Maxwell Jacob Friedman

Known for ActingBorn 1996-03-15 (age 30)New York City, New York, USA

Maxwell Tyler Friedman, better known by the ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman (often shortened to the initials MJF), is an American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 2015 for Create A Pro Wrestling. He signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 and is a three-time AEW World Champion, including a record-setting first reign of 406 days, and is also a one-time AEW International Champion. In addition to wrestling, Friedman has pursued acting roles, appearing in The Iron Claw (2023), where he portrayed Lance Von Erich, and in Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) alongside Adam Sandler. He was also featured on Impractical Jokers, a hidden-camera comedy series centered on four lifelong friends who challenge one another to complete embarrassing public dares. Friedman previously worked for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he became a one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion and the inaugural MLW World Middleweight Champion. He has also competed on the American independent circuit, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he became a one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time CZW Wired Champion. Ranked No. 6 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500 in 2023, Friedman won Feud of the Year in back-to-back years for his rivalries with Chris Jericho in 2021 and CM Punk in 2022, while also being voted Most Hated Wrestler of the Year in both years. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named him Best on Interviews in 2021 and 2022 and Most Charismatic in 2020, 2022, and 2023.Read more

Movies & web series

AEW Grand Slam

AEW Double or Nothing 2026

AEW Double or Nothing 2025

AEW All In 2025: Texas

AEW Revolution 2026

AEW Double or Nothing 2019: The Buy In

Beyond Wrestling & WWR Present "Lit Up"

AEW Worlds End 2025

AEW Winter is Coming

AEW Winter Is Coming

WSU King and Queen of the Ring

AEW Revolution 2023

AEW Dynasty 2026

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025

AEW: WrestleDream 2023

AEW Revolution 2022

AEW Fyter Fest

All In

AEW Full Gear 2023

AEW Full Gear 2020

Making MJF (Maxwell Jacob Friedman)

AEW Beach Break 2022

AEW Road Rager

AEW Fyter Fest

AEW All Out 2021

AEW Beach Break

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

MLW Battle Riot

AEW All Out 2025

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023

AEW Double or Nothing 2020

AEW All In 2023: London

AEW Revolution 2025

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

AEW Revolution 2020

AEW All Out 2022

The Iron Claw

AEW All Out 2024

AEW Full Gear 2021

AEW All Out 2020

AEW Bash at the Beach

AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show

AEW Fyter Fest

AEW Full Gear 2019

AEW Worlds End 2023

AEW Full Gear 2022

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024

AEW Fight for the Fallen