MJF

[10.0] "As of writing this, he is 29 years old and, for me, he is easily in the conversation for the greatest wrestler of all time. Assuming he does not end his career early for Hollywood or some other reason, I see myself struggling to argue against him being the best if he goes on like this for years longer."

[9.0] "MJF is a terrific heel and is devotion to his character is second to none. However, while he cuts excellent promos, he tends to say very stereotypical things and then act like he dropped a pipe bomb and it's really the only thing that irritates me about him. he is very good, but he's not as good as he thinks he is. I saw him first at All In, where he was fine, but it was his betrayal of Cody Rhodes in AEW that fully bought me into his character. Since then, he's been one of the best in the business. He needs to man up and leave AEW for WWE the next chance he gets, because he's a big fish in a small pond right now. I think he would excel in WWE if booked right."

[8.0] "Better than you...but sometimes, he makes you think that he is not. Maxwell Jacob Friedman, how the hell can I rate you...damn. That guy had my favorite match ever against Bryan Danielson, is one of the reasons why AEW is so huge and famous and mostly important, is a superstar since the first time he stepped into an wrestling ring. The first belt he got was the World one for a reason. However, some of his sheninagans fucking sucks. Some of his promos, specially when he faces black or latino wrestlers, are just based on racism and nothing else, his rivalry against Jay White, Adam Cole and much more wrestlers I did not said looked fucking trash...he is that guy. Pretty polaryzed. Love or hate, this is it. You will never know what he could do in a wrestling ring for you."

[10.0] "MJF is one of the best heels in not just AEW history, but in wrestling history. He's everything you'd want in a wrestler, he's great in the ring, he's phenomenal on the mic, his entrance is great, and his ability to get heat is unbelievable."

[10.0] "MJF is just... different. Dude knows exactly how to make people hate him without doing too much. He talks, cheats, slows stuff down, and somehow makes you wanna watch every second. His moves aren't flashy, but they hit harder 'cause he makes it feel personal. Those little pauses, smirks, and sneaky stuff? That's what gets people into it. Honestly, he makes matches feel like a story, not just wrestling, and that's why everyone looks better when they're in the ring with him."

"Probably the best heel currently, top tier promo skills, amazing at making other wrestlers look awesome without diminishing his own credibility, and one of the most simple yet effective characters of all time A near-perfect modern era wrestler"

[6.0] "I've tried to hold onto the potential he had, or I guess still has, but I just can't anymore. He's not good. His promos are one note, edge lord shit that isn't funny and doesn't progress his storylines at all. His in ring, while it can be good, he falls into the shenanigans way too often and it takes away from all his matches. He is what he is at this point, and that's not particularly a good thing. Was a 9, now a 6."

[2.0] "Years before MJF came to AEW, you could see he had talent to go well beyond just independent wrestling. Big problem is he has never developed past being that exact character. Nothing about him has evolved. His only really interesting angle in AEW was with Adam Cole. Past that its the same character, promo, shtick over and over. Clearly some people love it, he gets reactions. But still doing going back to the same racist promos and cringey name calling shouldn't be landing him world titles. They've spent so much time and energy trying to make sure we all see MJF as a top guy but put him anywhere else and he's floating in the middle. He's yet to evolve to a next level where he'll been seen as an all time great."

[2.0] "This generation's Jericho: constantly in the right place at the right time and in the good graces of the right booker with the right peers to elevate him - and any time he's left to his own devices, he flounders. From tanking the potential Wardlow babyface run with his inexplicable antics to delivering possibly the worst "babyface" title reign of the century, MJF shows that if it's not part of his formulaic routine he cannot rise to the occasion. His need for attention will devalue the AEW brand every time he's positioned at its helm but as long as he quips enough to make the crowd oooo and aaaa he will be allowed to help steer the vessel. I give him a two because with a legend leading him he's a heel that gets a reaction and that has led to a scant few great matches. Were I not trying to be somewhat unbiased, I would give him a zero because I find him embarrassing and think he's wasted more money and television time than anyone else this decade. A dogless churl who has just begun his second reign as AEW world champion and I foresee it being slightly better than the last one, which would make it the second worst reign in the title's short history."

