MJF discusses being compared to WWE’s Grayson Waller.
The AEW World Champion spoke about the rising Aussie star during his recent interview with WrestlePurists. The Salt of the Earth recalled being labeled as an EC3 or Alberto Del Rio Jr. type when he first started wrestling on AEW television.
Certain wrestlers get compared to other wrestlers and the comparisons are flawed and I feel the time. This is a great example, and this is not a shot at EC3 at all. When I first came out to the scene, the first week of AEW Dynamite, I went out there, I cut a great promo, had a match with Brandon Cutler and then, my friends hit me up and they go, ‘Yo, people are calling you EC3 Jr. and Alberto Del Rio Jr.’ I’m like, ‘Holy shit. That’s insane, because I’m in shape and I can talk?’
MJF adds that he and Waller couldn’t be more different, and that they get compared because they are both really good on the microphone.
It’s just odd, but I feel like the fans are creating it in their own fucking headcanon, you know what I mean? Like, you know who I feel bad for? I feel bad for Grayson Waller. Because I get fucking tagged daily, ‘Grayson Waller is just trying to be MJF,’ like fucking hell he is! Do you see me wrestling in fucking basketball shorts? Do I have a fucking accent? Am I 6’2? No… Again, it’s it’s not the fans’ fault, right? There’s a wrestler that makes you feel something throughout the avenue of talking. Right? ‘Oh, fuck, who else makes me feel something throughout the avenue of talking? MJF. Oh, dude, he’s just copying MJF?’ No, he’s not, you fucking idiot. We’re just both good at talking! Wrestling fans are definitely funny. At the same time, who am I kidding? I’m the biggest wrestling fan of them all. I’m willing to get dumped on my head just to leave a legacy for a sport that I care deeply about.
Elsewhere in the interview, MJF spoke about Christian Cage and why he thinks the current reigning TNT Champion is on the best run of his career. You can read about that by clicking here.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)