MJF is fully confident in the controversial angle that took place on AEW Dynamite this week, and he hopes it changes wrestling for the better.
MJF hasn’t been afraid to express his Jewish faith as a part of who he is both as a wrestler and a person, even previously mentioning the sad situation where he was bullied for his Judiasm as a group of kids threw quarters at him. He and Juice Robinson continued to incorporate that real-life story into an angle where Robinson threatened to use roll of quarters as a weapon on MJF during next week’s Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal.
MJF previously made a post on X following up on the angle, and then went into further detail on Wednesday, firmly putting his belief in the ultimate good that the story can do for those who have been bullied.
“Muhammad Hassan was portraying an evil Muslim terrorist. I’m actually Jewish. I’ve actually gone through this. This is my real life!!!!! MY STORY! And I look forward to giving catharsis to every single person who’s ever been oppressed or bullied. If you think I’d play with that or take it lying down or WORST OF ALL hide from the hard conversations like a coward…you’re on crazy pills.
“I look forward to the hard conversations this starts and creates. I look forward to people being further educated. My life’s work is to stand up to any and all injustices done to people due to something as stupid as being different. To anyone that thinks that can’t be done through the avenue of professional wrestling then that’s an indictment on things that have happened in this sports past.
“I look forward to bringing this sport into the present. I look forward to knocking Juice Robinson’s teeth down his throat. And most of all I look forward to getting back the Triple B!”
Muhammad Hassan was portraying an evil Muslim terrorist.
I’m actually Jewish. I’ve actually gone through this. This is my real life!!!!! MY STORY!
And I Look forward to giving Catharsis to every single person who’s ever been oppressed or bullied.
If you think I’d play with…
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) October 11, 2023
The MJF & Juice Robinson Storyline Has Gotten Polarizing Attention
Several personalities and media outlets questioned the tactfulness of the angle considering the tragic conflict that is currently occurring over in the Middle East.