AEW's MJF Bound For Hollywood?

Worked shoot feud with Tony Khan takes yet another twist...

by Michael Sidgwick
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Fightful Select reported overnight that MJF is actively exploring opportunities in cinema.

Indeed - if any of this is to be believed of course, since this could all be an elaborate, sophisticated work - he was purported to have hung around the Los Angeles area as the remaining AEW crew headed to Ontario for last Friday's live Rampage taping. This fuelled rumours swirling around the locker room that MJF had arranged meetings with Hollywood executives last week. MJF has already let slip to Ariel Helwani that he has recorded a voice part for an upcoming, as yet unannounced animated movie scheduled for release in 2023.

He'd be excellent on the silver screen - again, if any of this is true. He might even escape typecasting as a heel; his emotional promo covering his traumatic early school years on Dynamite in February displayed a superb range. Of course, this clashes with his "bidding war of '24" bit, but then, it just adds a more interesting wrinkle to this unsolvable puzzle.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and surefire Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!