AEW is often criticized for having a roster full of ex-WWE talent at the expense of homegrown wrestlers. According to MJF, one of the company's homegrown wrestlers, this criticism is unfair.

"Guys like me are drawing the highest numbers, guys like me are on TV every week,"MJF said during a chat with Ariel Helwani on The Ariel Helwani show. "Guys like Sammy Guevara just had the TNT Title for an incredible reign, as much as I hate his stupid face. Darby Allin is on TV weekly. Again, another emo, loser, scumbag, huge star in our programming. Jungle Boy's currently Tag Team Champion," he continued.

The Dynamite Diamond Ring holder takes issue with the notion that AEW doesn't develop its own stars and said believes it's a "bad-faith take."

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"To those people, what I would say is, that's a bad-faith take. Now, are we bringing in professional wrestlers that have been in other 'territories' and companies? Yes," he said, adding that pro wrestlers follow the money. "It's bad-faith takes, professional wrestlers, we go where we feel we're going to be handled best and where we feel we're going to make the most money, where we feel we have an opportunity to become World Champion."

On-screen, MJF is currently feuding with his former valet and fellow homegrown AEW star, Wardlow. As you might recall, Wardlow turned on MJF at the appropriately-named Revolution pay-per-view when he refused to help MJF cheat in order to defeat CM Punk. Wardlow placed MJF's Dynamite Diamond Ring on the canvas, and Punk used it to finish his foe off.

It seems inevitable that MJF will one day be AEW World Champion, but there are a few obstacles in his way. In storyline, Wardlow's profile was removed from AEW's website following an altercation MJF on this week's edition of AEW Dynamite.

(h/t Fightful for the transcription)