All Elite Wrestling star Maxwell Jacob Friedman — who goes by MJF and also calls himself the “Big Hebrew” — did not pull any punches when discussing rival Andrade El Idolo ahead of their match at All In: London on Sunday, August 30.
“This guy is a sycophant,” MJF, 30, exclusively told Us. “He wants everybody to think he’s some kind of sex symbol. He’s not the sex symbol. Big Hebrew is the sex symbol. When I stroll into any arena or airport, you think these women aren’t literally trying to grab my Hebrew hammer through my pants? Of course they are, but I don’t make a meal out of it like Andrade does. I’m not a schmuck about it. I’m not shoving it in everyone’s face.”
He continued, “This guy is a pimp. He’s a womanizer. I think he’s a sexist pig. I don’t care for it. This guy’s walking around like he’s some great professional wrestler, like he’s the best professional wrestler in the world.”
Andrade, 36, and MJF will enter Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the Casino Gauntlet Match at All In, with the winner receiving a guaranteed world title shot.
“I am the one true champion,” MJF boasted. “I am the only AEW champion. In order to be able to prove to the world that that is the case, I’ve entered into this Casino Gauntlet — which I entered last year and won by the way — and that’s how I won my second AEW world title. You’re talking to a three-time world champion, no big deal. I intend on winning this match for the second year in a row.”
MJF then expressed plans to execute his title match contract against the winner of All In’s main event between AEW world champion Kenny Omega and challenger Will Ospreay.
For the third time, All In takes place at London’s Wembley Stadium and had sold over 43,000 tickets at the time of publication.
“The simple fact that we’re about to run the exact same venue three times within the span of four years and we’re about to have close to, if not more, than the exact same amount [of fans] that we had as the second time we ran it, I think is very telling to the amount of fans that we have around the world,” MJF said. “I think what we’ve accomplished here is borderline impossible. When you think about that we’re running the same venue in this short a span of time and the fact that we’ve gotten this many people in the building is a genuine accomplishment.”
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MJF championed AEW’s slogan of “where the best wrestle” while taking a thinly veiled shot at other professional wrestling companies like WWE.
“We’re where you get to feel the most watching pro wrestling,” he said. “You watch other products, they can be good. But are you walking away saying, ‘Holy s***, my brain just exploded’? I think that’s what we’re kings of. That’s what we do.”
MJF continued, “I think that’s why in 2026, the pendulum has swung to the degree that it’s swung in the fans’ eyes, in the real wrestling fans’ eyes.”
AEW’s All In: London goes down Sunday, August 30, streaming live from Wembley Stadium at 1 p.m. ET on HBO Max and Prime Video.
