AEW World Champion MJF recently confirmed that he hasn’t inked a new deal with AEW.
‘The Salt of The Earth’ has been quite candid about his contract status and heavily spoke about the “bidding war of 2024.” He is set to become a free agent on January 1st, 2024. He hasn’t mentioned the Bidding War of 2024 in a while, and fans have wondered about his future.
There have been rumors that MJF signed a new AEW deal that will keep him around for years. However, while speaking with SI Media, MJF said that fans leak things that they want to be true and gave examples of rumors about Cody Rhodes re-signing with AEW and CM Punk having a cordial relationship with Tony Khan, which weren’t true. He said that after AEW Worlds End pay-per-view later this month, he’ll assess his contract situation. He said:
“When stuff like that gets leaked out it makes me laugh because I remember something like Cody having secretly re-signed, then he showed up (in WWE). Something got leaked out about CM Punk or Tony Khan…I think fans leak out things that they want to be true. I love AEW, I wanna stay in AEW. for professional setting.”
When asked if he re-signed with AEW, MJF said:
“Not yet”
MJF could join WWE
Cody Rhodes transitioned from AEW to WWE last year and many believed that several other stars would follow the suit. Soon, Jade Cargill also made a similar move this year and fans are still waiting for her official in-ring debut. It seems we can’t rule out MJF joining WWE. Even ‘The American Nightmare’ believes the same.
The AEW World Champion has teased signing with WWE from time to time. However, these teases have stopped since he turned babyface.
In the past, MJF had a tryout for WWE as part of 2011’s Tough Enough. He also appeared as a security guard during a segment with Samoa Joe, which has been referenced several times.
We will now have to wait and see what the future holds for MJF.
