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Without the public (the soundtrack of wrestling) wrestling was forced to evolve in another way. The revisionism of this era is funny yes, but we must not forget that in these years we saw the two stories that would take the limelight in the coming years.
Wrestling became real by being honest. The stories made us identify with the characters, the promos were not just speeches but episodes of a series. The evolution of wrestling reached such a high peak, that when it returned to normality, it felt like art.
From this came the concept of "Wrestling is cinema", which despite being repeated ad nauseam represented a current of thought that was not felt for years. Removing tribalism, and the niche making fun of the niche, we entered a golden age for consumers.
So, what's the point of doing all this review of wrestling history to talk about MJF? Simple. MJF is holding wrestling back. As we have already seen, the "worked shoot" is a concept that should be buried in time. Controversy is no longer the way.
I know this is a controversial opinion, but I don't like the way MJF is presenting himself. There's a difference between being a good heel, and a Twitter troll who wants to get "HEAT" out cheap, and it's showing too much. Also with MJF I see something obvious.
People who think MJF is the only good thing about AEW honestly don't watch the show. There are better things than the rich kid from Long Island telling you how he's better than you 500 times a week. Wrestling moved past that years ago, because everyone is a character.
Is this a destructive criticism? No, not at all, MJF is one of the top talents in AEW, but he's not nearly all he's cracked up to be. When MJF follows his "formula for success" (cheap promos that he steals from Reddit and Twitter speeches) he is completely insufferable.
