MJF has never been shy about placing himself at the center of the conversation, and his latest comments have put him directly against the widespread praise surrounding Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega’s AEW All In London 2026 main event.
Ospreay defeated Omega at Wembley Stadium to capture the AEW World Championship, delivering a milestone that resonated on several levels. The win marked the defining championship achievement of Ospreay’s career to date, while also making him the first Englishman to win a world title on home soil. For many fans, the contest immediately entered the discussion of the greatest matches in AEW history.
MJF, however, does not share that view.
Speaking during an interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Lyric Swinton, MJF was asked whether there was still any doubt surrounding his status after becoming a three-time AEW World Champion. The conversation turned toward his prior title run and his AEW All In London 2023 match with Adam Cole, which Swinton said she was not especially fond of. MJF emphatically defended his own Wembley Stadium main event before offering a sharply different assessment of Omega versus Ospreay.
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“[His match was the] Greatest main event of all time, it’s the greatest main event of all time. I mean I’m going to be honest, that Ospreay/Kenny match was very underwhelming, very underwhelming but that’s just me.”
The remarks are entirely in line with the self-assured persona MJF has cultivated throughout his AEW career. Even while he is away from regular in-ring competition, MJF has continued to make the case that his legacy should be measured not only by championships, but by his ability to command the biggest stages and generate the kind of attention typically reserved for the company’s most consequential moments.
A Tale of Two Wembley Main Events
AEW All In London has become a natural measuring stick for the promotion because of the scale attached to Wembley Stadium. MJF’s comparison centers on two separate editions of the event and two very different championship stories.
At AEW All In London 2023, MJF defended the AEW World Championship against Adam Cole. The match unfolded against the backdrop of their unlikely partnership, with the relationship between the two central to the story. MJF’s view is clear: he considers that main event an all-time great and believes it should stand above the Ospreay-Omega match that followed years later.
At AEW All In London 2026, the focus shifted to Omega and Ospreay, two wrestlers whose history and reputations made the championship encounter one of the most anticipated bouts AEW could present. Ospreay’s victory over Omega gave him the AEW World Championship in front of his home-country audience, an achievement that carried significance beyond a standard title change.
The response to the 2026 match has been overwhelmingly positive. Its supporters have highlighted the stakes of the AEW World Championship, the caliber of the two competitors, and the importance of Ospreay winning at Wembley. Yet MJF’s comments underline that critical consensus has never been a priority for him when evaluating his own body of work.
Instead, MJF’s argument rests on the belief that he remains the standard. In his telling, the match he had with Cole is not merely comparable to Omega versus Ospreay; it is superior. The wording was characteristically blunt, with MJF calling the latter match “very underwhelming” twice before adding that it was simply his personal opinion.
Ospreay’s Landmark Championship Win
Whatever MJF thinks of the match, Ospreay’s accomplishment at AEW All In London remains historic. Winning the AEW World Championship represented the culmination of a long climb for Ospreay, who had already established himself as one of the most acclaimed wrestlers of his generation before reaching AEW’s top prize.
Doing so against Omega added another layer to the occasion. Omega has been a foundational figure in AEW’s history and one of the most decorated stars associated with the promotion. A win over him in a world championship main event would be career-defining under any circumstances. Accomplishing it at Wembley Stadium, with Ospreay competing on English soil, gave the result an added emotional weight.
The phrase “home soil” mattered in the aftermath of the event. The visual of an English wrestler standing as AEW World Champion in London was precisely the sort of landmark moment that a stadium show is designed to create. It also ensures that Ospreay’s title victory will be remembered as more than an individual result; it is part of AEW’s growing history in the United Kingdom.
MJF’s criticism does not change those facts, but it does create an obvious point of debate. Fans can value the athletic spectacle and championship significance of Ospreay versus Omega while also appreciating the character-driven drama that defined MJF and Cole’s 2023 meeting. The two main events were constructed around different strengths, and MJF is unsurprisingly advocating for the one in which he was the champion and focal point.
MJF’s World Title Legacy Remains Central to His Argument
At the time of the comments, MJF continues to identify himself as the AEW World Champion despite the changing championship landscape. That insistence reflects both his confidence and his continued investment in the title picture, even while a knee injury has kept attention on when he will return to full-time action.
MJF reportedly wrestled through that knee injury during his third reign with the AEW World Championship because he wanted to make it to Wembley Stadium. The decision reinforced how much importance he places on AEW All In and its status as one of the company’s premier events. For a wrestler as protective of his own standing as MJF, appearing on a historic stadium card was evidently worth pushing through the physical issue.
His time away from the ring has not removed him from the broader discussion of AEW’s leading names. MJF recently finished atop the PWI 500 for the first time, another distinction he can point to when arguing that he is the company’s defining performer. The ranking does not settle debates over individual matches, of course, but it does reflect the level of prominence MJF has maintained.
That prominence is crucial to understanding why he would take aim at a match so widely celebrated. MJF does not frame himself as one elite act among many. He frames himself as the elite act. From that perspective, praise for Omega and Ospreay naturally becomes an opportunity to redirect the discussion toward his own championship accomplishments, his own Wembley main event, and his own claim to greatness.
A Debate With No Single Measure
The debate between MJF’s 2023 main event with Cole and Ospreay’s 2026 victory over Omega ultimately comes down to what viewers value most. MJF and Cole were tied to a highly personal story that had developed through their alliance. Omega and Ospreay brought a world championship clash between two acclaimed performers, culminating in a major homecoming moment for Ospreay.
MJF has made his choice without hesitation. He believes his match belongs at the top, and he has dismissed the Ospreay-Omega encounter in unmistakable terms. That opinion will likely draw disagreement given the response to Ospreay’s championship win, but controversy is hardly new territory for MJF.
There is one point that remains beyond dispute in MJF’s favor: his Wembley Stadium main event took place before the largest crowd in AEW history. That is an enduring part of his record, as is his status as a three-time AEW World Champion. Ospreay now owns a historic milestone of his own after becoming the first Englishman to win a world title on home soil.
As AEW’s title history continues to evolve, both nights will retain their place in the company’s Wembley Stadium legacy. MJF may consider Omega and Ospreay underwhelming, while many others view it as a defining AEW contest. Either way, his comments ensure the comparison between the two All In main events will continue well beyond the final bell.
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