MJF Recalls Coming Up With His ‘I’m Better Than You, And You Know It’ Catchphrase, Reaction To Similar Line In ‘Dodgeball’
MJF looks back on creating his first catchphrase in the world of professional wrestling and how he was surprised to see it in 'Dodgeball'.
MJF looks back on creating his first catchphrase in the world of professional wrestling and how he was surprised to see it in ‘Dodgeball’.
Coming up with something truly unique in the modern entertainment world remains a difficult task across the industry, including in professional wrestling.
While speaking to the Late Night Grin with Joe Hulbert, MJF recalled coming up with his signature catchphrase, sharing his surprise to hear a similar line in the movie, ‘Dodgeball’.
“So let me tell you a story. I remember I’m 18 years old standing in front of the mirror. I’m like, all right, motherfucker, you’re the already best talker in the business, but you need a catchphrase. We got to figure this out, and it came to me. I swear it came to me like God whispered in my ear. My name is Maxwell Jacob Freeman and I’m better than you and you know it, and I got chills the second I said it in front of the mirror. Three years go by. Dodgeball was one of my favorite movies growing up. But you know, Jesus Christ, there’s so many iconic lines in that film, and I watched it. ‘Here at Globo Gym, we’re better than you, and we know it,’ and the second he said it, I went, ‘Oh fuck. I’m not creative at all.’ There’s this weird thing. It happens with standup comedians too, where they’ll say a joke fully thinking it’s their joke, and it turns out it’s from somebody else’s set that they watched a fucking decade ago. Right? So I do think that’s what happened with the Dodgeball deal.”
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