Swerve Strickland: ‘The People Want To See Swerve Strickland, The Champion.’
Swerve Strickland reacts after defeating Jay Lethal in the opening contest of the AEW Continental Classic.
Swerve Strickland says the people are ready to see him as champion.
It has been a busy week for Swerve Strickland. On November 18th at Full Gear, he would take on Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match that had everyone talking over the weekend. In the end, Strickland would choke Hangman out with a chain to earn the victory.
Just days later on the November 22nd edition of AEW Dynamite, Swerve took part in the opening contest of the AEW Continental Classic, facing off with Jay Lethal in the Gold League. After a hard fought contest, Strickland would secure 3 points with a victory.
After the matchup, AEW cameras caught up with Strickland backstage and Swerve had a lot to say about the Death Match and rivalry with Hangman Page.
“You hear that. That’s the echo chamber. It’s getting louder every time I step out in that ring, when I first started hearing it, it was just a little whisper. It was small and it was the night I came out following the weekend of All Out to face Hangman Page, I showed everybody who I really was. I let out a scream throughout the wrestling community. Fast forward. WrestleDream. I get the biggest win in my career in AEW over a former AEW World Champion. Hangman Page. Someone who has so many five star matches. He’s starting to lose count.”
“Follow that up we’ll go back to Full Gear, November 18th. I choke him out. He doesn’t get up for ten seconds. I went up against the former AEW World Heavyweight Champion and Swerve hung the Hangman. It’s getting louder now tonight. Night one. I’m the first match in the Continental Classic. Go figure Hangman doesn’t show up, but I’m here at work. I’m here because I wanted more than Hangman, which proved my point all along. Jay Lethal is just one of the best competitors in the world and I took him down. Night one following the Texas Death Match, one of the most dangerous matches ever witnessed in AEW history. Now it’s as loud as ever. You need ear muffs to drown out the sound of the people understanding and finally seeing Swerve Strickland, The Mogul. Now they want to see Swerve Strickland, the champion. Whose house? Swerve’s House.”
Swerve has all of the momentum right now.
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) November 24, 2023
Jim Ross recently noted that Swerve and Hangman “raised the bar” at AEW Full Gear. You can read more here.
For the full updated standings of the AEW Continental Classic, you can find them here.
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