Is AEW Wasting MJF At All In: London 2026?

MJF’s path to AEW All In: London 2026 is now clear; he will be involved in the men’s Casino Gauntlet match for a guaranteed AEW World Championship shot for the second year in a row. The former AEW World Champion announced at AEW Grand Slam: Mexico that he would be competing on the August 13 edition of AEW Dynamite to fight for the right to be the number two entrant in the match, seeking to join rival Andrade El Idolo in the contest. Given that MJF is one of the biggest stars in AEW today, is his involvement in a multi-man match a waste of his talents and robbing him of a far bigger spot inside Wembley Stadium later this month?

MJF In The Casino Gauntlet Is Underwhelming

• Fans were expecting big plans for MJF at All In: London 2026.
• MJF was in last year’s Casino Gauntlet.
• 2026 has been MJF’s best year yet.

As we approach AEW All In: London 2026, buzz has been building up when assessing what could take place at the show in terms of the match card. After major bouts such as Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay, Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Mone, the finals of the Continental Cup, and Cage & Cope vs. The Young Bucks, anticipation was building to see what MJF would be doing at the event. His AEW World Championship reign in 2026 was electric, featuring some of his best ever character work and some wild PPV main events against the likes of Adam Page at Revolution 2026 and against Darby Allin at Double Or Nothing 2026, both of which are among AEW’s best feuds of the year.

With All In being AEW’s biggest yearly show, it would make sense for MJF to be rewarded for his hard work and be handed a marquee match on the card, especially since last year he was confined to the multi-man Casino Gauntlet match. One year ago, MJF was looking to find his feet after a lot of absence, so his involvement in the match made sense, but with him now definitively the best he’s ever been, throwing him into the ring with lesser roster members feels like a waste of his talents and a missed opportunity for another major match on the All In card.

AEW Had Many Options For MJF At AEW All In: London 2026

• MJF could’ve revisited his feud with Darby Allin.
• MJF vs. Andrade would have been a great singles match.
• Adam Page’s recent return could have led to another MJF clash.

When looking across the AEW roster ahead of AEW All In: London 2026, there are a lot of options for MJF that are not being activated. For instance, the next chapter in his feuds with either Darby Allin or Adam Page would have been a very easy story to build, and fans would have easily bought into it without much debate. Additionally, Andrade’s betrayal of MJF at Forbidden Door paid off months of bad blood building up, which naturally could have led into a singles match at All In: London 2026 – a bout that would have been the biggest of Andrade’s AEW career thus far.

The fact that MJF looked to be heading for the All In main event against Will Ospreay, only to lose the AEW World Championship to Kenny Omega and drop down into the multi-man Casino Gauntlet feels like a big let down for one of AEW’s biggest names.

MJF Might Not Be 100% Ahead Of AEW All In: London 2026

• There were reports of MJF being injured.
• A multi-man match protects MJF for the next couple of months.
• This might ultimately be the best choice for MJF.

There might be a big reason behind MJF’s booking ahead of AEW All In: London 2026. Over the last few months, it emerged that MJF was injured following his Dynamite match with RUSH. This led to plans reportedly changing ahead of Forbidden Door in which MJF was put into a multi-man Death’s Door match, and that might also be the reason why he isn’t in a bigger match at All In. During the AEW Redemption 2026 pre-show media call, Tony Khan revealed that MJF was battling through injuries;

The truth of the matter may be that MJF is not being wasted at All In: London 2026, and in fact is being used as much as he possibly can within his current condition.