MJF shares thoughts on the ‘four pillars’ discussion in AEW

MJF feels there’s only two pillars in AEW.

In an interview with Vice, reporter Hayley Miller asked the former AEW Champion if he rejects the idea of Hangman Page being labeled the ‘main character’ of AEW. While answering, MJF brought up that many people bring up AEW’s ‘four pillars’ in discussion: himself, Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin, and Jack Perry. But he only thinks there are two: himself and Hangman Page.

“ No, because realistically, the only two pillars that people genuinely thought were pillars were me and Darby [Allin]. If we’re being honest here, look, I didn’t have much to work with in those early days. You know what I’m saying? Now, I most certainly do. Sammy Guevara is pretty solid though. I just think he’s really dumb. I don’t feel slighted because the new terminology for me is that I’m the “main antagonist,” he said.

“Which, while I disagree with it, that’s what these fans think of me, and it is what it is. At the end of the day, they’re misinformed, they’re uneducated,” he added. “But I do agree with the simple fact that since day one, since 2019, your two main homegrown guys have been me and the cowboy.”

Sammy Guevara has been mainly working Ring of Honor matches recently. Jack Perry, meanwhile, hasn’t wrestled since January at Wrestle Dynasty. His last AEW appearance was losing the TNT title to Daniel Garcia at last year’s Full Gear event.

Both MJF and Hangman Page are scheduled to meet at Forbidden Door this Sunday in a match that will be for the AEW World Championship. Originally, MJF had given up his opportunity to cash in his world title match at any time after Hangman Page successfully goaded him into agreeing. MJF retaliated on this week’s Dynamite by threatening to set Mark Briscoe on fire if he didn’t agree to rescind that demand, which Hangman reluctantly agreed to,