MJF Talks About What He Said To John Cena At 'The Iron Claw' Premiere

May 2024 ยท 3 minute read

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'The Iron Claw,' the A24 biopic about the rise and fall of the famous Von Erich family, will be released in theaters on December 22. One of the film's cast members is none other than the AEW World Champion, MJF. In 'The Iron Claw' he plays Von Erich cousin Lance Von Erich, and even though some of his scenes were cut, resulting in him only being in the movie for a few seconds, MJF was still there for the premiere of 'The Iron Claw.' The red carpet scene saw him having his picture taken with a few interesting names, including WWE's Baron Corbin, and perhaps the biggest WWE name of all-time, fellow actor John Cena.

Fans loved seeing the faces of WWE and AEW interacting. Since then, everyone has wondered what the two said to each other. Did John Cena even know who MJF was? In an interview with SEScoops, MJF spoke about meeting Cena. He said:

"I don't think it's unprofessional for me to discuss what we talked about. He didn't have to do this, and it meant the world to me. [John Cena] walked over to me, and he said he's a fan of my work, and he respected my professionalism.

"Once we were on the red carpet, we talked some more and I told him straight up, I said, 'You're an inspiration' because he is, you know? There are a lot of people in my industry who phone it in. I cannot recall one time in the over a decade of John Cena's career where he phoned it in even once. He's incapable, just like I'm incapable. He is a tremendous role model. Not just for me as a professional wrestler, but for everybody around the world, because he teaches you how important hard work is.

"We also discussed transitioning from pro wrestling to acting. He's just an incredible person and I don't have one negative thing to say about him."

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John Cena Was A Childhood Hero Of MJF's

MJF has spoken many times, even in AEW promos, about how big of a WWE fan he was growing up. He got to work with one of his idols in CM Punk, and has now met another in John Cena. MJF told SEScoops:

"For crying out loud, my two guys, I make no bones about it, everybody knows that one of my guys was CM Punk, but my other guy was John Cena. As I got older, it became Punk, you know, because I was trying to rebel a little bit, you know, I had a John Cena Fathead on my bedroom wall. You know, it's John Cena!"

Now the questions is, did John Cena try to talk MJF into joining WWE? If Cena is a fan of his, you know he'd love to see the AEW World Champion in WWE. Just imagine the promo battle between the two!

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