I’m getting really tired of the overwhelming MJF hate and comparisons, but moreover getting tired of the toxicity of the iwc
last night while watching dynamite, i was looking at the twitter hashtag and 85% of the tweets were about how everyone hates this version of mjf, how jack perry is better at promos, and even saw a tweet saying that it wasn’t fair for him to skip to the front of the line for a title shot… which he only hinted at. some of these tweets even had antisemitic comments and references in them, while others were blatantly anti-neurodivergent. i personally have many issues with this, so i wanted to vent in what i HOPE is a safe space:
not EVERYONE is going to like EVERY gimmick. it’s okay to say that, but to promote the idea of turning this already tense community into an even more turbulent space isn't cool (for lack of a better word)
jack perry IS good... but he has improved throughout his career (especially since returning from his UNFAIR sabbatical and njpw run). that's not to say that mjf has always been as good as he is right now, there has been a noticeable improvement in jack VERY quickly. they may be two of the "pillars" but don't compare them. they're different people, with different careers and different backgrounds.
i'm really annoyed at people saying he doesn't deserve a title shot, as if almost every other champion who was injured and lost their title didn't have another shot almost immediately, including jon moxley and rey fenix (twice including next week's dynamite). as much as he toots his own horn, mjf really is very, VERY good. plus mjf vs swerve is a banger waiting to happen, so stop acting like you wouldn't enjoy it.
i don't know how many times people need to be reminded of this, but ANTISEMITISM ISN'T OKAY. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS JEWISH DOESN'T GIVE ANYONE LICENCE TO BE HATEFUL. there is so little mainstream representation in sports for Jewish people, so to see someone who is openly and proudly representing the community being unjustly targeted is heartbreaking.
for as little representation there is for jewish people, there is even LESS representation for neurodivergent people. the fact that mjf and will ospreay (as well as other aew wrestlers) are being open and vocal about their diagnoses is inspiring and amazing and to see people making jokes about it is disgusting.
lastly, can we all just like what we like about wrestling and not shit all over others who don't agree with you? so you don't like goofy wrestlers? great, have a roh pure rules match! think deathmatches are a little too much? think about watching a battle royale! you can even find different companies with different feels. there is something for everyone to enjoy and of course, that means that there is also something for everyone to hate. but keep an open mind when talking about these things.
tl;dr: just let people like what they like and don't be hateful about it. and whatever you do, don't target things that wrestlers share about their personal lives. thanks for looking at this and taking a few minutes to read my mini-article.
hiii i’m bats!! been a wrestling fan basically my whole life, but i took a BUNCH of time off from watching as a teen :3 i like both aew and wwe btw!! my favs atm are damian priest, claudio castagnoli, jon moxley, konosuke takeshita and willow nightingale! m looking for more friends to talk abt wrestling with and will be using this as a place to dump various wrestling thoughts ٩( 'ω' )و
Producer Chuckie T getting to be apart of the chaos tonight on AEW Dynamite. <3
Shout out to AEW for allowing our boy to be out there. He might not be able to do a lot of physical things but I'm so glad they're letting him to go out there and be involved on tv. <3
say what you want, but i think jey winning the rumbles a good thing. this is the way that the royal rumble SHOULD be used: getting someone who might not have a guaranteed path to mania a match at mania. Cena, Punk, Seth, Roman, they all are almost GUARANTEED a match on the card. the way they’re presenting people like Penta, Bron, Damien, they’ll likely be there in some capacity as well. someone like Jey, who for his whole career until last year was defined by his talent as a tag team wrestler and his family, who had a comically short singles title run, and then returned to the family whose reputation he was synonymous; he has earned a shot at a main event.
just because your favorite didn’t win doesn’t mean that wrestling isn’t good. wrestling is a fairytale, in the wise words of Windham Rotunda. let the fairytale happen and enjoy it.
and if you don’t like it, that’s fine. not everything makes everyone happy.
