Swerve Strickland has the pro wrestler’s mindset of wanting to be AEW World Champion, but the former Tag Team Champ wants it to go down organically.
Swerve Strickland has found new life as a member of The Mogul Embassay and there’s been a groundswell of excitement behind his reinvigorated run. Strickland got a notable victory against Adam Hangman Page at WrestleDream and Swerve is aiming to ride that momentum moving forward. Speaking with DAZN, Strickland commented about potentially being the first black AEW World Champion.
“I think that’s a story, that’s a possibility, that’s being talked about now amongst peers. It’s a seed that I planted that I wanted to just organically grow. The story wasn’t about AEW’s never had a black world champion, its like, I want to win it. I want to be the first and I don’t want to accept anything less. I want to be the first, which means I want to be next up, especially with the momentum I have.”
Swerve Strickland Thinks The TNT Title Would’ve Been A Good Initial Goal
Strickland did compete against Bryan Danielson for the #1 contendership to the TNT Championship this week on AEW Dynamite, but fell short against the American Dragon. Before the battle went down, Strickland thought it would have been a good starting point for the World Title destination.
“TNT Title is amazing, if I can acquire the TNT Title and use that as momentum, maybe even hold both. Christian is on a real high right now, and if I take that from him, people are gonna explode and really believe [in me] now. Our AEW World Champion is already holding two belts, I want to hold two belts too. The possibilities are there now.”
Please credit DAZN and h/t Fightful for the transcription.