[10.0] "Arguably, the best heel of the modern era, with the suit, the scarf, this mans ability to generate heat is incomparable. Literally, MJF could get heat in Antarctica. He is undoubtedly the best heel worker today. I'd say a better heel than the Miz or Dominik Mysterio, which is a talent."

[2.0] "Strong argument for the worst wrestler of the 2020's, at least outside of the WWE (or WWE system guys like COPE). A guy who endlessly sells himself as a 'real heel', as if saying a sports team sucks and doing a low blow is the most innovative work in the world, but he ALSO can't even do that! He's completely incapable of keeping Kayfabe, and is completely incapable of editing his many, many promos to keep anything narratively consistent. ///////////////////////You can first really see it start in the 2020 Mox feud, a feud against the big ace of the company who's been built as a big scary tough deathmatch guy, but MJF spends the whole time doing presidential election bits and doing worked shoot Cornette bits about Orange Cassidy. This is a blip in isolation, but it happens in nearly EVERY promo he does, whatever material that can be used for a cheap pop, whether it's face or heel, WILL be used up. Suddenly he's not an old school independently rich scumbag, he's actually someone who grinded and trained in wrestling schools for years! Suddenly, he's a lifelong wrestling fan disappointed at his idols leaving the WWE, suddenly, he doesn't hate AEW and want to leave, he's ride or die for it! His entire character can flip in every promo. ////////////////////////And this extends to his promos putting down other wrestlers too. Everyone gets the humiliation ritual of of him going through lines about your divorce, or your steroid use, or your ethnicity, or your wrestling style, or your time in the WWE, or your booking, or your age, or your tan, or your physical shape, and the 'old school heel' never has to take it back in any meaningful way. Even someone like Samoa Joe, a badass heel champ, who beat MJF for the world title, has to stand there and eat shit about his hairline from a guy fresh off a flight to Turkey for hair transplants. As an aside, it's very convenient for MJF's promo style that he's never run into Eddie Kingston, the only in the company that would probably call him out for this stuff, and has a ready baked underdog story against a rich guy from New York! I wonder why he started getting fewer in ring promos and de-emphasized during MJF's title reign? Curious thing to happen! ////////////////////////In ring, the same insecurity as his promos pops up. Like HHH, he needs the praise for the heat of being a cheating heel and doing coward spots, because that's 'good heel heat, ' but he also needs to portray himself as a badass, unlimited stamina, fighting through the pain super athlete who can't be out techniqued by Bryan Danielson or Hechicero, can't be outbombed by Kenny Omega or Takeshita, and can keep up for the requisite Meltzer 5 star match format (while whining that stuff in his promos). Wrestlers not only have to allow him to do his bad, lowest common denominator ideas like a kangaroo kick comedy spot, they also have to portray it as some badass move that allows him to destroy tag team champions on his own. That's before we get to his matches with Cole, Jay White, or Adam Page, which are the peak of atrocious, overbooked NXT excess. //////////////////////// It all belies an insufferable neediness to be all things to all people, which came to a head with his title run. A fairly simple narrative of a chickenshit heel who'd been built up for years getting the title and then (preferably) being owned by a babyface like Bryan or Hangman or Eddie devolved into endless slop with ANOTHER one of the worst wrestlers in the world, Adam Cole. This was the build to the main event of one of the highest attended non WWE shows of all time, VERY likely the biggest AEW show ever, and your main event heel, who you've spent YEARS building, insists on making babyface turn segments that CONSTANTLY broke Kayfabe and were about food being too spicy or whatever, leading to an all time terrible match. One of the biggest flop title runs in wrestling history. ///////////////////////Like some of his precursors and contemporaries in terms of being the WOTW that can (sort of) do moves (Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Seth Rollins, Edge), MJF cannot fail, he can only be failed. In wrestling coverage, the MJF title reign was only bad in retrospect. You get stock phrases like 'he's old school' or 'he knows how to get heat' and 'He knows how to do psychology' and he's the inevitable 'future of the industry' because he can say the local towns sports team smells bad and then do some Ric Flair spots. The massive drop in company attendance and general interest must have been because he was just too dang good at working the marks. You can have all your matches and promos be bad for years outside of miracle work by an all timer like Mistico, and still get endless praise off the inertia of hype. Sanjuki the Bull has had like 30 matches in his entire life, and has already had two 'old school heel' brawls with Kapeeka in SGW Uganda better than anything MJF has ever had in AEW, watch that stuff, it's class! //////////////////////////////Anyway, excited for his title run in big 2026! /////////////////////////////////EDIT:Also, I forgot Cagematch doesn't have paragraph breaks in reviews, I promise this doesn't look quite as insane if you treat the / things as paragraph breaks lol."

