MJF mocked a fan on social media after accidentally kicking her during his AEW return at Saturday’s Full Gear at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
“Also tell that lady she should watch where she’s going,” MJF wrote.
MJF caught the fan in the face with his foot as he jumped the barricade to escape United Empire, shortly after attacking Will Ospreay with the Triple B at the end of the main event.
According to Fightful Select, AEW officials and Nigel McGuinness checked on her. She appeared to be scared and a little hurt at first, but she was apparently okay and laughed about the situation.
This isn’t the first time MJF has responded to a fan incident this way. At Revolution in 2023 in San Francisco, while he was AEW World Champion, MJF threw a drink at a young fan at ringside and simply said “the kid looked thirsty” when asked about it. Tony Khan said at the time that MJF didn’t act like a champion. However, it was an accident this time.
MJF had been away from AEW for 76 days, since the Casino Gauntlet match at All In in London on August 30, and he’s set to appear on Wednesday’s Dynamite in Denver to explain his attack on Ospreay. The show airs at 8 p.m. ET on TBS and HBO Max.