MJF is the AEW World Champion and holds the ROH World Tag Team Championship along with Adam Cole. Last week, Samoa Joe won the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament. Therefore, MJF will defend his AEW World Title against Joe tomorrow at AEW Dynamite: GrandSlam.
MJF issued a statement ahead of the title bout. He put Joe over and stated that Joe would be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. MJF also revealed in the statement that he is dealing with an injury. However, he didn’t provide more details.
“Tomorrow I go to war against a first ballot hall of famer.
One of the greatest big men in the history of our sport.
A man as intelligent as he is deadly.
Beating Samoa Joe at 100% is nearly impossible.
Tomorrow I’ll be wrestling injured.
But I won’t be in there alone.
I’ll be wrestling for The AEW fans.
I’ll be wrestling for my fellow New Yorkers.
I’ll be wrestling for my brother Adam.
I’ll be wrestling to defend the grandest prize of em all, The Triple B.
most of all I’ll be wrestling for this kid with a dream who promised himself he was done being pushed around.”
MJF
Tomorrow I go to war against a first ballot hall of famer.
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) September 19, 2023
One of the greatest big men in the history of our sport.
A man as intelligent as he is deadly.
Beating Samoa Joe at 100% is nearly impossible.
Tomorrow I’ll be wrestling injured.
But I won’t be in there alone.… pic.twitter.com/jqpH55aIuh
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