True Severity Of MJF's AEW Meet & Greet No-Show Revealed
MJF no-showing a pre-Double Or Nothing 2022 Fan Fest came at a cost for AEW...
New details have emerged on MJF's meet and greet no-show prior to Double Or Nothing 2022, which sent existing speculation on the 26-year-old's already murky AEW contract status into overdrive last month.
It was revealed on Saturday 28 May that Maxwell Jacob Friedman had failed to appear at a Fan Fest event organised by the promotion for that day. This led to talk of him potentially missing Double Or Nothing amidst reports of a plane ticket being booked in his name, though this came to nothing, with MJF showing up for his defeat to Wardlow.
Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp has now come through with an update on the no-show, revealing its true severity.
AEW personnel were reportedly so concerned with MJF's safety that at one stage, they considered arranging for his hotel room to be "busted in" to check up on him. Their number involved several people who, in Sapp's words, "you absolutely do not work if you are in the company."
Additionally, Sapp stated that several wrestlers at the Fan Fest had to work overtime following the no-show, which upset them. The event itself also cost AEW around $10,000 to put on, which isn't an insignificant amount of money for the promotion.
MJF returned to AEW television on Wednesday's Dynamite, urging company President Tony Khan to fire him in a worked shoot promo. His contract situation remains shrouded in mystery.