Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) is one of the best talents in AEW today. He kicked off his career nearly six years ago. In 2015, the 25-year-old applied to participate in WWE's reality show Tough Enough. Nonetheless, WWE did not pick him.
MJF wrestled in different promotions for the next four years before joining Tony Khan's company in 2019. Shortly before he became an AEW Star, WWE was interested in signing the 25-year-old. This time, MJF was the one who refused to join Vince McMahon's company.
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"Deep down, I wanted to be part of something new and something fresh and something where I’d be able to control everything going on with me, because I knew if I went to the other place, and this isn’t me [disrespecting] the other place, it’s just a fact, they would try to change me, and there is nothing to change," he said.
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MJF is currently the leader of The Pinnacle. He recently lost against Chris Jericho, the leader of The Inner Circle, at All Out.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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