MJF Says No One Wants To Cheer For A Squeaky Clean Babyface, Says There’s More Depth In Not Being Perfect

MJF says there is more depth in not being perfect.

On last week’s AEW Dynamite, The Gunns and Juice Robinson would call out MJF after last week’s attack on Jay White. Max would answer the call and would speak on the microphone. Fans have been split on his mic work over the course of this week, with some thinking he had more potential than the insults he came up with for The Gunns and Juice.

MJF told Jason Diamond of GQ Sports that no one wants to cheer for squeaky clean babyfaces, using the comparison of Batman and Superman to back up his point.

“Nobody wants to cheer for a dude who’s squeaky clean,” he says. “I think there’s a reason why Superman movies have almost never hit, bro. I love Superman, but Batman’s where it’s at because Batman’s more interesting. There’s more depth there. The guy’s not perfect, and that’s something that everyone can relate to,”

“You can see that through the screen and I’m making you have an emotional response. Other guys in our sport, they’re beating the shit out of each other and hitting moves that look crazy. And if you listen to the crowd, they’ll come up when the big thing happens. But you’ll also hear the big gaps of silence because they’re not emotionally invested in the participants. You’re emotionally invested in MJF, and you’re emotionally invested in anybody I get in the ring with because I give you no choice. I’m involved, and you care about what I’m doing because you care about me.

“There’s a level between being able to put your hands up like two kangaroo paws and a crowd literally freaks out and screams at the top of their lungs. Other guys have to do something like a reverse hurricanrana off the top rope to the floor to elicit the same noise level. That’s the difference between me and everybody else.”

MJF

MJF is set to defend his AEW World Title against Jay White at AEW Full Gear, but will appear on tomorrow’s edition of AEW Dynamite.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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