[9.0] "MJF is by far the best worker AEW has right now, and arguably is the greatest wrestler in the company's history. This guy knows how to get eyes on the product, how to get his opponents over, how to get heat, and most importantly (in an era where workers can't seem to cut a good one) knows how to cut a fantastic promo! Reminds me of the Miz back in his prime in the best way possible. It was a no brainer for them to put the belt back on Max, he's better than you and AEW knows it too."

[9.0] "People are over thinking this guy, he's one of the few wrestlers in America that can genuinely generate heat. It's a pretty rare feat and he does have iffy moments his 2022 is absolutely ridiculous, in particular his feud with CM Punk. I think that he will get back on track in 2026 and have an all timer year if given the ball."

[8.0] "MJF is a weird case for me. On one hand, the guy is a nuts promo and can be a brilliant worker. He understands his character really well and knows exactly how to play it in a match. As a wrestler, obviously not the most technically-sound or athletic but he is a lot better than what you'd initially think (at least in my case). He adds some fresh "sports-entertainment" style antics into his matches that I think can be a benefit towards AEW, when done correctly. The problem I have with MJF is, he leans too hard into what he's good at sometimes, and that can make him really unbearable. His match against Switchblade is a big example where it's just really overbooked garbage that is a waste of time. And his recent match against Hangman was another case where I was losing my shit (in a bad way) at how overbooked it was. Genuinely felt like I was watching WWE slop again. His promos (this is more so a recent thing starting from 2024) can be a bit dodgy as well when he leans too far into himself, and he'll just come off as a more edgy Miz (while being 10000000x the promo & wrestler that Miz is lol). I'm not particularly a fan of his, but it's hard to deny that he's not a critical piece of AEW's company and they wouldn't be in the spot they're in without him."

[10.0] "MJF is one of the best on the planet, if not THE best on the planet, and I'll die on that hill if I have to. Give him a microphone and you're in for 5-star movie levels of spoken work. Put him in the ring and you're likely in for a 4- or 5-star match. There's a reason why Tony Khan let him have the longest title reign of all time, and it's because Max is undoubtedly the best pillar of AEW. Long live The Devil!"

[10.0] "This dude right here is the real deal, 9/10 on the mic, 10/10 in the ring, great story teller....whenever he goes to WWE he gonna main event a couple manias....Tony better keep backing the Brinks Truck up "im about to verbally finish you quicker than your UFC career" lives rent free"

[10.0] "One of best wrestlers under 30 years old, which is scary how good he is. Amazing in-ring psychology which can be lacking in modern wrestling(but I still enjoy spot fests from time to time), he is perfect heel with his promos, mannerisms and the fact you can't see him breaking kayfabe. His personal and brutal rivalry with CM Punk is for me top 2 storyline in 2020's (right up there with Bloodline Saga) and he was part of my one of favourite matches OFT with Bryan Danielson which was just perfection for hour straight."

[10.0] "A very talented and charismatic young wrestler who still has plenty of gas left in the tank at just 29. He's already been the top guy in AEW and was ranked as 1 of the best "30 under 30" in PWI. He also has the mentality of the Miz in when he talks, you listen even if you don't want to. He has also shown that his catchphrase "I'm better than you and you know it" is given as both a boast and challenge; indeed many wrestlers would only be able to dream of how much MJF has given at the summer of his career. Whether he's a champion or not, he earns respect and ire in equal measure. Truly one of the best true heels in the business."

