MJF is a well-known wrestler on the independent circuit. During the early part of his career, he worked for Major League Wrestling, where he is a former MLW World Middleweight Champion.
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Maxwell T Friedman (born March 15, 1996, Plainview, New York, United States) is an American professional wrestler better known by his in-ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman (also known as MJF). He is currently signed to AEW and is the leader of the group The Pinnacle. MJF was born into an American Jewish family in the suburbs of Plainview, New York on Long Island. He graduated in 2014 from Plainview – Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, where he was a member of the football team. During his senior year, he was named Honorable Mention, All-County for football. He briefly attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York.
MJF is a well-known wrestler on the independent circuit. During the early part of his career, he worked for Major League Wrestling, where he is a former MLW World Tag Team Champion, while also being a former one-time and inaugural MLW World Middleweight Champion. He departed MLW in January 2020. Maxwell has also worked on the American independent circuit appearing most notably for Combat Zone Wrestling, where he is a former one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion and a two-time CZW Wired Champion.
| Name | Maxwell T Friedman |
| DOB | 15 March 1996, 26 years |
| Height | 180 cm |
| Weight | 98 kg |
| Occupation | Wrestler |
| Professional Debut | 2015 |
| Ex-girlfriend | Allie Kat |
| Professional Name | Maxwell Jacob Friedman |
Friedman signed a contract with AEW on January 7, 2019, and made his debut as a heel at Double or Nothing as a part of the pre-show Casino Battle Royale for a shot at the AEW World Championship. He lasted until the final two, before being eliminated by Adam Page. He then went on to compete in a four-way match against Page, Jimmy Havoc and Jungle Boy at Fyter Fest in June, which Page won. The following month at Fight for the Fallen, he teamed with Shawn Spears and Sammy Guevara to defeat Havoc, Darby Allin and Joey Janela in a six-man tag team match.
In 2020, MJF and Chris Jericho agreed to fight each other with the stipulation that if MJF wins, then he would join Jericho’s stable, The Inner Circle. At the Full Gear pay-per-view, MJF managed to defeat Jericho which meant he and his bodyguard Wardlow became members of the Inner Circle. At the Winter Is Coming pay-per-view, MJF would once again become the number one contender for a Dynamite Diamond Ring after he and Orange Cassidy would be the final two entrants in the second Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale. MJF won his second Diamond Ring after he pinned Orange Cassidy on an episode of Dynamite.
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MJF was kicked out of the Inner Circle after it emerged that he was secretly planning to take over the group from Chris Jericho. After being kicked out, he revealed that he had been building his own group with Wardlow, Shawn Spears, Tully Blanchard, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood who attacked The Inner Circle. At the Blood and Guts pay-per-view, The Pinnacle defeated The Inner Circle in the inaugural Blood and Guts match. At All Out on September 5, MJF and Jericho went head to head once again, this time with Jericho’s career on the line. Jericho forced MJF to submit to the Walls of Jericho and in the process lost for the first time against Jericho.
After CM Punk made his return to wrestling by joining AEW, MJF would begin a feud with him. On February 2, MJF became the first person to defeat Punk in AEW. He won the match thanks to interference from his bodyguard Wardlow who handed MJF his Dynamite Diamond Ring, which he then hit Punk with. On March 6, 2022, at Revolution, Wardlow turned on MJF and helped Punk defeat him in a Dog Collar match by handing Punk the Dynamite Diamond Ring, which Punk then struck MJF with and secured the win.
MJF was in a relationship with fellow wrestler Allie Kat. The couple even got engaged but things did not go as planned and they split up in 2019. Allie is an American wrestler who made her wrestling debut in 2015. She has competed in several matches to date. On the championship part, she has yet to win a major championship. She is well-known among wrestling fans for her cat-like appearance and wrestling abilities.
