MJF continues his storyline with The Hurt Syndicate and has now officially joined forces with Shelton Benjamin, MVP and Bobby Lashley.
The former World Champion was at ringside on Sunday when Lashley and Benjamin successfully defended their Tag Team Titles and had his first backstage promo as a member of The Hurt Syndicate Wednesday night at Dynamite.
MJF Gets New NickName During Promo With The Hurt Syndicate
MVP was the one to kick off the segment referring to Lashley and Benjamin’s win at Double or Nothing before introducing MJF with a new nickname.
MVP called MJF the “Young Genius” before the latter praising the Tag Team Champions and making it clear that he will go after the AEW World Championship and will challenge the reigning champion Jon Moxley.
With The Hurt Syndicate by his side, MJF is expected to gte back to the title picture soon, aiming to regain gold after quite a while.
MVP introduces ‘the Young Genius’ Maxwell Jacob Friedman to the Hurt Syndicate, before MJF says he WILL regain his Triple Bpic.twitter.com/rNBt2spFR6
— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) May 29, 2025
WWE Legend Shares Desire To Face MJF In His Last Wrestling Match
Mick Foley has revealed his intention to have one last match in wrestling as it has been nearly 18 months since his last appearance in the business.
Foley appeared on the latest edition of “The Casual Conversations with The Classic” podcast and revealed that he had already had preliminary talks with MJF for a storyline that would last for two months and would likely lead to one final match for the WWE legend.
“I had a top-secret meeting with MJF about the possibility of having one last match with him, and he laid out like six really solid weeks of storytelling. He’s so good and such a great pro that you know he would have lifted my game on the microphone, and you know, we could have probably found a way to work around my weaknesses in the ring, accentuate the positives and even if it wasn’t a great match, I bet you we could have convinced a lot of people it was a great match,” Foley said.
Mick Foley said on Casual Conversations (The Wrestling Classic) that he considered getting in the ring for a final time with MJF as his opponent:“I had a top secret meeting with MJF about the possibility of having one last match with him, and he laid out like six really solid… pic.twitter.com/wSTTaYOdlt
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) May 27, 2025
MJF has been among the superstars that have expressed interest to work with Foley on the latter’s final run in wrestling and it will be interesting to see whether the WWE legend will come back to the business one last time.
Foley could show up and confront MJF for his decision to side with The Hurt Syndicate or cost him a World Championship opportunity and start a feud with him.
