God help us all, MJF is world champion again. I can already see him making an ICE joke at Bandido’s expense.

AEW has been on a creative tear this year. Moxley’s title reign started frustrating and ended sublimely. The tragedy of Hangman Page being dethroned by Samoa Joe stung just right. So of course, it’s time to torch all that goodwill with the most immature world champion to ever grace a major televised wrestling promotion. A haze of “been there, done that,” filled the arena on Saturday as MJF became a two-time AEW World Champion.

Maybe he’s grown. Maybe married life has matured him. Maybe some of those new hair transplants will take root in parts of his brain and unlock new potential, or -even better- a whole new personality. I doubt it, but I’m willing to be hopeful.

It’s more likely that we’re in for months and months of Diddy jokes, racism, and other edgelord promos from the walking caricature that is MJF. There’s a new Safdie Brothers movie out, so expect MJF to crib as much Marty Supreme as possible. I’m guessing he even hits a guy with a ping pong paddle. It’s also very possible that MJF will uncover more of his childhood trauma and find a way to make that about his opponent. Whatever happens, I have very little hope that it will be enteraining or even original, as MJF is capable of neither.