During a recent appearance on T95 The Rock, Paul Wight lavished praise on AEW World Champion MJF, calling him a “modern-day Ric Flair.”
Wight said, “When I look at MJF, because MJF is naturally cocky, you know he’s a hard worker, he’s got that swag to him, he understands performing, he was a child star on Broadway, so he’s got some chops, got some talent, but he understands who he is, he understands what works. To me, there’s only one Ric Flair, but I look at MJF, he’s the most modern-day Ric Flair that I’ve seen. There’s heels that get heat and then there are guys like Ric Flair that you hate him, but then at the same time, you can’t wait to see what they say next … like Ric Flair, Roddy Piper.”
MJF will defend the AEW World Title against Daniel Garcia tomorrow night on AEW Dynamite.
On a recent edition of the “WrestlePurists” podcast, Rocky Romero discussed Mercedes Mone appearing in NJPW and if the promotion has any plans to work with her again following her recovery from her ankle injury.
Romero said, “I honestly don’t have an update right now. I hope that I’ll be talking to her agent and her maybe soon-ish, but I honestly don’t have any update about anything. The last thing I had heard was that she was recovering well and basically, they were going to let me know or reach out when she was getting close to a comeback.”
Mone was sidelined with an ankle injury she suffered at NJPW Resurgence 2023. She made an appearance at AEW All In 2023 at Wembley Stadium this past August.
