It’s a sick joke that the best thing MJF does is probably his actual wrestling while everything else he does trying to be a Big Character Man is so offputting.
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The MJF issue is that his character work is so strong that no one in AEW can keep up. He has no equals in AEW on the mic. So he’s carrying everything and it’s stale. Adam Copeland or MVP may be able keep up but other than those two I don’t know who else.
You’re tripping. MJF is NICE in the ring. 😂😂😂 the reason it got stale isn’t either of their faults. One got hurt and the other was already slated to shoot a movie.
I’m talking strictly about the build up piece of the program. He is great at keeping up with whoever he’s in the ring with but not the best. MJF has a way of manufacturing emotion that can’t be matched by anyone active in AEW. Maybe Darby, but that’s been done to death. I could be wrong.
I think this Cole feud and him being off for movies etc has not helped, but I think his Danny Garcia and Ospreay feud was very solid. Especially the Ospreay one.
Yeah. I looked like he had to turn heel and do the feud with Garcia because Cole was out indefinitely. Then, when Cole was back, it was 4 faces VS a heel by himself and the dynamics didn’t work right.
Probably more on the booking than the performers. If they didn't have a swerve on a story that is DOA, they could really have held on to it. No one would have minded that.
Yeah booking was all it was. It was probably supposed to be MJF as the face against them, and the heel turn to come AFTER people were behind him on that storyline etc. Which would have hit even harder.
His character work was excellent up until he actually won the World title ironically. Unfortunately it’s gotten old and he hasn’t evolved past cheap heat
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The Cole feud was simply an unsalvageable mess, through no fault of either man. Despite that, MJF still worked to get crowd reactions at the ppv.