MJF made a shocking return to MLW’s Summer Of The Beasts event on Thursday, June 26th, from the Melrose Ballroom in NYC. He appeared during Mistico’s segment at the event while he was addressing the crowd.

Mistico quickly dispatched of some masked men that ambushed the ring, who appeared to be with the Contra Unit. Then, one masked man arrived from behind to kick Mistico with a low blow!

The mystery man pulled off his Contra mask to reveal a Mistico mask, and then pulled off that mask to reveal it was Maxwell Jacob Freedman! The crowd went wild and was electric!

MJF grabbed a mic and threatened that he was not done with Mistico. They would wrestle again, and MJF would beat Mistico within an inch of his life. MJF returned to the company where his career first launched to add to the story in what’s shaping up to be a bitter rivalry between the two.

At last week’s AEW Grand Slam Mexico, MJF blatantly attacked Mistico’s nuts to get disqualified. MJF then added insult to injury by stealing Mistico’s mask. It will be interesting to see where this storyline and feud will go!