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#3. Bill Apter compares AEW star MJF to Nick Bockwinkel

In an exclusive interview on Sportskeeda Wrestling's UnSKripted, veteran wrestling journalist Bill Apter compared AEW star MJF to Nick Bockwinkel.

MJF has been receiving serious plaudits lately for his excellent promo work in his feuds against the likes of Darby Allin, Brian Pillman Jr. and CM Punk. Nick Bockwinkel was a huge star in the 70s and 80s, who rose to prominence as a main event heel. He was a masterful technical wrestler and could cut a mean promo.

Bill Apter caught those similarities, as he said the following:

"Well he's good on the mic, but it depends on what territory would he be in. I think he would've been too small for the WWWF. He would've been very good in the National Wrestling Alliance, wrestling people like Mike Graham, Steve Keirn, Jack Brisco, Dory Funk, yeah." - said Bill Apter.

"Oh, he absolutely does but I don't know if I have that feel like a Bockwinkel because I know Nick Bockwinkel really well. I think, MJF, once he matures he may have that Bockwinkel air about him." - added Bill Apter.

Nick Bockwinkel is a four-time American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion and is one of the all-time greats.

MJF has developed a lot in his short AEW career and he's yet to mature completely. In fact, he hasn't even lifted a title yet in AEW. There is plenty to come from the Salt of the Earth.