MJF Says AEW Has the Best Wrestling on TV in 2026

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2026

MJF is making his stance clear in the ongoing WWE vs AEW debate. Speaking with Ariel Helwani ahead of his Title vs Hair match at AEW Double or Nothing, he said AEW is delivering the best wrestling on television and that anyone still claiming otherwise in 2026 simply is not watching the product.

MJF will challenge AEW World Champion Darby Allin on May 24 at Louis Armstrong Stadium. If he loses, he will be shaved bald. The event has already distributed 13,848 tickets per WrestleTix, putting it on pace to become one of AEW’s biggest‑grossing domestic pay‑per‑views.

During the interview, MJF praised the depth of AEW’s roster and said the company’s in‑ring output is unmatched. He explained, “We have an embarrassment of riches right now in the AEW locker room. I’m not gonna sit here and name every single name because it’s actually exhausting how many incredible professional wrestlers we have. We have, bar none, the best wrestling on television. It’s not even close. Sorry. Now, WWE has incredible wrestlers, they’re putting on great matches. TNA has great wrestlers, they’re putting on great matches. NXT has great wrestlers, they’re putting on great matches. But I can look in this camera and say point blank I feel we put on the best matches. I feel that it’s not just a tagline ‘Where The Best Wrestle.’ It’s a fact.”

He then addressed the lingering “AEW bad” narrative that has persisted online since the company’s backstage controversies in 2022 and 2023. He said, “It’s gotten to the point now because of the black eyes that were created in the past, it was ‘AEW bad’ for a while just cause after the black eyes. Now there was a reason to say ‘AEW bad’ because some bullshit was going on. In 2026, there’s nothing to say, man. We’re putting on great show after great show. We were up in houses year over year in most territories in the US. Pay-per-view buyrates are up, and I’m about to be in the main event of the second biggest grossing domestic pay-per-view in the history of our company.”

The “black eyes” reference points to incidents such as the CM Punk–Young Bucks fight at All Out 2022 and the Punk–Jack Perry altercation at All In 2023, both of which shaped public perception of AEW for months.

MJF said the current online pushback against AEW criticism comes from fans who actually watch the show. He explained, “What I think is so cool, when you go to social media now, if there is a post that says ‘AEW bad’, it used to just be like, ‘Yeah, you’re right, screw AEW. I’m just gonna stick with my TNA, my MLW, my WWE, what have you.’ Now it’s like, ‘You’re not watching the show.’ Just say you’re not watching the show because you’re clearly not watching the show. ‘Oh, I watch the show.’ Okay, what’s happening? ‘Bullshit.’ Oh, alright, so you don’t watch the show and that’s fine.”

He closed by saying AEW is not trying to appeal to everyone, but the product is thriving because of its match quality and storytelling. He said, “Now I’m not gonna sit here and pretend that our show is for everybody. No product is for everybody, but we are white hot right now because we’re having incredible matches, we have incredible rivalries, and we put on incredible pay-per-views. And I genuinely feel that we have the best wrestling show weekly.”