[10.0] "MJF is one of the most complete wrestlers in the industry today. His promos, character work, in-ring ability, and story telling are truly top notch. Rarely do you see a guy who's this good at everything. His biggest downside, is that he just doesn't wrestle all that often. The crowd is extremely responsive to everything he does and it just elevates him even further. MJF has a long career ahead of him and I cannot wait to see him win the AEW world title again."

[7.0] "If Edge is the Rated R Superstar, MJF is the 15 Rater Virgin Baiter. Iron Sheikh, Flair and Rude generated more heat in a month than he's done in years. When he can be bothered to do any wrasslin', usually reserved for PPV, he's generally strong and brings a big match feel. Don't see his switch to the other side as being as inevitable as most, he's managed to wangle himself a Legends type schedule in his 20s and would have to all but nullify his strongest asset, namely provoking bed wetters. He's part time wrestler, full time gobshite and far too overindulged on the mic. Gave Mountie an 8 and he was a better chickenshit heel who did it with 10% of the effort. There I've said it, It's official. The Mountie > MJF."

[10.0] "One of my favourite wrestlers ever. I find him almost perfect in every way: he has style, he has A LOT of personality, has got mic skills, he is physical, and he's technical. Every time he's on air, he's entertaining."

[6.0] "I'm not the biggest fan, I can see what people see in him but I just can't click with his matches & his promos as a heel are really cringe with the cheap 13 year old Xbox live type of insults & responses. I thought he had the worst world title reign in aew even worse than mox"

[6.0] "This guy has everything going for him (Outside of size lol), he's an incredible capable wrestler, he CAN do great promos, he's got endless charisma, he's got it all, but he might be one of the laziest wrestlers of all time, he has not evolved in the slightest for the past 7 years and refuses to allow himself to look weak or gotten too, the character of MJF never faces the consquences of his actions, and any time he slightly gets it he'll return in a week or 2 laugh it off "fine speech" type of shit and thats it, next feud, this guy could be so much more but his instincts are dreadful."

[8.0] "MJF is a difficult wrestler to rate for me. He's undoubtedly one of (if not the) biggest stars AEW have built. He has the ability to deliver incredible promos, has the right look, a real commendable dedication to his character and kayfabe, and can really go in the ring. On the latter point, he has been in some of my favourite AEW matches of all time, having amazing matches with everyone from Bryan Danielson, to Kenny Omega, to Will Ospreay, to Hangman Adam Page, to Adam Cole. If I had rated him a year or two ago I would have probably given him a 9 or 10. I even thought his often criticised face run was pretty good, because it actually added depth to his character and explained in a realistic way why he acts the way he does. However, since his return from injury in mid 2024, I just feel he hasn't been the same. His quick heel turn felt fairly forced and his heel routine feels very one dimensional these days, with it being very Saturday morning cartoon villain esque. His promos have become fairly formulaic too and he does the same stuff regardless of who he is feuding with. He's still a reasonably compelling character to watch and when they match him with the right person, like Mark Briscoe and Hangman recently, it can be great television, but overall it just doesn't feels like not all his work is as consistent as it once was."

[9.0] "His gimmick isn't complicated. "I'm better than you and you know it" couldn't be more straightforward. He's an arrogant, entitled heel. That really shouldn't go over anyone's head. However he makes fans really angry but they'll continue to watch the show. That's what a heel does. If you stop watching the show, different story. You know what Ric Flair changed about his character in his career? Nothing. It worked too."

[5.0] "He's a one trick pony who hasn't really evolved his character at all. It's just cheap heat, wrestling as infrequently as possible, and just doing the same thing over and over with every feud. He's a very good wrestler when he wants to be, but that's not all that often."

