Wrestling, CMLL and Stardom came together once again for Forbidden Door, delivering an action-packed 2025 event at the ...

— Wardlow (@RealWardlow) June 6, 2024 Friedman and Wardlow have rarely crossed paths since their initial match at Double or Nothing 2022, where Wardlow defeated MJF in a little under eight minutes.

Wardlow turned on MJF at AEW Revolution 2022 and went on to beat him at AEW Double or Nothing. He then won the TNT Championship three times, with the last reign coming in 2023.

Wardlow has a "significant amount of time" left on his AEW contract and is expected to be with AEW for a long time. "Mr. Mayhem" has been with AEW since 2019 and had a lengthy run as MJF's bodyguard.

Before his time away, Wardlow was part of the Undisputed Kingdom stable with Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett, who all seemingly had MJF on their minds while the former AEW ...