MJF’s AEW absence might finally be coming to an end. After more than two months away from television, the former AEW World Champion is reportedly getting close to returning — and it sounds like AEW already has something pretty significant waiting for him.
Speaking on The Hump, Sean Ross Sapp was asked about MJF’s continued absence and when fans should expect to see him again. Sapp said he had already been hearing about an approaching return last month and expects MJF back “very soon.”
“He is going to come back pretty soon. You know, I’d been hearing that as of like last month as well. Expect MJF to be back very soon and in a very, like, a top program.”
MJF hasn’t appeared on AEW television since All In on August 30, but he hasn’t completely disappeared from wrestling. On October 25, he showed up at the Create A Pro Wrestling Academy as the special guest referee for a massive 12-man tag team match.
That appearance got a big reaction, and MJF naturally made sure everybody remembered who the real star of the show was. During his entrance, he even removed his Dynamite Diamond Ring and shoved it down his pants for safekeeping before getting down to referee business.
MJF had already teased that there was a reason behind his extended AEW absence. Speaking with Pro Wrestling Illustrated on September 24, he refused to reveal exactly when he would return but said he was waiting for the right moment.
“I don’t want to give anything away. I don’t want to give anything away, but just know whenever I come back because I’m waiting for the right time, the right moment.”
He wasn’t nearly as mysterious about what he wants once he gets there. MJF made it clear that whoever holds the AEW World Championship will immediately have a target on their back.
“What you can expect from me coming back is I’m going to whoever has the fake title, I’m going to beat them and prove that I am the one true champion emphatically. I’m going to become the first ever undisputed world champion in the history of my company.”
There’s still no exact return date or word on who MJF’s reported top program will involve. But after months of waiting for the “right moment,” it sounds like that moment is getting pretty damn close.
Who should MJF immediately go after when he finally returns to AEW television? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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