Tony Khan Speaks About MJF’s Return To AEW

Khan speaks about MJF’s comeback.

MJF made his return to All Elite Wrestling at the three-hour Holiday Bash edition of Dynamite/Collision. Upon his return, MJF asserted himself into the AEW World Championship picture, and he is scheduled to compete in a four-way for the title at AEW Worlds End.

Ahead of Worlds End, AEW President Tony Khan made the media rounds and chatted with TV Insider. He said the following when asked about having MJF in the fold:

“As we’ve been in this holiday season, there has been so much excitement and unpredictability around the AEW World Championship. Last week at the Holiday Bash event in Manchester, the picture looked very exciting. We’ve got the AEW World Champion, the first-ever double champion in AEW history, the World Trios and AEW World Champion now for the second time, Samoa Joe. In my mind, one of the all-time great wrestlers. He had a tremendous defense of the championship at Winter Is Coming Dynamite in a match I always wanted to see and delivered with Eddie Kingston. Now Samoa Joe has to face two men he knows very well in the ring and also know the AEW World Champion… It looked to be a rematch from Revolution 2024 where we set all the records in Greensboro. Then we did see what was unexpected for many fans in the return of MJF, Maxwell Jacob Freedman who had been clinging to this opportunity that he earned in AEW All In Texas for a contract to challenge for the championship. I made it clear to properly advertise and prepare for these shows and deliver world championship matches at the highest level. There needs to be and has been given proper notice. So I did know for this to be finalized.

 MJF is back and has got his own rivalries. There was the one who took the championship from him at Worlds End two years earlier and holds the championship now, Samoa Joe. MJF wisely returned to a contract signing segment for AEW Holiday Bash this past week when there was no physicality allowed or competitors. It’s going to be a fantastic pay-per-view. I’m excited for Worlds End this weekend and thrilled about that four-way for the world championship as part of this big Christmas week. He plotted to take the AEW World Championship after Joe was instrumental in helping him win this championship. Page is also a two-time champion. One of Samoa Joe’s greatest rivals and who has been through hell with Hangman Page and fought beside him as well. Swerve Strickland is in there too.”

MJF will be in the four-way with Swerve Strickland, Hangman Adam Page, and the AEW World Champion, Samoa Joe.