AEW's MJF On CM Punk Controversy, Backstage Drama, Aftermath | The MMA Hour

MJF speaks about the controversy regarding CM Punk and AEW. Excerpt from the Sept. 19, 2022 episode of The MMA Hour of Ariel Helwani.
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[@Riku2005]

this is why he's successful, doesn't comment on rumors and other ppl's businesses and solely focuses on himself.

[@Nitolordgrave]

Lol I can’t tell if he broke character or he still in character that how good he is answering these interview questions

[@lovefist86]

🙄 dork

[@bennett420316]

He's never out of character, EVER

[@realityorfiction]

Just imagine mjf being interrogated as the witness to the punk bucks scuffle lol

[@YoutubeMadeMePickHandle]

I mean, tbh, the thing that struck me is that he did break character here.

[@leviuzumaki3903]

You see the mjf character is actually very close to the real person, just amped up a lot! Kind of like ric flair I’m pretty sure he probably got a lot of inspiration from old school wrestlers. So it’s like he’s always in character he’s just giving his opinions and telling him what he can and can’t talk about while staying in character but toning his energy down a bit to suit an interview setting he’s really a genius on the mic and in the ring and even in the business!

[@jackhughes7637]

MJF's "no comment" followed by saying how important their feud is tells you what you need to know. Him and Punk are the most important guys they have, as well as Moxley.

[@peytonlong5573]

Glad others caught it as well he’s really sneaky with how he answers questions

[@jackhughes7637]

@@DonnieDaise Good for you

[@deadmanwalking5741]

@@jackhughes7637 Punk is most probably fired

[@jackhughes7637]

@@deadmanwalking5741 I've heard, it's a shame.

[@deadmanwalking5741]

@@jackhughes7637 no it is not I like punk but you can't keep someone in the company who is destroying your other talents.

[@JangoMike]

I like what MJF is doing. He knows how to be a heel

[@mohamedbelhseine9391]

The person who never break character and never does.

[@lovefist86]

Yet he's loved by smarks so obviously not.

[@Dean_stoonts]

He has an actual neck beard how do you people watch this garbage

[@SlySolace]

@@lovefist86 get a life

[@qhayiyamdyuba1053]

This guy is not going to leave AEW. He loves the company 🤣

[@krew8766]

Fr i think his return reaction reaffirmed what he thought.

[@KillaKalski]

He’s gone man too big of a star for Jacksonville Dixie to fumble his career

[@MrBESTINTHEWORLD2012]

He Won't But Only Till The Big Mouth He Opens and The Mouth Gets Filled By Tony If Not It will end Like American Codester 😹

[@neilbrooks7098]

Punk and mjf was the best thing in wrestling for 20 years

[@deadmanwalking5741]

LMAO really

[@Steve-nq8jc]

This man is one of the best if not the best Wrestlers around right now. The guy is the total package.

[@Razear]

Hilarious how he drops Ben Shaprio's signature line, haha. His real life persona is almost perfectly aligned with his character, or maybe he felt like he had to turn things up because there was a camera pointed at him.

[@joshuabalondo4454]

With facts and logic?

[@flyguy7825]

You just gotta love this dude flirting online between work and shoot.

[@peytonlong5573]

The way he says no comment but says that about the feud tells what you need to know about how he views Punk as his equal, on the rasslin one the only other person besides Roman reigns he didn’t have a problem being in front of him on the list is Punk and that feud was indeed possibly the best promo for promo feud in a decade or so

[@christopherolivarez4887]

Mjf sounds wayy smarter than theory

[@leviathan2515]

mfj is a star and he wasn’t forced down our throats like theory

[@JesseGMan7]

Giants fan? Dude MJF officially the man!

[@Gebraldo420]

I like the way he talks and presents HIMSELF... Better then the Bucks, running their mouths, and about NOTHING that concerns THEM

[@Steve-nq8jc]

6:36 "right now it feels like a team atmosphere" So it's true Punk is locker room cancer the Bucks and Kenny are children and passive aggressive marks. Get rid of all of them.

[@jackhughes7637]

Punk did a lot backstage to help lesser talent and the only reason you see him as a cancer is because he spoke his mind about the real cancer.

[@killahboi84]

Excellent interview. The whole show was stellar 👏🏼

[@GEMSexteriormaintenance]

With this mind set he is going to the very top. You see see everything in his eyes and the way he handles himself. On that note I am going to be starting wrestling training in the next two weeks... BRING IT ON!!!! 💪👌

[@enricosarmiento6279]

This is why it's not wrong to focus on your own business 90% of the time

[@JohnVespucci-kg5jo]

Mjf is the only star in that company.

[@OdinAesthetic]

Best wrestler out there today. He understands the balance with kayfabe 100%.

[@lovefist86]

No he doesn't

[@lionheart7182]

@@lovefist86 spam all you want, snowflake

[@ricardoperez2793]

MJF, big difference between "can't comment" on something and "I don't want to" comment on something. MJF comes across deceitful when press why he "can't" comment on something.

[@AE_2023]

The answer is yes. AEW absolutely needs CM Punk, and MJF both.

[@escanorsama5989]

Not old and withered injury prone egoist punk.

[@christopherolivarez4887]

They need mjf but not punk

[@MrAgodine]

@@christopherolivarez4887 They need punk for another year. I think after that, people won’t care as much

[@robertw31968]

@AE your right AEW definitely needs Punk and MJF. The other 3 no they don't need them. The ratings fall every time the are on TV.

[@AE_2023]

@@robertw31968 im in a unique subset of people who actually like both punk and omega. i think theyre both super talented but in very different ways. where punk excels, omega greatly lacks. and vice versa. punk is more important overall imo though

[@hittinskinz24]

I don’t watch wrestling that much anymore, but I can tell this guy gets it. He must be a great promo.

