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MJF is expected back on AEW television very soon, and he is expected to go straight into a top program when he returns.
According to Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful’s The Hump, talk about MJF’s return has been going around backstage since last month. Sapp said he thought MJF would already be back, and that he expected him to challenge for the world title at Full Gear.
“He is going to come back pretty soon. I’d been hearing that as of like last month as well. I thought he’d be back. I thought he would be challenging for the world title at full gear. I thought that would happen. Expect MJF to be back very soon and in a very, like, top program,” Sapp said.
MJF has been off AEW television for more than two months. He last appeared at All In: London on August 30, where he came up short in the Casino Gauntlet match. Andrade El Idolo won that match.
Tony Khan has said MJF has been fighting through injuries this year. Khan said on a media call that MJF had suffered some major injuries and had been fighting through them, to his credit, and that he was looking forward to his return.
MJF addressed his absence himself in September. Speaking to Pro Wrestling Illustrated on September 24, he refused to say when he would be back.
He has stayed busy while he has been away. He laid down a challenge for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 21, throwing down the gauntlet to face Ryohei Oiwa on January 4. He also has the film Violent Night 2 coming out worldwide on December 4.
Sapp speculated that MJF could be back as soon as Full Gear on Saturday in Phoenix, but there has been no confirmation that he is scheduled for the show, and Sapp did not name Full Gear as the planned return date.
What is confirmed is that MJF is expected back soon and in a top program. What is not confirmed is the date, the opponent, or the storyline.
Source: Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful’s The Hump (via WrestleZone)
