MJF defended the AEW World Championship against Samoa Joe at this past Saturday’s Worlds End PPV and came up short following the lack of help from his former friend and tag team partner Adam Cole. After the match, Cole got in the ring and it looked like he was giving some words of encouragement to MJF, but then the lights went out and the Devil’s masked men showed up and teased attacking both MJF and Cole.
The lights went out again and Cole was shown seated in a chair, revealing himself to be the Devil. The Devil’s men then revealed themselves to be Wardlow as well as The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) and Roderick Strong. They would then attack MJF as the show went off the air, which could be the start of a possible feud between MJF and Cole for whenever Cole is healed up from his ankle injury and when MJF makes his return to television.
For quite some time now, MJF has been talking about the end of his contract this January 2024 and the “bidding war of 2024” as well as the possibility of him making the jump to WWE. There is no word yet on what exactly is MJF’s contract status with AEW, but many people are under the impression that he has secretly re-signed with AEW a few weeks back despite his claim that he has yet to re-sign with the company, although there have been no concrete reports on this matter.
At the Worlds End media scrum following last Saturday’s PPV, AEW President Tony Khan wouldn’t comment on MJF’s contract status with the company, but as of January 1st, 2024, the former World Champion is no longer listed as part of the roster on the company’s official website.
MJF is set to take some much needed time off to heal from the numerous injuries he has sustained since becoming the World Champion at the end of 2022.
