AEW’s MJF has said he was painted in Finn Balor’s demon paint while working as an extra for WWE.
Years before coming to AEW, MJF did extra work for WWE, infamously walking in-front of then-NXT Champion Samoa Joe.
Speaking to Brandon Walker of ‘Rasslin, MJF recalled being painted as the Demon as a practice for the real thing.
“They wanted to paint me up like Finn Balor because they were trying to figure out what his paint should look like for the show, so they painted me up.
“They took they took a photo of me and Finn Balor comes into the room. He was like ‘Yeah this is good’ and I was like ‘This is wild’. Like what a what a wild concept…Quite literally, [I’m] the paint dummy for Finn Balor!”
MJF also had praise for Balor’s in-ring work and personality outside the ring, calling him a “great guy.”