Jacob Fatu Recalls MJF Giving Him Advice On His Promos During MLW Run

Jacob Fatu says MJF is “good people.”

Jacob Fatu says MJF is “good people.”

Before MJF rose to superstardom in AEW, he was a buzzworthy young wrestler in MLW. There, he held the MLW World Tag Team Championship with Richard Holliday. During his time with the company, he was on the same roster as stars like Jacob Fatu.

Speaking with MuscleManMalcolm, Fatu was asked whether he had any MJF stories from the AEW World Champion’s time with the promotion. He responded by recalling how MJF once helped him with his promos.

“When I first started talking, MLW, they got me to speak. If you know me, Jacob Fatu, I didn’t speak at all. MJF was in the back, and this was when I was cutting a promo for La Parka before we wrestled at SuperFight. I will never forget, he walks, because we used to be downstairs in these rooms at MLW, three different rooms to cut promos. MJF walks in, and, ‘Hey Uce, just keep your energy. Be you. Don’t try to cut the old Wild Samoan [promo]. Just be you, bro.’ It was just like, talk how you talk. Keep the energy in. I will never forget that. He don’t know this, but shout out to MJF. He walked in, and he’s like, ‘Man, you’re doing fine, bro.’ It was cool because this is coming from a man who knows his shit. He could have easily shit on me. Fuck who I am. Oh, man, that’s fucking horrible. You shouldn’t talk. But MJF, I know when I tapped in with him, he was always on my side. It wasn’t ever the character with him. It was pure love. I could tell when the love is there. To tap in with MJF was off the hook. But yeah, he’s good people,” Fatu said.

MJF is coming off a major win, as he defeated Samoa Joe to retain the AEW World Championship at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam. More information is available here.

In a previous interview, MJF said MLW is a great breeding ground for up and coming talent. Click here to see what he had to say.

Jacob Fatu will face Minoru Suzuki at MLW Slaughterhouse. More information is available here.

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