Christopher Daniels Reveals He Wasn’t Originally Planned for AEW Dynamite Segment With MJF

– During a recent interview with PWMania.com, AEW’s Christopher Daniels discussed his recent in-ring segment with MJF, revealing that he wasn’t originally planned to be part of the segment on AEW Dynamite. Below are some highlights:

Christopher Daniels on his segment with MJF: “It was a bit of a surprise. That wasn’t the original plan. There was an idea to do something with someone else from Bryan’s past. At the 11th hour, it all fell through, and we were in Laredo and scrambled for a backup plan. I remember speaking with MJF and Jerry Lynn, and I told them I’ve known Bryan since 2001, so I could help out. Once I threw that suggestion out, we kicked the idea around. Max and I took an opportunity to go back and forth about what my relationship with Bryan was, and how we would steer this particular segment. I was really happy. I’m always happy to contribute to the on-screen product.”

On the importance of getting ROH back to where it was: “I think there’s an opportunity to cater to that fanbase that was starving for that type of wrestling back when it was sort of desolate on the wrestling landscape. That’s one of the reasons ROH was even thought about and brought to life. Those first couple of years that was the true alternative for a lot of wrestling fans. People who were enamored with ECW, guys like Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, Dean Malenko, 2 Cold Scorpio, the luchadors who came through ECW, those were the same types of fans that came to the Murphy Rec Center once a month for the first year and began to follow us elsewhere. I feel like the fact that WWE is still doing strong production, and AEW is now very popular, there is an opportunity to cater to that hardcore fanbase who likes both AEW and WWE, but also wants to know of the young guys coming up, like Blake Christian, Leon Ruff, all the guys who are working in the ROH stuff right now. We’re going to try to make ROH reach the levels it had before the pandemic.”