Maxwell Jacob Friedman took aim at the former WWE and AEW Champion after breaking big news on the latest episode of Collision. The latter, Samoa Joe, is currently out due to injury.

Last month at Collision: Max Carnage, the Samoan submission machine and his teammates Katsuya Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs (now Royce Keys in WWE) defeated Hangman Page and JetSpeed ​​to retain the AEW World Triples Championship. The match ended with Kevin Knight pinning The Implement of Willpower to defeat the defending champion. Although he defeated Mike “Speedball” Bailey on the following episode of Dynamite, it was later revealed The veteran was injured during training.

With Joe having been retired for several weeks and Hobbs no longer signed with All Elite Wrestling, it was Hook’s responsibility to provide fans with an update on The Opps’ latest episode of AEW Collision. Coldhearted handsome devil announces Samoan submission expert Put him in charge of their faction in his absence. Interestingly, the news prompted a response from MJF, who stated on X/Twitter that Hook would be a better fit to lead The Opps than Joe.

“I personally believe Hooker would be a better leader for OPPS than Sloppy Joe 🤷🏻‍♂️,” Friedman wrote.

I personally think HOOK will be a better leader of OPPS than sloppy Joe🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s worth mentioning that MJF regained the AEW Men’s World Championship from defending champion Samoa Joe at Armageddon 2025, a match that also included Swerve Strickland and Adam Page.

MJF will hold the AEW Championship in Australia next week

Earlier this Wednesday, MJF stood across the ring from Brodie King in a world title elimination match. Unfortunately for Salt of the Earth, he was momentarily distracted by Executioner Page’s arrival on the entrance ramp and was squashed by the former Black House and Hellhound member. As a result of this, Friedman must now defend his world title against “Big Bad” Brody There’s a Grand Slam tournament in Australia next week.

It remains to be seen whether MJF can survive next week’s King match in Sydney, and whether there will be Adam Page or Andrade El Idolo waiting for him after that.