Maxwell Jacob Friedman
Maxwell T. Friedman (born March 15, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he competes under the ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman and his initials MJF. He is the current holder of the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring.
| Maxwell Jacob Friedman | |
|---|---|
 MJF at Double or Nothing in 2019 | |
| Born | March 15, 1996 Plainview, New York |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Maxwell Jacob Feinstein Maxwell Jacob Friedman MJF Pete Lightning Sandy Bunker |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg) |
| Billed from | Plainview, New York |
| Trained by | Brian Myers Pat Buck |
| Debut | February 13, 2015 |
Friedman has also competed in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Major League Wrestling (MLW).
In AEW, he is a one-time AEW World Champion, a four-time holder of the Dynamite Diamond Ring, and the winner of the 2022 Casino Ladder Match.
Career change
All Elite Wrestling change
On January 7, 2019, Friedman signed a five-year contract with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[1] Friedman made his AEW in-ring debut at Double or Nothing on May 25, 2019 in a pre-show Casino Battle Royale. He made it to the end before being eliminated by "Hangman" Adam Page.[2]
On the October 2, 2019 episode of Dynamite, Friedman ran to the ring with a chair to save his friend Cody from a beatdown by The Inner Circle.[3] At Full Gear, Friedman turned heel after hitting Cody in the groin.[4]
At All Out, Friedman made his return after a long time away. He wore a mask and was called "The Joker". He won the Casino Ladder match earlier in the night and showed up on the entrance ramp, took off his mask and stared down AEW Champion CM Punk.[5] On Full Gear, Friedman defeated Jon Moxley to become the youngest AEW World Champion. He won after William Regal turned on Moxley and gave Friedman his brass knuckles, which Friedman used to hit Moxley.[6] On the November 30 episode of Dynamite, Friedman turned on Regal, attacking him and sending him to the hospital. Friedman also threw the Championship in the garbage before revealing his own custom Burberry check pattern AEW World Championship.[7]
At All In: Zero Hour, Friedman teamed with Adam Cole and they defeated Aussie Open to become the ROH World Tag Team Champions.[8]
At New Year's Smash, MJF would lose the ROH World Tag Team Championships in a 2-on-1 Handicap match to the The Devil's Masked Men. Samoa Joe was supposed to team with MJF to defend the title in place of the injured Adam Cole but he would be attacked by The Devil's Masked Men before the match. This turned out to be a fakeout and Joe would attack MJF after the match.[9] At Worlds End, MJF would lose the title to Samoa Joe.[10] After the match, the lights would go out and come back on. When the lights came on, a returning Adam Cole was seated in the ring with four masked men. The men would pull off their masks and reveal themselves to be The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennet), Roderick Strong, and Wardlow. They would attack MJF after his match and Cole Would pull The Devil mask out of his jacket revealing himself to be The Devil and betraying MJF.[11]
Championships change
- AAW Wrestling
- AAW Heritage Championship (1 time)[12]
- All Elite Wrestling
- AEW World Championship (1 time)[13]
- Dynamite Diamond Ring (2019-2022)[14]
- Casino Ladder Match (2022)[15]
- Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament (2023) (with Adam Cole)[16]
- Dynamite Award (1 time)
- Alpha-1 Wrestling
- A1 Outer Limits Championship (1 time)[18]
- CBS Sports
- Rookie of the Year (2019)[19]
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW Wired Championship (1 time)[20]
- CZW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Dramatic Dream Team
- ESPN
- Inspire Pro Wrestling
- Inspire Pro Wrestling Pure Prestige Championship (1 time)[23]
- LDN Wrestling
- LDN Capital Wrestling Championship (2 times)[24]
- Limitless Wrestling
- Limitless Wrestling World Championship (1 time)[25]
- Major League Wrestling
- MLW World Middleweight Championship (1 time)[26]
- MLW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Richard Holliday)[27]
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- MCW Rage Television Championship (1 time)
- New York Post
- Promo of the Year (2022) ("Pipebomb" promo)[28]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Adam Cole)[33]
- Rockstar Pro Wrestling
- American Luchacore Championship (1 time)
- Rockstar Pro Trios Championship (1 time) (with Ace Romero and Clayton Jackson)
- The New York Times
- Best Performance (2020) (for his rendition of "Me and My Shadow" with Chris Jericho)[34]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- WrestlePro
- WrestlePro Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Valerio Lamorte)
- Xcite Wrestling
- Xcite International Championship (1 time)
References change
- ↑ "POST NEWS UPDATE: MJF's AEW contract is for five years". POSTWrestling. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Double or Nothing Card Begins to Take Shape". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Results 10/09/2019". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Live Results: Full Gear Go-Home Show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry vs. Christian Cage, Casino Ladder Match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship, The Acclaimed vs. Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee for the AEW Tag Titles, Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayter for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Death Triangle vs. The Elite for the AEW Trios Titles, Saraya vs. Britt Baker". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "MJF unveils 'Triple B' version of AEW World title, knocks out William Regal". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All In results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho, CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the Real World Title, Stadium Stampede". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite results (12/27): Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Jon Moxley vs. Jay White, and Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston in Continental Classic semifinal matches". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Samoa Joe Wins AEW World Title At AEW Worlds End". Fightful. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Adam Cole Revealed As The Devil At AEW Worlds End, Joined By Roderick Strong, The Kingdom And Wardlow". Fightful. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Epic: The 15th Anniversary Event Results". AAW Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "AEW World Championship history". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Results November 27, 2019". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All Out 2022 Results". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite results (7/19): Powell's live review of Golden Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club in a Blood & Guts match, MJF and Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara in the Blind Eliminator tourney finals". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Complete List Of 2022 AEW Award Winners". Fightful. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Title history". Alpha-1 Wrestling. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "How Adam Cole went from main event substitute to clear choice for 2019 Wrestler of the Year". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "5/13 CZW 'Sacrifices' Results from Voorhees, NJ: New CZW Champions Crowned". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling 2022 awards: The best male and female wrestler, feud, faction, promo and more". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "From MJF and Rhea to...a Viking? Here are the 30 best pro wrestlers under 30". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "MJF Injured at Fight for the Fallen, Vacates Pure Prestige Title for Inspire Pro Wrestling". 411Mania. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "LDN Capital Championship Title History". LDN Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "#AndNEW: MJF Becomes First-Ever Limitless Wrestling World Champion". Last Word of Sports. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "#AndNEW: MJF Becomes First-Ever Limitless Wrestling World Champion". Last Word of Sports. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "MLW Fusion results: Los Parks vs. The Wagners". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "The Post's 2022 pro wrestling awards". New York Post. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Seth Rollins Tops PWI 500, Roman Reigns, Jon Moxley Also In Top 3". 411Mania. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "PWI Achievement Awards: Feud of the Year". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "MJF Tapes Over CM Punk's Name On PWI Award, Punk Replies, 'Maybe Find Tape For The Ratings'". Fightful. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "PWI Achievement Awards: Most Hated Wrestler of the Year". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All In pre-show results: Powell's live review of MJF and Adam Cole challenging Aussie Open for the AEW Tag Titles, Jack Perry vs. Hook for the FTW Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Best Performances of 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "February 21, 2022 Observer Newsletter: 2021 Awards issue, Cody and Brandi Rhodes leave AEW". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "February 27, 2023 Observer Newsletter: 2022 Observer Awards issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "March 1, 2021, Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2020 awards issue, Elimination Chamber". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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