Hart Tournament Match:<\/b> Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Men\u2019s Owen Hart Tournament Match:<\/b> Samoa Joe vs. Will Ospreay<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Men\u2019s Owen Hart Tournament Match:<\/b> Bandido vs. Swerve Strickland<\/p>\n

The Buy In:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

* Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, and Wheeler Yuta vs. Anthony Bowens, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata<\/p>\n

* Boom & Doom & The Conglomeration (vs. Shane Taylor Promotions<\/p>\n

*\u00a0AEW Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship Five-Minute Eliminator Match: <\/b>Divine Dominion vs. Zayda Steel and Viva Van Death Riders<\/p>\n

In addition, AEW will stream a new TikTok LIVE pre\u2011show called \u201cAEW Advance\u201d from Philadelphia\u2019s Liacouras Center on May 27 at 6 p.m. ET, just two hours before Dynamite on TBS and HBO Max.<\/p>\n

You can check out the announcement below:<\/p>\n

\u201cTitled AEW Advance, the TikTok LIVE pre-show will give fans an all-access pass inside the electric atmosphere at Philadelphia\u2019s Liacouras Center before AEW Dynamite airs live on TBS and HBO Max, as the AEW world braces for the fallout from this weekend\u2019s stacked AEW Double or Nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFeatured segments include exclusive access to AEW stars \u201cget ready with me\u201d content, pre-show routines, appearances from AEW personalities and executives, previews of scheduled storylines and matches from the night, and behind-the-scenes looks at the arena atmosphere as fans fill the venue ahead of airtime. Viewers may also get a glimpse of announcer preparations and other select pre-show moments featuring rising AEW stars.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Willow Nightingale recently vacated the AEW TBS Championship and withdrew from the Owen Hart Tournament after suffering a shoulder injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On social media, Willow shared a photo and a short message, telling fans, \u201cCatch you on the flip side.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It remains unclear when Willow might be able to return to the ring.<\/p>\n

During this week\u2019s episode of AEW Dynamite, Jack Perry ran out carrying a bag of onions as he made the save for The Young Bucks and Chris Jericho.<\/p>\n

In a video posted on Instagram, Perry later showed how he secretly got hold of the onions for the segment, thanks to an assist from Luchasaurus.<\/p>\n

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During a recent appearance on the \u201cSHAK Wrestling\u201d podcast, MJF said he is not a \u201ccharacter\u201d<\/em><\/strong> or playing kayfabe, insisting he is Maxwell Jacob Friedmann all day, every day.<\/p>\n

MJF called himself a generational talent, focused on heat, money, and becoming a three\u2011time world champion by age 30.<\/p>\n

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:<\/p>\n

On the genesis of his \u2018character\u2019:\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cI knew I wanted to be me 100% of the time because I am me. So, it was not shared to do. You know, a lot of people like to use the words character. A lot of wrestling fans will say the word kayfabe even though they have no idea what it means. The fact of the matter is is I am not a character. I am not kayfabing it. I am MJF 24\/7. So it\u2019s not like I have to put up this affront. I just simply wake up and do my thing and then go to sleep in a beautiful silk-lined bed in my lovely mansion in Long Island.\u201d<\/p>\n

On when he realized he was becoming a magnetic talent: <\/strong>\u201cWell, I\u2019ll be honest. My first match, and I\u2019m sure my first match is somewhere on YouTube, but I remember it was a it was a create a pro wrestling show, and I was watching all the matches before I went o,n and like they were getting like the respectful golf clap thing and I was like, \u2018Oh, why are none of these people interacting with the audience?\u201d I got it. And I was like, literally 18 at the time. Um, I\u2019ve been in the business now for 13 years. And um, for only six of those years, I\u2019ve been exposed on national television, and I\u2019m already considered by most the best in the world right now. That didn\u2019t happen by accident. That happened by me looking at what everybody else was doing and going, \u2018That\u2019s neat. I\u2019m not going to do that. I\u2019m not gonna flip and flop and fly and dump me on my head or my opponent on there.\u2019 Like the thing that I was most concerned with was building a genuine like vitriol. Like, I just wanted people to hate me because when people hate me, I make more money.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it just seemed like such a slam dunk and a layup that no one was paying attention to at the time. And what\u2019s cute now is I am seeing the light bulb go off because when you\u2019re as good of a talker as me, what happens is you get compared to good talkers of your and good talkers of your, as much as I love professional wrestling, most of the time if you\u2019re this incredible talker, you\u2019re a dog [ __ ] wrestler. And we\u2019ve seen it time and time and time and time again. And there aren\u2019t lots of folks that can talk and wrestle like me. And I\u2019d imagine the last person who could possibly be at the extent that I do was Flair. I mean, [ __ ], you\u2019re taking a look at Flair, you\u2019re taking a look at Austin, you\u2019re taking a look at Rock, you\u2019re taking a look at Cena. These are the names you\u2019re considering of, and these are the folks that I get in comparison with once I meet people, , once I leave my house, because I\u2019m always getting stopped. And , that\u2019s not something to disregard.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I call myself a generational talent because I do know when my run\u2019s over, when people talk in regards to the, , 2020s, they\u2019re going to discuss MJF. They\u2019re not going to have a selection. Because I’m the point of interest of this era and I\u2019m about to turn out to be on this Sunday a three-time world champion by 30. Do yourself a favor, chat GPT, Google, regardless of the Grok, regardless of the bull**** you would like to use. Type in how many individuals have turn out to be a three-time world champion at 30 years old. The list is few and much between. And this industry\u2019s been around for a protracted, long, very long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we\u2019re entering historic territory, which is, I believe, why this pay-per-view is so must-see, Shak, because either Darby\u2019s going to retain and I\u2019m going to get my head shaved ball not happening or which could be history if it did however it\u2019s not happening otherwise you get to witness history in seeing any person who will join a club that’s literally a handful of individuals within the history of the game of becoming a three-time world champion at 30 years of age. It\u2019s unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n

On why his method is frowned upon: <\/strong>\u201cIndividuals are being ****ies, Shak and I\u2019d like to be quoted on that. And I\u2019d love you to not bleep it. Sincerely. We live in a society full of weak people who find themselves afraid of offending others. That\u2019s not something I\u2019m afraid of. Once I offend you, you purchase a ticket. Once I offend you, the rankings go up. Once I offend you, you’ve gotten no selection but to look at me and hope that I lose against a man like Darby Allen, which I won\u2019t, and also you\u2019ll proceed to look at me because I grab you by the balls and I provide you with no selection otherwise. Now, once I see guys, and there are a few of these guys I respect, but I see guys, they\u2019re on TV, after which they go on Twitter, \u2018Oh my god, I just had such an awesome match with so and so. I\u2019ve had a lot fun at work these last couple of weeks!\u2019 It makes me wish to vomit. It\u2019s disgusting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not why I got on this sport. I got on this sport to speak ****. I got in the game to beat people up, and I got in the game to make a complete lot of cash doing it. I can\u2019t comprehend the concept of It\u2019s like they\u2019re putting a fancy dress on, Shak. I can\u2019t relate to that. And I need to look at a man that I do know is real on my TV screen. I don\u2019t want to look at a man playing one other guy. If I desired to ******* watch that, I might activate a movie or a TV show. That\u2019s not why I watch professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n