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This what MJF said about it in 2023
>In a new interview with WrestlePurists, MJF explains why he never actually confronted his former rival, saying that it was important to the Collision brand at the time to have a top prize that those competitors could fight for. Max wasn't trying to ruin that for them.
>"I never commented on it. I'll tell you why. I am not exactly a company man. I almost got our company thrown off of Turner after I called Tony a fucking mark. So I won't sit here and tell you I'm a company man," said MJF. "I'm definitely pro-professional wrestlers. "The fact of the matter is that Collision is really important. Collision's success is super important. So, at the time, having a guy of that stature having something that everybody in that show could be fighting for because, realistically, as much as Tony Khan wishes he can clone MJF, I can't be everywhere at once. I didn't have an issue with it. I thought it made all the sense in the world. Yeah, so to me, I wasn't sweating it, frankly."
>"To me, it wasn't business. It was life. I know it was life to Phil, too, and I think that's why that rivalry is going to go down as one of the best of all time, and I'm proud of it," he said. "Am I proud of some of the shit that I did during that time period? I don't know. I kind of got pushed to the edge, so I'm not going to just fucking sit here and tell you that I didn't mean anything I did because I did. I've grown a lot since then, both as a professional wrestler and a person.
