MJF is currently off AEW television after losing the AEW World Title to Samoa Joe at the Worlds End 2023 pay-per-view event. The former champion is dealing with several injuries, which he’s trying to avoid undergoing surgery for.
Speaking on a recent episode of his “Keepin’ It 100” podcast, Konnan expressed his belief that MJF has already signed a new contract with All Elite Wrestling. He said,
“This is the way I look at it; obviously, we’ll know pretty soon. I said this six months ago, I cannot believe … that even with all the other errors that have been made by that company, that six months ago, knowing that this day would come and you hadn’t fixed it.”
He continued, “Why would you spend all that time on MJF? … Because I’m thinking that, ‘Alright, MJF might be hurt.’ Let’s just say he is. ‘He might be hurt. We take the title off him. He doesn’t come back for a while. Maybe he’s going to WWE, and it kind of generates a buzz, and he comes back.’ Because I gotta think six months ago he signed. He was probably making 200,000 dollars, and now he’s making two million.”
MJF was removed from the AEW roster page earlier this month.
