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AEW World Champion MJF blasted NJPW hard on the heels of his successful title defense at Double or Nothing in Las Vegas.
The Salt of the Earth continued his reign of terror on Sunday night when he defeated Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara, and Jungle Boy in the four pillars four-way match. All the men put on a barnburner contest, leaving fans on the edge of their seats before Friedman had the last laugh.
MJF, the cocky heel that he is, slid his 'BBB' onto Jungle Boy before Allin hit him with his Coffin Drop. This allowed Friedman to pin The Daredevil with a side headlock takeover, a throwback to their previous singles outing at Full Gear 2021.
While speaking at the Double or Nothing media scrum, MJF was asked if he'd wrestle at the upcoming AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door pay-per-view. The 27-year-old flat-out said, "f**k that," and instead slammed NJPW:
“Do I have to wrestle at Forbidden Door? F**k that. Oh God, it’s a f**king indie fed, dude. I don’t know, man. Jesus Christ. Look, with all due respect, their greatest legend probably couldn’t lace my boots. I think I would make anybody on that roster look silly, and I don’t want to waste my time. I’m a very busy man," Friedman said.
He added:
“I think New Japan Pro Wrestling sucks. Except that Great-O-Khan guy, he f**king pops me. I like him. But everyone else there is the drizzling s**ts. I don’t know. It reminds me of just like a local indie fed." (H/t - Wrestling Inc)
MJF breaks silence on not headlining AEW Double or Nothing
Despite being the AEW World Champion, MJF didn't headline the Double or Nothing 2023. The company decided to close out its marquee event with the Anarchy in the Arena match between The Elite and The Blackpool Combat Club.
The Devil addressed not main eventing the pay-per-view and took a sly dig at his former rival, Jon Moxley:
"No, no. Why the f*** would I want to roll around in Jon Moxley's blood? I'm f***ing good on that, okay? No thanks! (...) I'd rather not run around in all that f***ing mid-blood. Like, can we, can we get real, real quick? That's f***ing disgusting," Friedman said.
With the four pillars storyline in the history books, it will be interesting to see which AEW star or NJPW name will step up to challenge MJF next as Forbidden Door fast approaches.
What do you make of MJF's comments about NJPW? Sound off in the comments section below.
