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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 20:03:37 GMT -5
Perhaps Khan and MJF negotiated the latters release weeks ago, and this is their plan to write MJF off from AEW. He gets squashed by Wardlow taking an insane amount of punishment, and I dunno, Khan does a mock “YERRR FIREDDDD” Vince growl on the mic as MJF does a stretcher job. Not the way I’d do it but, not outside the realms of possibility. I think this is the bare bones, a negotiated release has been settled and tonight was MJF getting killed off but the meet and greet/plane nonsense was MJF going into business for himself, he’s tarnished his relationship with TK, and his new boss will give him a harsh ticking off for this and he will get the side eye treatment in the Raw or Smackdown locker room.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on May 29, 2022 20:25:24 GMT -5
It wouldn't surprise me if the truth were somewhere in the middle.
The meet and greet no-show was legit, but from the "he's been booked a ticket out" onwards it was designed to add fuel to an existing fire knowing they could do it with how strict MJF is with kayfabe.
I don't know why, but the plane ticket thing just sounded so carny, but on whose side, I don't know yet.
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Post by oxbaker on May 29, 2022 20:26:04 GMT -5
Jumping in super late, what's the reason for the beef? Reportedly MJF wants more money. Tony Khan is glad to give him a raise with an Extension but apparently MJF doesnt want to talk extension with Tony while their representative also claiming they are not against it Take it for what it’s worth, but SRS says it started over money but he doesn’t think that’s what it’s about now. He thinks MJF just wants out.
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Post by zero744 on May 29, 2022 20:30:31 GMT -5
Also, unless I missed something, commentary didn't acknowledge the situation at all. No point in making it a work if you're not going to follow through and talk about it. Yeah, commentary didn't mention it. The only real reference to it was MJF making an airplane taunt at the beginning. Now I seen that as a jab at Owen/blue blazer. A literal plane didn’t come to my mind at all.
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Post by ghost on May 29, 2022 20:41:35 GMT -5
Honestly, this was the perfect way to write MJF off as a character. He needed to get destroyed and stretchered out for all the stuff he's said/done over the years, and in the process helped build a star. If he's done after tonight, then it was the best way to write him off.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on May 29, 2022 20:50:30 GMT -5
Sean Ross Sapp says he’s heard from MJF and he’ll reveal what he said on his aftershow stream.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 29, 2022 20:55:50 GMT -5
Sean Ross Sapp says he’s heard from MJF and he’ll reveal what he said on his aftershow stream. To quote, "My insides are filling with bloodgrrggglll..."
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 29, 2022 20:58:37 GMT -5
Sean Ross Sapp says he’s heard from MJF and he’ll reveal what he said on his aftershow stream.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 29, 2022 21:00:11 GMT -5
Sean Ross Sapp says he’s heard from MJF and he’ll reveal what he said on his aftershow stream. “Is Wardlow OK?”
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Post by Burst on May 29, 2022 21:01:51 GMT -5
Honestly, regardless of where the truth lies in what's worked and what's kayfabe, it's just gotten tiresome. At least he showed up to properly end the storyline and possibly his AEW career, but if any of the bits of him Ultimate Warrior-ing himself are true, he has to know that's going to poison the well too if he's indeed trying to land in the 'E.
I'm also not unconvinced that Doc Sampson putting the oxygen mask on comically wrong wasn't also a rib or out of spite.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 29, 2022 21:16:48 GMT -5
Honestly, regardless of where the truth lies in what's worked and what's kayfabe, it's just gotten tiresome. At least he showed up to properly end the storyline and possibly his AEW career, but if any of the bits of him Ultimate Warrior-ing himself are true, he has to know that's going to poison the well too if he's indeed trying to land in the 'E. I'm also not unconvinced that Doc Sampson putting the oxygen mask on comically wrong wasn't also a rib or out of spite. Come on now, everyone knows that oxygen is vital for healthy eyes.
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Post by Venti on May 29, 2022 21:29:15 GMT -5
At least he did the right thing by showing up and didn't take the match away from Wardlow. That would have been messed up
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 21:31:31 GMT -5
I think the 24/7 kayfabe he’s criticized for is just interviews and public appearances, I doubt he refuses to tip or hold the door open ect in daily life (it’s possible, a method acting analogy was made earlier in thread which seems apt but we’d probably have heard of it). But he is going to have to stop that in WWE, too kid friendly to have a surly, angry stuck up brat marching around events such as Axxess or when the make a wish kids are backstage.
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on May 29, 2022 21:36:13 GMT -5
Yeah, commentary didn't mention it. The only real reference to it was MJF making an airplane taunt at the beginning. Now I seen that as a jab at Owen/blue blazer. A literal plane didn’t come to my mind at all. I think this is a reach. He was for sure referencing the plane thing. LoL
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Post by Citizen Snips on May 29, 2022 21:40:35 GMT -5
I think the 24/7 kayfabe he’s criticized for is just interviews and public appearances, I doubt he refuses to tip or hold the door open ect in daily life (it’s possible, a method acting analogy was made earlier in thread which seems apt but we’d probably have heard of it). But he is going to have to stop that in WWE, too kid friendly to have a surly, angry stuck up brat marching around events such as Axxess or when the make a wish kids are backstage. Bubba Ray Dudley has a story about telling Vince that the Dudleys were old-school heels that didn’t sign autographs or do meet and greets and Vince’s response was basically “LOL you do what I tell you to do, pal”
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Post by zero744 on May 29, 2022 21:47:39 GMT -5
Now I seen that as a jab at Owen/blue blazer. A literal plane didn’t come to my mind at all. I think this is a reach. He was for sure referencing the plane thing. LoL I was stating what I thought in the moment. The plane thing didn’t cross my mind until I returned to this thread and seen a response. My personal response to the taunt was Blue Blazer, MJF being the mega heel he is. That’s not a reach, it’s an initial reaction/thought.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on May 29, 2022 22:34:10 GMT -5
I think this is a reach. He was for sure referencing the plane thing. LoL I was stating what I thought in the moment. The plane thing didn’t cross my mind until I returned to this thread and seen a response. My personal response to the taunt was Blue Blazer, MJF being the mega heel he is. That’s not a reach, it’s an initial reaction/thought. I am positive he was mocking a plane, but now I can't unsee him mocking The Blue Blazer now. On of all nights too. Lol
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Post by zero744 on May 29, 2022 22:43:54 GMT -5
I was stating what I thought in the moment. The plane thing didn’t cross my mind until I returned to this thread and seen a response. My personal response to the taunt was Blue Blazer, MJF being the mega heel he is. That’s not a reach, it’s an initial reaction/thought. I am positive he was mocking a plane, but now I can't unsee him mocking The Blue Blazer now. On of all nights too. Lol just before he did it commentary was hyping the Owen finals. It’s just what clicked in my head at that moment. Could be either way.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on May 29, 2022 22:51:18 GMT -5
At least he did the right thing by showing up and didn't take the match away from Wardlow. That would have been messed up Even without the drama of the no-show, the Wardlow match likely would’ve gone down the same way with Wardie powerbombing the shit out of MJF all the same.
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Post by kingoftheindies on May 29, 2022 23:49:54 GMT -5
I said this in the DoN thread, but no matter what comes out of this situation to me it really took away from what the moment should have been. While the match went how it should have rather than the feeling of this being a star cementing moment for Wardlow it felt like the moment was more about MJF than anything. And that to me was a damper
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