MJF Comments On Whether He’d Have Wrestled CM Punk Again In AEW

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AEW American Champion MJF has commented on whether or not he would have wrestled CM Punk again if he remained in AEW.

CM Punk left AEW back in September of 2023 following his return to the company back in June, and in doing so, ended his ongoing run as AEW’s ‘real’ World Champion.

Punk returned to the company with the ‘real’ title that he never lost after defeating Jon Moxley at All Out in 2022, which was seemingly bringing him on course with another clash with legendary AEW rival and then-AEW World Champion MJF, which never ended up happening due to Punk’s abrupt departure.

In an exclusive interview with WrestleTalk, MJF was asked about Punk’s departure, and whether or not he would have been set to face off against him before his departure.

He said:

“I would have won if we wrestled again. I think everybody knows that. I’m a very smart individual, I’ve actually mentioned this in regards to Swerve as history repeats itself, I’m a man that… I like to pick my spots. It’s very obvious that I could have beaten him again as I had already beaten him twice in Chicago. But why would I beat him when there was no World Title on the line?

“I feel the same way about Swerve. Physically speaking, I’m still dealing with an old nagging injury of my left shoulder. Shane Strickland is absolutely on fire right now, as we’re gonna see on August 25 when he wrestles Bryan Danielson in what could be Bryan Danielson’s retirement match – which is massive.

“So I’m aware of the fact that, if Bryan Danielson wins, that’s good news for me, because that dude’s body is hanging on by a thread and the scary thing is, even with the way his body is now, that dude is still better than 99.99% of professional wrestlers bell-to-bell in that ring. He can decimate a man and rip them in half.

“I’m also better off wrestling Swerve after that match is over for the World Title because Danielson is going to hurt him, they’re going to hurt each other. So I’m just picking my spots and I’m waiting. I’m looking forward to being a double champion – being American Champion and the World Champion.

“But to answer your question, if CM Punk was still in my company, I would have definitely waited for him to have been the World Champion.”

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