MJF wants All Elite Wrestling to run an event inside Madison Square Garden, picking the World’s Most Famous Arena when Sean Ross Sapp asked fans to share their dream “AEW should run an event here” location. The pitch from “The Devil” caught immediate attention because of MSG’s deep ties to WWE history and the venue’s long-running political battles over allowing rival promotions to host events there.
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MJF’s choice resonated because MSG is widely viewed as the most prestigious venue in professional wrestling. The arena has hosted multiple WrestleManias, Survivor Series events, and other major WWE pay-per-views over the decades, with its most recent WWE PPV being Survivor Series 2011, which featured The Rock’s in-ring return after a seven-and-a-half-year absence. For AEW to break into MSG would represent both a logistical milestone and a symbolic one — landing on the same stage that has hosted wrestling’s most iconic moments.
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MJF’s social media post drew responses from across the industry, including former WWE Superstar Joe Gacy, who shared that his own experience with the legendary venue was far from pleasant. The history of non-WWE promotions running MSG is complicated. WWE famously fought in 2018 to keep Ring of Honor from running an event inside the building, illustrating the obstacles that companies like AEW would face in pursuing a booking there. Whether MJF’s wishlist post is genuine campaigning or simply playing to the crowd remains to be seen, but with AEW continuing to expand into bigger venues like Louis Armstrong Stadium for Double or Nothing 2026, the idea of an eventual MSG event is not impossible. An MJF-driven push for the booking would also fit his on-screen persona, given how often “The Devil” has positioned himself as the face who could carry AEW to its next milestone destination.
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