AEW World Champion MJF pulled from indie show due to injury
AEW World Champion MJF will no longer be making his scheduled appearance for Beyond Wrestling this Friday night.
It was supposed to be MJF vs. Bobby Orlando at the indie promotion’s event in Cranston, Rhode Island on June 5. However, Beyond sent out an announcement this morning saying MJF suffered a hyperextended knee on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and won’t be able to travel or compete in time for the show.
“Unfortunately @The_MJF hyperextended his knee during his match last night & is not medically cleared to travel or compete,” Beyond wrote. “He will not be in Cranston tomorrow night but assured me he will wrestle for Beyond Wrestling as soon as his schedule allows. We wish him a speedy recovery.”
To prove himself as a traveling champion, MJF started to take more indie bookings during his second reign with the AEW World title. He is now on his third reign after regaining the belt from Darby Allin — and this Beyond show was likely going to be MJF’s last indie booking in the United States for an “extraordinarily long time.” He still plans on making up the date despite that.
MJF retained over Rush on AEW Dynamite —
There is no word on the severity of MJF’s knee hyperextension or if he’ll be missing any shows past this one. On Dynamite last night, he defeated Rush to retain the AEW World Championship. The show also furthered the build to an upcoming title bout between MJF and Mark Briscoe.
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