Mjf speak before Forbidden Door about «Hangman» Adam Pagehe AEW World Championship. are future Like All Elite, its passage through CMLL And his plans in Hollywood. All this in a recent interview with Haley Miller of Vice.
► In MJF's words
You have been AEW world champion before, the longest reign so far. With all the talent that is currently in the male division, what does it mean for you to have another opportunity, considering how competitive it is?
“Look, I think that the reason why all Elite Wrestling is so exciting right now … well, it is mostly for me, let's be honest, in addition to the back pain that I have to load the company. But you have me, to the cowboy, Swerve (Strickland), A (Will) Ospreay, to Kenny (Omega), A (Jon) Moxley Ya Kyle and Ky of generational talents of the present. The product has never been hotter.
He has never been hotter because he has never been so competitive, so young, so fresh. How do you feel? It feels correct. I feel that this is the reason why God put me on this earth: to show that I am the best fighter on the face of the earth. And what better place to do it than in the company where the best fight? ”
The division also won a new star in Austin. It was very important in TNA. Any opinion about him?
“Look, we have many cute types that use Trusas and make somersaults. I don't worry too much about Austin. I have heard that it is talented. It is simply not my thing. “
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Let's talk about your rival in Forbidden Door, Hangman Adam Page. They have had an intermittent rivalry since AEW began. People call it the main character of the company. You are a fundamental part from the beginning, do you feel that they have neglected you?
“No, because being realistic, The only two pillars that people genuinely considered pillars were me and Darby (Allin). In the first days I didn't have much to work on, do you understand me? Now I have it. Sammy Guevara is solid, although very dumb.
I do not feel aside because the new term for me is that I am the 'main antagonist'. Although I do not agree, it is what fans think of me. They are uninformed, little educated. But I agree that, since 2019, the two big names created at home are the cowboy and me.
They refuse to say that I am the best, although nobody speaks better than me. No one generates more emotion, more intrigue, more audience. No one fights better than me. No one has better entrance music than me. The list continues. But as they hate me so much, this is the only way in which they can give me credit. Do you want the antagonist to be? The villain? Perfect, no problem. “
In Dynamite we saw you threaten Mark Briscoe with fire. Hagman has a dark past with the fire, he did set fire Swerve's house. Don't you think it is risky to go “fire against fire” with him?
“You have to understand my point. That guy not only threatened, he burned Swerve's house. And here I am, MJF, and this idiot cowboy is rude with me, makes me say something angry and convinces me to execute my contract. Which was bad education, by the way.
All I did was threaten Mark Briscoe with fire. I did it? No. Because I'm not a bad person like Hangman Adam Page. I am not a pyromaniance, like Hangman Adam Page. I just try to show everyone that their hero is not as good as they believe. In addition, I no longer have problems with Briscoe: I defeated it cleanly in the ring in Dynamite. Briscoe was just a piece of chess. Because the jeans play ladies … but MJF, the type of suit and tie, plays chess. “
You have appeared in The Iron Claw and Happy Gilmore 2 with Adam Sandler. Do you have a dream project or someone with whom you would like to work in cinema?
“I have said it before: I want to be on Mount Rushmore of professional fighters converted into actors. If I have the opportunity to work with one of the three gods – Bautista, Cena or The Rock – it would be very happy.
Out of that, My dream would be part of a superhero franchise. I grew up going to the movies, and those were the films that made me leave home. ”
