Maxwell Jacob Friedman
Known for: Acting
Born: March 15, 1996
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
95 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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Violent Night 2
2026
9.2
AEW All In 2026: London
2026
7.0
The Floaters
2026
9.0
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
2026
9.3
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
2026
8.4
AEW Dynasty 2026
2026
9.1
AEW Revolution 2026
2026
7.0
AEW Grand Slam Australia 2026
2026
8.7
AEW Worlds End 2025
2025
7.9
AEW All Out 2025
2025
6.0
CMLL 92nd Anniversary Show
2025
8.5
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
2025
6.5
Happy Gilmore 2
2025
9.2
AEW All In 2025: Texas
2025
9.2
AEW Double or Nothing 2025
2025
6.8
AEW Dynasty 2025
2025
6.8
Hollywood Demons
2025
8.0
AEW Revolution 2025
2025
7.3
AEW Worlds End 2024
2024
6.6
AEW Full Gear 2024
2024
6.9
AEW WrestleDream 2024
2024
7.6
AEW All Out 2024
2024
6.9
AEW All In 2024: London
2024
NR
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2024 - Road To The Anniversary
2024
7.3
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
2024
7.3
AEW Worlds End 2023
2023
7.5
The Iron Claw
2023
7.8
AEW Full Gear 2023
2023
5.0
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
2023
6.9
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two
2023
8.3
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
2023
6.8
AEW All Out 2023
2023
7.8
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
6.5
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
2023
7.9
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
2023
7.7
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
6.2
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
2023
8.4
AEW Revolution 2023
2023
7.5
AEW Full Gear 2022
2022
7.7
AEW All Out 2022
2022
6.6
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
2022
NR
AEW Awards
2022
NR
Hey! (EW)
2022
8.3
AEW Revolution 2022
20228.0
AEW Beach Break 2022
2022
8.0
AEW Winter Is Coming 2021
2021
7.6
AEW Full Gear 2021
2021
9.5
AEW Grand Slam
2021
8.0
AEW All Out 2021
2021
7.2
AEW Fyter Fest
2021
7.0
AEW Road Rager
2021
6.9
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021
7.1
AEW Revolution 2021
2021
8.0
AEW Beach Break
2021
NR
AEW: Dynamite Awards
2021
8.8
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
2020
8.1
AEW Full Gear 2020
2020
7.7
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
2020
7.7
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration
2020
7.5
AEW All Out 2020
2020
6.7
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
8.3
AEW Fyter Fest
2020NR
All Elite Wrestling Double or Nothing 2020
2020
7.9
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
2020
7.7
AEW Revolution 2020
2020
7.7
AEW Bash at the Beach
2020
7.5
AEW Full Gear 2019
2019
7.0
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
2019
6.0
AEW Dark
2019
7.9
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
NR
PWG: SIXTEEN
2019NR
All Elite Wrestling Fight for the Fallen 2019
2019
7.3
AEW Fight for the Fallen 2019
2019
7.5
AEW Fyter Fest
2019
9.0
AEW Double or Nothing 2019: The Buy In
2019
NR
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2
2019NR
AIW Slumber Party Massacre
2019
NR
RevPro High Stakes 2019
2019
NR
Sorry You're Watching This: MJEFF
2019
NR
GCW 400 Degreez
2019NR
Alpha-1 wrestling Presents Another Long Halloween
2018
NR
CZW: Better Than Our Best
2018
NR
MLW War Games 2018
2018
8.3
All In
2018
NR
GCW Joey Janela's Lost In New York
2018
8.0
MLW Battle Riot
2018
8.1
Making MJF (Maxwell Jacob Friedman)
2018
NR
AIW Ain't Nothing But A Gangsta Party
2018
4.5
MLW Fusion
2018
9.0
Beyond Wrestling & WWR Present "Lit Up"
2018
NR
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
2018NR
AAW Path Of Redemption 2018
2018
NR
CZW Proving Grounds 2018
2018NR
AAW Showdown 2018
2018
NR
CZW Nineteen
2018
NR
House of Hardcore 39
2018
8.5
WSU King and Queen of the Ring
2017
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
NR
WrestleCircus The Squared Ring Circus
2017
NR
CZW: Sacrifices
2017
NR
Catalyst Wrestling
2017
7.4
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
2016NR
Stranglehold
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