[6.0] "[5.6] I think Max is unironically the most inconsistent person in either of the big two companies in North America right now. He's either the most compelling and complex character in AEW or absolutely unbearable depending entirely on the program with barely any inbetween and no way to tell which you're going to get until the angle has started, and unfortunately, as of late, he's been unbearable more often than not. His run in early AEW was fantastic, the Cody and Jericho feuds were great, the CM Punk feud was the best work of Max's career and the best Punk has been since his return, the first half of his AEW World Championship run was pretty good, but ever since, he's just overwhelmingly been not very good. The Devil storyline with Adam Cole wasn't very good, which, to be fair, wasn't really either man's fault, the first half through injury and the second through just having to struggle to salvage it, the Ospreay feud was mid, the Garcia feud was also mid which again, wasn't *as much* his fault as Danny's contract status being up in the air, the Jarrett feud was so atrocious that it got dropped weeks after it started, the Hangman feud was actually decent and felt like a return to form, but the Hurt Syndicate storyline as well as the Mark Briscoe feud has been bad. It's made worse by the fact that he's actually pretty good in-ring. He works a much more old-school style than most of the AEW Roster, which makes him stand out, and he's an incredible seller, but it's not enough to save him. As I said, I think he is the most inconsistent wrestler in WWE or AEW, and I honestly think that's worse than just being bad, because if he was just bad, I wouldn't be getting my hopes up every time he starts doing okay again that he's finally returning to form only to have those hopes dashed when he crashes back down to being mediocre."

"MJF is a Man who "gets it", while His wrestling is average, let's be honest here, it's everything else that vaults Him into future legend territory! His promos are engrossing, engaging, His music is arrogant, His body language is confident and menacing, His entire body sells the match, MJF is a legend in the making, a heel in the tradition of Ric Flair, so good, You can't help but Love Him."

[10.0] "The king of kayfabe. Never breaks character. Top 5 oratory exhibitionists of all time (The "quarters" promo might be the greatest promo of all time). And also great in the ring. Basically the complete package. Hopefully he has a great rest of 2025."

"As a wrestler, he's whatever. On the microphone he's so mediocre, the same mediocre promos for his entire career with the dumbest face expressions."

[10.0] "MJF is the perfect throwback heel whilst simultaneously blending in new high octane offense. The best promo in wrestling. Great look. Already on the way to going down as an all time great and not even 30 yet."

[7.0] "MJF was once the biggest and best young talent in the industry. He was one of the most believable and hateable heels of a time. He was also one of the best in ring performers AEW had. He had some of the best feuds in AEW history and let's face it, was definitely their biggest star at many points. But that changed during his Worl Title. The fact that the crowd were cheering for him was one thing, but they made him a full on babyface and made him involved in the whole Devil angle which is the main reason why he started fumbling. MJF has been, Mediocre since. He's a heel again which is a good thing, but his promos are not half as good as they used to be and he rarely wrestles. I still think that the old MJF is somewhere inside, but until he actually brings that version back, this version of Max doesn't work for me"

[10.0] "Was getting a little shaky before he started hurting people. When he has something he can sink his teeth into and cultivate and has the time to do so (remember he has a somewhat blossoming movie career) he makes magic. The devil stuff was bad, but what are you going to do about serious injury? Still the best talker in the business by a mile imo, and his matches are always creative and extremely well executed. What more could you possibly want?"

[3.0] "MJF may be one of the most insufferable wrestlers i've ever seen. His wrestling style was always fine he kinda was a CAW but after the face turn he has not wrestled a single match were i don't feel dread just by looking at his moveset. He is just not that good, he can hoop with the best but whenever he has anybody but top quality he is a slow, boring and mediocre passionless wrestler. And somehow that ain't even the worst part of him, because he kinda made people believe that he was good at promos. Once again when he is against an elite wrestler, he is good, just like a mirror, but any other moment if you give mjf a mic he will be the most obnoxious and pointless talker you could imagine. There was something funny on his deliveries at first but now his whole character is so aimless that is like he lost any charm he had"

