Tony Khan: MJF is doing a ‘great job’ with acting work
Tony Khan is proud of the work MJF is doing both inside and outside of the ring.
After recently praising MJF for his in-ring work ethic, Khan has now spoken highly of how much effort MJF is putting into his acting ambitions, telling Going Ringside that MJF is becoming a star in that field as well.
“MJF’s a huge, huge wrestling star, now he’s becoming a star of movies,” Khan said. “He got a great role playing Happy Gilmore’s son in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’. ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ is the most watched movie in America this year. And MJF’s a big part of the movie. If you remember, his very rowdy four sons — the main lead boy is MJF. He’s the most prominent one. They’re supposed to be hard-hitting brawlers, and he’s definitely the tough guy of the four Happy Gilmore boys.”
Coming off losses to Mistico at CMLL’s 92nd Aniversario and Mark Briscoe at AEW All Out, MJF is away from AEW at the moment to film his role in the movie “Violent Night 2.” MJF has said that his goal is to be simultaneously full-time in both wrestling and acting.
“Everybody is very impressed with what he’s doing. He is a really hard-working guy. And I am very impressed with MJF,” Khan told Going Ringside.
“I think he’s an incredible wrestling talent. When he focuses on the wrestling [instead of heel tactics], I think MJF is one of the best. But he always takes shortcuts. He’s always trying to cheat his way to the top. And I don’t even think he needs to, is the truth. He’s a really gifted wrestler and a student of wrestling — a student of the history of wrestling and a student of technical wrestling. And also MJF is a student of acting now. He’s doing a great job with it. He’s filming another movie right now. And for AEW, the executives, we are proud of what MJF is doing.”
MJF unsuccessfully challenged for the AEW World Championship when he lost to Hangman Page at Forbidden Door 2025, but MJF is still owed another shot at the title through the Casino Gauntlet contract that he won at All In: Texas. He must give at least a week’s notice before executing the contract for that shot.
