On the October 28, 2023 edition of AEW Collision, MJF successfully defended his AEW World Title by defeating Kenny Omega in the main event.
After the show went off the air, MJF addressed the fans in a promo. He said,
“Without Kenny Omega, without The [Young] Bucks, without Cody Rhodes, and without Tony Khan, he might be a f***** mark but he is a visionary, All Elite Wrestling does not exist. Therefore, your world champion, Maxwell Jacob Friedman does not exist. I still don’t know what I’m gonna do for the bidding war of 2024. But what I do know is that when I get the opportunity to wrestle the Best Bout Machine Kenny Omega, it tends to sway my opinion a little bit.”
