MJF's Title Reign: Flop or Not?

Kopros_The_Great said:

Yes, that's exactly what OP wants you to subjectively answer. What is your stance on this?

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Has his title reign produced great TV, are people invested in his programs, is there any noticeable upward movement in general interest in AEW as a whole, are people talking about him in a positive light? These are the most common indicators of a successful run.

Run down the list

Consistently compelling TV? Not really if it were we'd be revelling in it.

Overall investment? It seems down particularly during this current 4 Pillars stuff.

Interest in AEW? Not the hottest it's been that's for sure.

Is it doing anything positive for MJF? It did at first and has definitely levelled out of late.

On paper you could objectively call it a flop. I personally wouldn't go that far I'd say it's been hit and miss. It's not the end of world, this is just what happens when you put guys who aren't ready/over enough for the top of the card. MJF will be fine and as for the other three it should now be obvious that they need more time/better booking to get to that level.

Victor Chaos said:

MJF has been awesome during this reign, but AEW trying to make lower card level talents like Bland Boy, Sammy Guevara, and Darby Allin happen is sinking it. I'm not blaming MJF because he has held up his end. Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Connor McGregor, or any big name that you could think of couldn't make Darby Allin, Bland Boy, and Sammy Guevara interesting.

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*Jungle Jackoff

MJF himself has been nothing less than stellar. Tony Khans booking and idea to center an entire storyline around 3 guys who've never done anything, who have the personality of white office paper, is a bad idea and because MJF only does the rare program and never wrestles, the last thing he does is the lasting image of the reign for a while. He had a feud with Danielson that wasn't handled well, which ended with the best match of the last 20 years, so that was the major shining point of this reign, then it was this 4 pillars shit, the match might be good, it might not be good, but whatever it is, the program itself has done damage to the world title and MJF isn't working with anyone of world championship calibre (Especially Jungle Jackoff.....especially after Rush bent Jungle Jackoff over his knee and made him call Rush daddy).

MJF needs to get back working with Punk, like they were going to. Obviously you don't put the title back on Punk with his injury history (Granted, only one of them was actually a wrestling injury) but this is how you put interest on the belt again and interest back into MJF. If the rumor of Adam Cole is true, good god, that'll just keep it sunk. Based on the fact that I see Adam Cole talking about MJF on Barstool Rasslin', it is true. Yikes.