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MJF Comments On Working With Becky Lynch For Happy Gilmore 2

AEW and WWE stars MJF and Becky Lynch recently worked together on Happy Gilmore 2, and the former AEW Champion had nothing but positive things to say about working with The Man.
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In a week that has seen just a little bit of confrontation between WWE and AEW talents (here's looking at YOU, Je'Von Evans), it is a welcome surprise to see MJF, of all people, sending praise the way of a top WWE superstar.

The former AEW Champion had nothing but nice things to say about multiple time WWE Women's Champion Becky Lynch, with whom he co-stars in the upcoming Netflix film, Happy Gilmore 2.

Both MJF and Lynch will play supporting roles in the sequel to the 1996 Adam Sandler classic and, during a recent interview with Variety, The Man had nothing but nice things to say about everyone's favorite scumbag.

"You know, a very nice boy. Great chats. Of course, he knows he’d lose at [a promo battle], but we had great chats. Unfortunately, it was way before this happened, but I feel like he would completely agree with everything that I’m saying about Lyra.”
Becky Lynch

Friedman, meanwhile, was equally effusive towards Lynch, quote tweeting Variety's article with his own complimentary words. Well, complimentary unless your Lyra Valkyria.

"Agree with Becks fully on Lyra, she seems like a horrible person and clearly a gross poor. Enjoyed my time with “the man” on set. A very nice girl and an upstanding citizen. However….. not too sure about her thoughts on a potential promo battle."
MJF

Despite Lynch and MJF's thoughts on Lyra, the Intercontinental Champion was successful indefending her title against The Man at Backlash, scoring her second victory over Lynch after initially dethroning her as NXT Women's Champion in 2023.

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JOE BAIAMONTE

Joe Baiamonte is a contributing writer for The Takedown On SI, joining the team in April, 2025. Joe has been covering professional wrestling, sports and entertainment for over a decade, serving as editor at SPORTbible between 2014 and 2018 - where he helped the team to three consecutive Football Blogging Awards - and as head of sport at Unilad. Joe has written for numerous outlets in the United Kingdom and United States, including The Sportsman, Sporf, Pubity, GiveMeSport and The Sportster, interviewing the likes of Neymar, Harry Kane, Ruud Gullit, Triple H, Ric Flair, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Rey Mysterio, Aaron Boone, Alex Cora, Chris Sale and Chase Uttley. He has a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from the University of Salford and currently resides in Manchester, England, having been raised just down the road in Burnley. He briefly moved to Croatia with his family after the birth of his son, where he spent an entire summer writing on the beach and eating squid.

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