5 Reasons MJF Is Already Secretly A Babyface

5. He’s More Relatable Than The Babyfaces

Whether it was getting chucked in the pool on the Jericho Cruise or running what amounted to a presidential campaign to remove the AEW World title from Jon Moxley, early MJF angles and feuds often had a cartoonish bent. Increasingly however, Maxwell had started folding his real life experiences into storylines.

Both his meeting with CM Punk as a young fan and his early rejection by WWE are true stories from MJF’s life that have enhanced his rivalries with CM Punk and Blackpool Combat Club. While it it would be fair to say his response to these experiences are disproportionate and extreme, the experiences themselves are fairly relatable.

After all, few of us has had hordes of fans queue up to see them and grab an autograph or a selfie. However, many wrestling fans have been on the other side of the equation, making up the queue. Some of us have also ended up feeling let down by those we admire. They say don’t meet your heroes for a reason.

Similarly, just about everyone has lost out on a job, a promotion or some other opportunity because a gatekeeper or authority figure decided you weren’t ready or were just not good enough. Fans want to cheer for heroes who keep going and triumph over these adversities.