MJF explains why he still wears AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring
MJF addressed still wearing his AEW Dynamite Diamond ring during a recent interview.
The new AEW World Champion spoke with Mostly Sports ahead of his title victory on Saturday. During the interview, it was noted that MJF continues to wear his Dynamite Diamond ring despite Bandido winning the ring this year. MJF explained that another wrestler winning the ring does not negate the times he previously won it.
MJF said:
“So, here’s the deal. Think of this as a Super Bowl ring. Just because this guy won it doesn’t retract all the ones that I’ve won year after year after year after year.”
MJF won the Dynamite Diamond Ring in each of the first six years of its existence, winning it in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
“Are we up to five or six? I don’t even know. I’ve lost count, frankly. Genuinely, I’ve lost count. It might be six. So, congrats to this guy. He won the ring this year because I wasn’t involved in it. And my boss is a mark and hates my guts, he decided to make this the first year where if you win the ring, you don’t just win money, you also get a guaranteed title shot at Maximum Carnage.”
“I thought that was a little f—ing weird, that I’ve won this ring year after year and I never got a title shot out of it. But anyway, c’est la vie.”
The interview was taped before MJF won the AEW World Championship at Worlds End. With his title win and Bandido winning the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring in 2025, the two will meet for the championship at AEW Maximum Carnage on January 14 in Phoenix.
Bandido and Ricochet were the final two wrestlers remaining in the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal on the December 17 episode of Dynamite. Bandido went on to defeat Ricochet to win the ring on the December 24 episode of Dynamite, which was taped on December 20.
MJF’s comments about continuing to wear the Dynamite Diamond ring begin around the 9:13 mark of the interview. The video below is cued.
A clip of Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer discussing MJF and the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring is below:
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