MJF addresses character fatigue: ‘No one stays hot forever’

  • Ian Carey
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MJF addressed “MJF Fatigue” in an article for the Player’s Tribune published on Friday. 

The AEW World Champion’s article covers a variety of topics, including Saturday’s pay-per-view, the five-year history of AEW, and more. Near the end of the piece, he commented on fans being a little burned out with his character at the moment. 

MJF wrote:

I know our fans are a little tired of this run I’ve been on. And for the first time since this company started, I know there’s some MJF fatigue. Which is fine, by the way — no one stays hot forever.

Right now, though, as I’m writing this? It’s Wednesday morning. It’s three days before Worlds End.

It’s five days from five years of MJF in AEW.

And I don’t know what comes next.

He continued to say that he sometimes wonders if standing up to antisemitism has made him a less popular wrestler in 2023. 

People are always telling me how getting bullied is a part of my “backstory” — nope, f*ck you, it happened. Kids threw quarters at me and told me to “pick it up, Jew Boy.” Not a backstory. And if you think this is that ’80s good guy promo I was teasing a couple of paragraphs ago, it isn’t. Actually … you want to know the truth? Sometimes I wonder if standing up to antisemitism would even be a “babyface move” anymore. No, for real — I legit wonder. I wonder if being a proud Jew like I am, in 2023, has actually made me LESS popular as a wrestler. And if deep down, when someone says they have “MJF fatigue,” what they really mean is “enough with the Jewish stuff already.” I honestly don’t know the answer to that … and I’m sure I’ll get sh*t for even asking the question. But that’s where my thoughts are right now. It’s “fear the worst.” I’m a Jew in America and I’m f*cking soul sick.

He continued:

Allow me to say this, straight up, point blank: I don’t support terrorism, Zionism, genocide, war, bombs, genocidal governments, dead innocent Palestinians, dead innocent Israelis. I don’t support people — any people — dying because of hate. I’ll tell you what I do support, and what I definitely am: I’m anti-hate. I’m sick to my stomach that people are calling for the death of Jews over something that’s happening on the other side of the world. And I’m sick that Hamas, a literal terrorist organization, has fans on this side of the world — as on a daily basis I’m having to read antisemitic sh*t from all kinds of people: celebrities (hi, Kanye), strangers, even people I know. It’s just very sad. We’re all human, man. We all deserve rights, we all deserve freedom, we all deserve happiness and respect. (I really wanted to clarify these things and I hope I have. These are the serious conversations I have with the very hot woman I’m in love with, who by the way is Palestinian.)

MJF defending the AEW World Championship against Samoa Joe will headline Saturday’s Worlds End pay-per-view. The show takes place from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. 

“AEW chose the Nassau Coliseum for the show, evidently wanting to be in Long Island, since MJF is the headliner. The modern arena that AEW has had success in, the UBS Arena, is booked that night with an NHL game,” our own Dave Meltzer wrote of the event in today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.