[6.0] "I really don't want to make a habit of trashing wrestlers. I hate complaining, and the internet, and especially the IWC has enough whiners as is. But for someone who likes to trash others and claim he's underrated as much as he does, MJF is really middling. His actual in ring skill is certainly high. His diving foot stomp, on the rare cases he pulls it out (which as far as I know has been never since joining AEW) has some of the most pinpoint accuracy I've ever seen from a dive, he's hella athletic, and he is solid at creative counters, and is genuinely a high-level seller. But a lot of that is hampered by well...him refusing to just DO that. He chooses to wrestle as the heel with a minimal offensive reportoire, and considering none of his current signature moves are that exciting, it really hurts his outcomes. And well...he's just a good storyteller. As in, he's good, but not good enough to warrant him being at the top of the card, when "Good storytelling" is the average level. I mean, he really isn't at a higher level than Miz and Britt Baker he seems to hate comparisons to, and none of his singles big matches have been that stand out, almost feeling...disappointing cause you know someone else could be there putting on a much better match. I wouldn't spend an entire comment calling him Mid if it didn't seem like he's trying really hard, or at the very least, his devoted fanbase, is trying to convince us he isn't."

[6.0] "Once upon a time MJF was the future of wrestling and one of my favorite wrestlers in the industry. Having one of the best feuds of CM Punks career and being the last good thing Brian Danielson has done. He raised the prestige of the AEW belt and looked like the future Miz (which is a great thing). However it all went down hill into rock bottom from that HORRIBLE Adam Cole devil stuff the Jeff Jarrett stuff which could have been great and the consent loop of things he does while in a feud. Now it seems he's gone cold in a way that he might not be able to bounce back from for months. Here's hoping that he brakes the staleness with this hurt syndicate stuff he's doing."

[8.0] "Respectable, an incredible heel, a bit overrated, and one of those wrestlers who reminds me wrestling is fake... but still an undeniable star. MJF has a very bright future ahead."

[6.0] "I'm having difficulty understanding his character. His "I'm better than you and you know it" character comes across as juvenile, adolescent or childish. That combined with the reliance on cheap heat makes his character more appropriate for a college frat party movie than a wrestling ring. Yet I think he wants us to take his character seriously for a grown man. He has excellent wrestling skills, but I can't rate him any higher because of his character work."

[10.0] "In my opinion, modern wrestling (especially in AEW) is pretty monotonous. There are a lot of guys who can do exciting moves with a lot of flips, but not many who can tell a really good story in the ring like MJF. He occasionally stoops to really lazy ways to earn cheap heat, but he is an incredibly talented and hard worker, whose charisma is impressive, and whose feuds are often some of the most noteworthy things that happen in the company."

[10.0] "the devil himself, the greatest professional wrestler on god's green earth, his name is maxwell jacob friedman and you can thank him later. in the 5 years this guy has been on national television, he has done thing that even 20 year old veterans could just dream to do. he was the greatest world champion of 2023, a real american hero and champion, the salt of the earth, the mench of the sench. he has had the greatest wrestling matches, promos, segments and rivalries in just 5 years, its just unpresidented, nobody has ever done that, the only person that is close is the final boss, the rock. he is the past, the present and the future of professional wrestling, a flag bearer for this sport his name is maxwell jacob friedman and you can thank him later."

[6.0] "Max is someone I don't really enjoy or understand the hype with as a wrestler as a whole. Between the ropes I think he's adequate, his best match probably being with Darby Allin from Full Gear 2021, that being one of the very few matches of his that have actively engaged me with it's in-ring content and build. My main issue with his wrestling is he can't particularly settle on a style, he has these big flashy moves as well as the classic heel tendencies (this was shown the worst with his 2023 face run with the AEW World Championship). I also think he's a criminally overrated promo, he has had a few great ones yes but a majority of the time it's the same cheap heat lines over and over week after week: "x place sucks", "you're all poor" etc. He hasn't particularly evolved from this too much since his arrival in AEW (where I became familiar with him and his work) in terms of his promos and a great one once in a blue moon doesn't make him a top tier talker for me personally. The fact the cheap heat promos are beginning to bleed into his matches too is really a put off for me, it instantly took me out of his match with Roderick Strong at Full Gear 2024 and just had me pleading for him to actually start wrestling. For me the annoying thing is that there definitely is a potential there with him, he's shown it before but for me personally I can't see him reaching what he can become anytime soon."

