Adam Cole and MJF return at AEW WrestleDream
Both former AEW World Champion MJF and Adam Cole made their surprise returns to AEW as part of Saturday’s WrestleDream in a sequence that also included Daniel Garcia.
Following TNT Champion Jack Perry’s title defense over Katsuyori Shibata, Garcia made a surprise appearance to confront Perry as his bid for his first AEW title begins again.
Perry then took off and MJF’s music hit, leading to the former champion’s first appearance since Garcia delivered a second rope piledriver at September’s All Out which took MJF out in storyline so he could film Happy Madison 2. The two came face-to-face and Perry then returned to lay out Garcia before departing.
MJF then further attacked Garcia and verbally ran him down before pulling out the Dynamite diamond ring that he said he recovered from a pawn shop in Buffalo. As he was about to knock Garcia out, Cole’s music hit. MJF looked shocked and mocked Cole for not being able to run as he was on the ramp. Cole, who was in full babyface mode, then sprinted toward the ring and MJF took off through the crowd in fear.
Cole has been on the injured list since a severe ankle break at Dynamite Grand Slam in September 2023. At Worlds End in December 2023, he revealed himself as the Devil character that targeted MJF during his AEW World title run, betraying his former tag team partner and launching the Undisputed Kingdom faction.
MJF then took several months off and returned at May’s Double or Nothing to confront Cole, kick him low and send him off in storyline. Since then, MJF returned to being a heel with Cole is apparently now switched back to being a babyface.