It appears that MJF suffered an elbow injury at last night’s AEW PPV event, Fight for the Fallen.
The injury was announced today on social media by Inspire Pro Wrestling, an indie wrestling company based out of Austin, Texas. MJF was scheduled to appear tonight at Inspire’s event at the Blue Genie in Austin to defend the Pure Prestige Championship in a match against Ricky Starks.
Inspire also shared that due to the injury MJF sustained, he will be vacating the Pure Prestige Championship. Furthermore, to insure MJF doesn’t cause further damage to his elbow, he will not be appearing at the company’s Triplemania event next week.
BREAKING NEWS: AS THE ADDAGE GOES, “CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE.”
At approximately 4:07 this morning, INSPIRE PRO was delivered the unfortunate news that PURE PRESTIGE CHAMPION MAXWELL JACOB FRIEDMAN sustained a severe elbow injury at last night’s FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN event.
— Inspire Pro Wrestling (@InspireProWres) July 14, 2019
With MJF scheduled to appear at next week’s TRIPLEMANIA, the decision was made to pull him from tonight’s event to prevent any further injury. THEREFORE, MJF will NOT be defending his PURE PRESTIGE CHAMPIONSHIP tonight against RICKY STARKS.
— Inspire Pro Wrestling (@InspireProWres) July 14, 2019
With MJF soon to become exclusive to AEW, the opportunity to reschedule the match is not possible. Therefore, MJF and INSPIRE have come to a mutual agreement to VACATE the PURE PRESTIGE TITLE.
— Inspire Pro Wrestling (@InspireProWres) July 14, 2019
MJF will become an exclusive AEW talent soon, so Inspire isn’t sure that they will be able to book the fan favorite heel again any time soon.
This news makes MJF the second wrestler to be injured at Fight for the Fallen last night, as fellow AEW talent Britt Baker suffered a concussion during her tag match.
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