[9.0] "Though he's faced a few setbacks, he remains one of the top heels in professional wrestling, consistently delivering thrilling matches that showcase his incredible talent and passion for the sport!"

[10.0] "The best heel in wrestling right now. His promo ability is best in class and really knows how to work the crowd and blend reality into his work. Also an amazing in-ring worker. In a relatively short career so far, he has put on many iconic rivalries, great matches, and has a many unforgettable promos. It feels like he has already done it all in wrestling, yet he has such a bright future in the business."

[3.0] "MJF has really letdown as one of the future faces of AEW. Earlier on he had some great runs/storyline showcasing his craft and added a definite shakeup to the style of heel wrestlers in the company and wrestling as a whole for example he's storyline with Punk, Omega, Cody, etc. However, now it become stale relying on basic heel antics that aren't even jaw-dropping but more or less cringe if anything. He's still able to put on good matches though at times they're overbook for no reason other than because which hurts him more. Its disappointing how much he has fallen behind compare to the other Pillars of AEW such as Darby, Jack & Sammy who've at least shown some growth or development whilst MJF is just the same old Scumbag/Devil ; especially when you look at other heels in the company such as Christian who's "Your Father Dead/Father Figure" gimmick has elevated him more than MJF and for good reason. I'm simply not a fan."

[10.0] "He have a YouTube copyright music as his entrance and he turned it into one of the most catchy theme. He can talk shit on microphone and completely go uncensored and unhinged. He can wrestle when he have to perform on grand level. He calls himself The Greatest Professional Wrestler of this generation and he's not wrong about that."

[4.0] "honestly i liked 2018-2019 mlw/early aew mjf, thought that he was cool, then from 2020 to about revolution 2023 he was in his prime as a character, honestly i probably would've had him as a 10 or so if i had rated him at that point, but honestly he started going down to "just ok" around that one takeshita promo, and everything after that has been one of the craziest down falls of a wrestler that i think i've seen, he doesn't really seem to care about wrestling anymore and is more content to just be the shining symbol of mediocrity instead of what he used to be"

[5.0] "MJF in 2021 and 2022 showcased so much emotional range in his promos and had a feud of the decade candidate with CM Punk. However, I feel as though he has been carried by his dancing part a majority of the time out of that. He has had some banger matches, only when his opponents are named Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, or CM Punk. He has a problem where he feels that his "scumbag" gimmick needs as much cheap heat as possible, killing any creativity and awesomeness that was present a couple years ago. The Devil storyline ruined a lot of the credibility he had, as he beat Jay White with one leg, wrestled very much injured until he left for several months, and was never the same. Better Than You Bay Bay was my favorite tag team of 2023 due to its goofiness and fun storytelling. That was subsequently ruined after. Max has the capability to bring back AEW from the trenches of approaching irrelevancy, but it is clear right now he isn't really doing that. His lack of passion for the business trying to get himself over the entire company is just obnoxious. His most recent programs have gone viral as a source of mediocrity and a lack of passion which was always doomed to happen. Tony got him doing the "wrestling is for everywhere/AEW is where the best wrestle" bullshit, MJF taking that as his whole persona."

