What Did MJF Say To John Cena At “The Iron Claw” Premiere?

What Did MJF Say To John Cena At

MJF has detailed the nature of his recent conversation with John Cena.

In what was a meeting of two of the biggest stars of their respective promotions, the AEW Champion and the WWE legend were photographed together at the LA premiere of The Iron Claw, the Von Erich biopic that sees MJF star as Lance Von Erich and is also credited as an executive producer.

Although fan footage captured the wrestlers together at the premiere, what was said between the two was inaudible in videos uploaded to social media. With many curious about the nature of the talks, MJF recently elaborated on his meeting with Cena.

Speaking on the SI Media podcast, the AEW World Champion heavily praised Cena while also crediting his own work:

“We’re two guys that are both massive fans of each other’s work. He loves what I’m doing in AEW, I obviously love everything that he’s done in professional wrestling as a whole. He’s easily a first-ballot Hall of Famer and I literally am a Hall of Famer, but I believe that I am also soon to be a first-ballot professional wrestling hall of famer as well.

The Hall of Fame that MJF is referring to is the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In regards to the conversation itself, the World Champion revealed that he told Cena that he has a ton of respect for his charity work and how big a fan he is of the 16-time World Champion’s work:

“We exchanged pleasantries and we talked and discussed about how we’re fans of each other’s work. I told him straight-up, I find him to be an absolute inspiration, what he’s been able to do with Make-A-Wish, with all these kids, and also what he’s been able to do completely transcend outside of the professional wrestling sport and landscape is something that I’ve begun to do as well. I’m really proud of that, and I don’t think I’d be able to do that without following the footsteps of these major giants of professional wrestling history, like him, like Batista, like The Rock. If not for these guys, they wouldn’t take me seriously as an actor.”

MJF Prepares For Important World Title Defence

Still reigning as World Champion, MJF’s next title defence will take place at the Worlds End pay-per-view. The show will take place in Long Island, New York, which is the hometown of the AEW star. When discussing the upcoming match at the Nassau Coliseum, MJF stated that this match means more to him than AEW All In.

H/t to Fightful.