June 6, 2022 Observer Newsletter: MJF walk out & promo, Double or Nothing review
Max Friedman, 26, AEW’s MJF, went out to replicate a combination of the C.M. Punk pipe bomb promo and Brian Pillman in a series of events this past week that has made him the most talked about wrestler in the business.
In doing so, it also in the big picture shows how the current economic system in pro wrestling is very much different from the past.
The week culminated in a promo on the 6/1 show in Los Angeles, filled with swearing, running down Tony Khan as a mark who should be in the stands, telling Khan he wanted him to fire him, using the Jim Cornette-created term “All Friends Wrestling,” to categorize the promotion and complaining about his pay, saying Khan hoards all the money and pays more for ex-WWE talent that can’t lace his boots. His delivery was fantastic and this could end up being the most talked about and most remembered promo of the year.
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Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.