Swerve Strickland Discusses Leaving Nick Wayne A Bloody Mess, Wanting It To Mean Something
On the August 2 episode of AEW Dynamite, Swerve Strickland & AR Fox went to Buddy Wayne’s home and attacked Nick Wayne while he was training.
The duo left Wayne a bloody mess and called Darby Allin to really rub things in.
Speaking to Raj Prashad of Uproxx, Swerve reflected on the scene.
“I knew this is something that hasn’t been done in wrestling in a while, especially to this degree. And with the story we have, the connection we have, it’s a little more powerful. And how young he is, it’s a little more shocking, too,” Strickland said. “I want to go in new, unique ways. That’s something I also don’t want to bastardize to the point where you see it so often. Those should be moments that change either my character perception or the perception of the character that is being acted upon. Those need to be key moments (where) we need something big to shift the new story. Those need to be monumental moments that you don’t forget. Because if you do too many of them, then it kind of get lost in the wayside.”
Strickland continued, “How do we get people to really care? If you see (Wayne) wrestle, this kid’s going to be something one day. Why should we care? Well, now he’s got a reason to. And then A.R. Fox is being involved. Okay, we like A.R. Fox, he’s athletic and he can wrestle, he’s really good, but why should we care about him in this mix? Well, now we got you a reason to. It was more emphasis to bring the realness and authenticity to what we’re trying to tell you and rather than just like, I want to beat you because I think I’m better than you or you want to beat me because you think you’re better than me. No, I want to hurt you because you’ve done something to me in the past that I have not gotten over and now I’m going to do all these things to get back at you on a personal vendetta. Now it’s like, oh, we’re dealing with dangerous men over there. We got to call in the cavalry, which was Sting.”
Swerve & Fox will team up to take on Sting & Darby Allin in a coffin match at AEW All In.
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