Top AEW star MJF recently married his long-time partner, Alicia Atout, and leaked photos from their wedding showed babyfaces like “Hangman” Adam Page in attendance. This resulted in jokes from AEW President and CEO Tony Khan, who commented that the wrestlers were there to support Atout, not MJF.

Dave Meltzer mentioned on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio that AEW was unhappy about the leaks. Despite fans being aware of how the pro wrestling industry operates, there are still some who believe that babyfaces and heels should not be seen together in real life. This is particularly important for AEW and pro wrestling as a whole, as they try to maintain the illusion that rivalries are real.

This is what Dave Meltzer said, “I know that they’re not particularly happy it happened. It’s not the end of the world. I mean, everyone knows and this and that. But it’s still, especially for people who have kind of the mentality that he [MJF] would have, and I would presume Page would have, but I know he would have, in the sense of he wouldn’t want that. He’s…look, he’s trying to be a heel from the 70s and 80s in 2025. And it’s not the easiest thing to do, and he works very hard at being that kind of a heel that people genuinely hate, and trying to make…and there’s nothing wrong with trying to create the illusion that these feuds are real. I mean, we know they’re not, but you do want to create the illusion. And I don’t think you want to break the illusion.”

Bryan Alvarez noted that while people in AEW later posted photos, they were initially leaked by fans who discovered them on Facebook family albums.