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He has been gone from the promotion since the June 1 edition of Dynamite.

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Maxwell Jacob Friedman is expected to return to AEW in the near future.

MJF has been gone from the company since he appeared on the June 1 edition of AEW Dynamite and cut a promo imploring Tony Khan to fire him. With TV rights fee negotiations likely to begin in a few months, however, he is scheduled to return "somewhat soon."

The situation was addressed by Dave Meltzer in Friday's edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

"MJF is currently scheduled to be returning somewhat soon. We don’t know the exact time but the negotiations for a new TV deal will likely be taking place starting in just a few months and into the spring, so the TV ratings numbers probably September to whenever the deal is closed are the most important to date so this recent drop is the worst time to have a drop," Meltzer wrote.

AEW has not mentioned MJF during his absence from the company. Shortly after his promo on June 1, there was an edict issued to remove him from AEW promotional spots and commercials.

Problem is, he’s been gone so long, the initial reaction will be that of returning babyface.

XIV wrote: ↑Aug 19th, '22, 13:46 Problem is, he’s been gone so long, the initial reaction will be that of returning babyface.

Depends who he antagonizes on the comeback. He's not getting cheered over the BPCC for instance

cero2k wrote: ↑Aug 20th, '22, 09:14

XIV wrote: ↑Aug 19th, '22, 13:46 Problem is, he’s been gone so long, the initial reaction will be that of returning babyface.

Depends who he antagonizes on the comeback. He's not getting cheered over the BPCC for instance

Yeah, but he'd have to lose that feud, and he shouldn't lose his first feud back.

Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Aug 20th, '22, 19:34
Yeah, but he'd have to lose that feud, and he shouldn't lose his first feud back.

not necessarily, he could totally go over Dragon and set up a title chase with it

cero2k wrote: ↑Aug 21st, '22, 09:17

Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Aug 20th, '22, 19:34
Yeah, but he'd have to lose that feud, and he shouldn't lose his first feud back.

not necessarily, he could totally go over Dragon and set up a title chase with it

I just don't see MJF beating Dragon, Mox, or Claudio clean, and based on what we've seen from the BCC so far, they don't seem like the type of people to just sit back and take dirty losses.