>>15400987He'd been shilling his "I'm a poor Jew cmon love me already" character for years already.
First interview he did on AEW was with Cody and he told the story of how kids threw nickels and dimes at the ground and told him to "pick em up, Jew boy".
The troubled Jew component has been a fundamental part of his entire gimmick from the start, and is probably why he fucked off so long with that injury. He decided to recover shortly after the antisemitism angle backfired.
Probably needed the time to come up with something less political.
Jews Robbing Son got fucked by it though, he's been practically persona non grata among the IWC for participating in MJF's idea.