MJF Says AEW Lets Fans Be Heard While WWE Censors The Crowd

MJF is doubling down on one of AEW’s most talked-about crowd moments—and drawing a direct line between how AEW and WWE handle their audiences.

After the Las Vegas crowd’s “F*** ICE” chant went viral during AEW Dynamite, MJF addressed the situation on The Adam Friedland Show and made it clear he sees it as a positive—not a problem.

He pointed to that moment as proof of what makes All Elite Wrestling different, stating that AEW doesn’t try to control or silence its audience: “We had a ‘F*** ICE’ chant while—it kind of went viral.”

From there, MJF explained why that moment stood out to him, tying it directly to AEW’s approach to fan interaction: “And I think what’s so cool about that is, in our company, our fans have a voice.”

He then shifted the comparison straight to WWE, claiming that the same situation would’ve been handled very differently there. MJF didn’t stop at production differences either. He went further, suggesting there are broader differences in direction between the two companies.

“And in the other company, a lot of the times when fans curse or they say something that they don’t want them to say, they just bleep it. They just bleep the crowd out entirely and edit it out of the show, you know, or they’ll create fake crowd noise over it so you can’t hear the chants that they’re making. And I’ll also say, you know, they’ve made a choice to be a little bit more right-leaning.”

He then pointed to specific examples to back up that claim, referencing WWE leadership’s ties to political spaces: “You know, Triple H has done a couple of speeches in the White House, and Linda McMahon, I believe, is in the cabinet.”

The takeaway here is clear—MJF isn’t just defending a viral chant. He’s using it to show what he sees as a fundamental difference between AEW and WWE: one lets the crowd be heard, the other controls the message. And by tying that into broader commentary about company direction, he’s turning a crowd moment into a much bigger conversation.

So with MJF backing AEW’s decision not to censor its audience, do you think letting chants like that air freely is the right move—or should companies step in and control what gets broadcast? Drop your thoughts below and let us know.

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