Following his June 1 scathing promo, The Salt of the Earth was removed by AEW and Warner Media from all platforms. The star has had major issues with AEW over the past few months.
Meanwhile, Shepherd isn’t a stranger to wrestling, as she made a cameo in WWE in 2009. She was the guest manager of MVP, who battled Dolph Ziggler for the United States Championship on an episode of SmackDown.
During the show, Shepherd said that her son, Jeffrey, spotted the Long Islander but was nervous about approaching for an autograph. When she finally went for it and asked the AEW star for his autograph, he reacted in a less than flattering manner:
As the story continued, Sherri mentioned Jeffrey told her that Maxwell was playing his bad persona. However, she told her son she didn’t buy it.
MJF previously spat at a fan’s coffee in a cruise event
The Salt of the Earth always maintains kayfabe in his wrestling character, on and off camera. In an episode of DDP Snake Pit, Diamond Dallas Page told a story about how MJF spat in a fan’s coffee:
Currently, there’s no timetable on when AEW will reinstate The Salt of the Earth. Meanwhile, stories of him being a “jerk” prove why he’s one of the best heels in the business today.
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