[@Melissa_Noob]

MJF being MJF!! Playing heel forever!!

[@JojoGgraphics]

Twisted and ducked those questions like a pro

[@lovefist86]

Like a wimp.

[@pjay450]

I'm so curious, why of all people does Ariel has kept a Virna Jandiroba picture in the background? I mean out off all MMA fighters, why her???

[@Bdbtg28691]

She walked out to "island boy" viral song on the UFC live broadcast at Ariel's request for spot on the wall.

[@lovefist86]

*of

[@animeslayer4762]

I’ve never knew who is MJF but when I saw him I knew he was good after seeing him in the l Ring and mic and I agree everything he said in his pipebomb

[@taralang8854]

Mjf is awesome he can make sense and still stay in character. He is aew.

[@JohnnyMac2237]

Love that he’s a Mets fan

[@paullevine2834]

Amazing MJF with Ariel MJF is so damn good, in and out of the ring, her looks like he just woke up in this video though! :-D

[@akterminded]

The chad MJF vs the virgin CM Punk

[@chrisszyyy]

Who's here after the Punk interview?

[@khayalipulao6588]

Vinny Mc----Cena----wwe global TonyK ----- MJF---- aew global

[@LukeValorNJPW]

God damn Ariel helwani will not take a hint and drop it. Ariel’s only job is to go rile up and piss off guys just to get good content and it looks awful. He was bad in the UFC days and it still looks bad now

[@sebastiankeene]

The greatest answer he could possibly give .

[@princevegeta9149]

It’s funny to see some mma marks complaining and crying as usual saying they won’t watch this video when they clicked on it themselves 😂 just watch the mma ones Also it’s true, MJF is the most valuable wrestler in AEW right now

[@lovefist86]

"Valuable wrestle" I think you mean wrestler and no, he's not.

[@amoghsawant3801]

Cm punk jon Chris jericho

[@princevegeta9149]

@@lovefist86 yes I meant wrestler but let’s be honest he is, he brings the ratings and whoever he feuds with gets bigger reactions than normal

[@chrisgodina2548]

I was wrong mjf was right

[@ksdnsdkumar1375]

Numbers don't line, OK but WWE RAW/SMACKDOWN doing 2M views and AEW stuck at 1M views,

[@llad.7181]

Raw is at 1.7mill last week and Dynamite at 1.2mill

[@lupehn]

@@llad.7181 WWE is selling out PPV’s in minutes and AEW is not

[@MrAgodine]

It’s a three year old company.

[@llad.7181]

@@lupehn AEW have done that multiple times ??

[@llad.7181]

@@lupehn AEW have done multiple times ??

[@sampleoffers1978]

I used to root for giants and mets, though I'm not from LI...but giants were pretty steady with success and I switched to jets..then cte science emerged so now I ignore football, and designated hitter is in all pro baseball now...it's stupid more. MLB doesnt need dh. It's like if pro wrast'l had replay calls constantly, but at least that would be funny.

[@brandonalvarez7462]

Best heel but still the # 1 assest is Jay white

[@kjdee140]

Jay Who?

[@DG-nn9uh]

🤙!

[@StardogChampion06]

I could picture MJF doing a Ben Shapiro parody.

[@TheRealRehman]

I saw him break character once and that's when I made him smile against his will

[@zache3818]

No sarcasm….who the hell is this guy

[@AlejandroTorres-sp8id]

mjf is that guy

[@gregwelsh2985]

He makes good points.

[@lupehn]

RIP AEW

[@matteobarbadori8920]

Punk is going to leave right?

[@vodkagal28]

He kinda has no choice. Nobody wants him there.

[@smokegames1179]

make cm punk heel when he comes back issue solved

[@lovefist86]

Face and heel don't exist in smarky aew.

[@exe2517]

Too weak of a body and mind to keep him around.

[@amoghsawant3801]

@@lovefist86 true

[@johnnyizquierdo3504]

WWE needs jim cornette to cut a promo in the ring it would be an insane pop

[@ryanmussell739]

Isn’t Steph still pissed at Jim ?

[@christopherolivarez4887]

I think if the elite are gone jim would probably much prefer to go to aew and help out tony… as much as jim criticizes aew you can tell he actually cares about them and likes tony deep down inside

[@profightsinfo]

All the haters are just mad because MJF is better than you, and you know it!

[@lovefist86]

Better at making stupid little boys happy? Not exactly something everyone aspires towards.

[@Kwyn76]

Thanks for letting MJF do a work on your show. I guess. There’s no telling what’s real and what’s not, but I don’t watch shows like this to be party to nonsense. Leave that for the promos.

[@christopherolivarez4887]

Why? This is how it used to be back in the old days wrestlers not breaking kayfabe

[@codybaker1448]

Hate cm punk with a passion but love him because he is right. We are story tellers and there is very little stories

[@cappy2282]

MJF is cool. CM Punk...huge pud

[@HArryvajonas]

This statement has never been more true in the history of mankind, given they're are multiple professional MMA organizations throughout the world and world class MMA competitions every week; if you are over the age of 12, and find Pro Wrestling entertaining, what are you doing with your life?

[@ZaklnGritch]

I watch stuff like Scooby Doo from when I was younger. Maybe people just like nostalgia.

[@flthegreat6500]

Dislikes are gone because of people like you.

[@MrDrmorbid]

Sucks to hear MJF is going crypto fascist by using Ben Shapiro's lines.

[@corvoolafo5417]

This is just his character.

[@thafightgame5383]

These fake wrestling personalities are so lame just walking cringe

[@christopherolivarez4887]

Youre cringe behind your little keyboard

[@lovefist86]

00:37 ok guy who pretends to fight for a living. Wannabe Shapiro.