MJF and Wardlow earn Inner Circle spots after AEW Full Gear win
After agreements, disagreements, town halls, and even some singing and dancing over the past few months, MJF earned a spot in The Inner Circle with his win over Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear Saturday.
The end sequence began when referee Aubrey Edwards was distracted and Jericho got his “Floyd” baseball bat from Jake Hager. MJF then pulled a play out of the Eddie Guerrero playbook, acting like Jericho had knocked him out. As Edwards scolded Jericho, MJF rolled him up to pick up the win and the roster spot in the longtime AEW faction.
After being frustrated with the loss, Jericho hugged MJF and welcomed both he and Wardlow to the group as Hager looked on skeptically. Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz weren’t in the building as they were in North Carolina for the Elite Deletion match earlier in the show.
Both men were a combined 6-0 in both singles and tag team matches after both had losing efforts at September’s All Out.
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