[4.0] "Let me preface this with this. 2020 MJF to Early 2023 MJF is a really great character. One of the best heels of all time. In terms of how loved he was by the IWC and fans, go back and look at the best heels of 2021 list and you will see him at either No.1 or No. 2 right behind Roman Reigns or ahead of Roman Reigns. I remember that being a matched everyone discussed. Max was being booked with the biggest star in the wrestling industry. That's how beloved he was. The reason why this version of MJF was so good was alot of things. First: Emotional Deph. There was always more to the character then met the eye and MJF was one of the first wrestlers or maybe even the first wrestler ever to give his character layers and everyone ate it up. Second: Promos. MJF gave heel promos that are pretty standard today. Border on Marky, Border on Casual, Border on Reddit Mod. It's a reused format but back in 2020-2021 everyone was eating up his promos and no one was doing it like him. He managed to be humorous, loveable, and hateable and he didn't really need to refer to online fans to get heat. It was just really innovative because there was clearly alot of work put into his promos and every insult was clever and charming. Third: Matches. MJF from 2021 to Early 2023 was on a roll to tell people he was the best wrestler in the world. He had the match with Darby, Punk, Mox, Mox again, then Danielson. Those matches alone solidified him as one of the best wrestlers in the world. He wrestled a very old fashion stlye that relied on heel antiques, storytelling, and a little bit of flashy moves but his matches were almost always compelling and really fun to watch. It was like watching an FTR match minus the tag team stuff. Not to mention that during this time he was trying to prove himself as someone who could be the face of AEW and so he put himself on overdrive with the Punk feud and produced the greatest feud in AEW history. Storylines was the final reason. His storylines were almost always the highlight of an AEW Dynamite episode. And considering how rich that company is with talents, thats a big up. The whole character felt revolutionary and it felt ahead of it's time. He very much was a generational talent. His character took everything from the present that was good about pro wrestling and everything good about pro wrestling of the past and put it together. Overall, 10/10. But wait..here comes Mid 2023-Present MJF. To be honest, I don't know what changed. It's like after Revolution 2023, the man just stopped being fun. First: His promos. They became very dull and reptitive like he stopped really putting any effort into them. They became more directed at the internet community and also they became very "vince russo" esk. He started bringing up dirt sheet stories for material and it was kinda annoying because unless you were glued into the IWC, you wouldn't know what the fuck he was talking about. He started using like internet reddit insults that had no creativity behind it and it felt like (sorry venus) something off ChatGPT. Then the matches. Oh boy. They became overly done. Like run ins, superhuman abilites, etc. It became very annoying to watch an MJF match because it started to seriously resemble something from...PWG. And not to mention they just got overly long with alot of shenanigans. It was very annoying. Then of course, you got the feuds and oh dear god. MJF quickly went from white hot to stone cold. He's feuds were very..."Put myself over and just me." He completely buried Jay White in there first promo and made him a fucking joke. He almost ruined Samoa Joe. He completely fucked up Cole in the logic department. It felt like a feud with MJF was worse then a feud with Jericho simply because he kinda only put himself up front and center. Basically, his promos became bland, his character started to resemble a reddit user, he used cheap heat, his matches got overly "sport entertainment" based with the amount of bullshit that happened, completely lost the in ring psychology that made him special, geared to a more internet based community, got rid of the psychopath aspect of his character, very clearly started to not care about wrestling after Revolution 2023 (go watch his promo on Jeff Jarret if you don't believe me.), illogical storylines and storylines that made him and only him look really good. What the hell happened? Overall, he used to be really good but now it's like if you let someone from Twitter on a wrestling mic and wrestle in a wrestling ring without knowing anything about psychology or logic."

[2.0] "Honestly, everything about this guy left a bad taste in my mouth after his run as a world champion. Working with two of the most important wrestlers of the modern era (Punk and Danielson) fooled people into thinking this guy was great. From the racist (mispronouncing Takeshita's name) and necrophiliac promos and disconcerting segments he'd done with Cole, this man had done so much damage to AEW as a brand. More on this cornball's promos, you just know what the fuck he's gonna say. It's like he asked ChatGPT to generate mean things to say about his opponent. Horrendous match at one of the biggest pro wrestling shows ever. American wrestling's worst world champion by far (probably worse than Triple H's reign of terror from 2002-2005) and by far the worst pro wrestler of the 2020s."

[10.0] "MJF can wrestle MOTY contenders, and already did quite a few times. MJF can cut a promo like no one else for the past few years. MJF can also dance, sing, roast people and being really funny, hold championship gold. When MJF says he is a "generational talent", it sounds generic from most heels in the business, but when he says that, many can agree that this could actually be very true. The only threat for his career would be prioritizing his acting career, who knows what he will do in the future."