Jim Cornette not a fan of Adam Cole and MJF’s storyline
While a significant number of fans are expressing admiration for the developing camaraderie between Adam Cole and MJF in AEW, Jim Cornette holds a different perspective on their segments. During the latest episode of The Jim Cornette Experience, the esteemed wrestling manager conveyed that he does find the segments entertaining; however, he struggles to fully invest in them due to their perceived “preposterous” nature.
“These are entertaining because most of the show’s not and MJF is on it. But they’re obviously phony, and I’m not sure that the world champion should be doing obviously phony comedy. Here’s the thing, at this point we now know that Adam Cole will end up turning heel and joining MJF in some kind of loose alliance or friendship or whatever, if not a tag team.
“The alternative is MJF would have to turn full fledged babyface through this thing, which is insane, or he’ll have to turn on Adam Cole, which would make Adam Cole look like the biggest sucker of a f*cking guillable babyface ever in history.
“But at the same time, if they’re gonna switch Adam Cole from one of their top babyfaces to a heel, I’d like to believe more of this. I’d like it to not be so preposterous and done obviously for entertainment rather than real interaction that they are having that’s entertaining.”
Do we, though? Do we “know that Adam Cole will end up turning heel?” I mean, I had it penciled in when the tournament started that Cole & MJF would win the tournament but not the tag titles because MJF would turn on Cole (“playing the long game” and whatnot), thus renewing their title feud. The tense moment on Dynamite seemed to support that, and MJF has a history of exhibiting face-like behavior before pulling the rug out. But hey, I don’t have the experience in “the biz” that Cornette does and I’ve definitely been wrong before, so what do I know.
@What?–Since Tony Kahn is booking, we don’t. But Cornette lays out the other scenarios and they all seem worse. Had they played it straight, it would have been much better and a shocker when (if) Cole turns.
I agree that Cole turning would be more surprising and potentially even a better story. However, if Cole is still going to be in the title picture a Cole heel turn would probably mean a full MJF face turn at the same time, and that’s a level of booking sophistication that AEW (most promotions, really) doesn’t have. On the other hand, keeping Cole and MJF as a team/alliance while MJF has the belt doesn’t make sense unless they’re headed somewhere crazy like forming the Undisputed Pinnacle.