Matt Hardy: I’d Vouch For Swerve Strickland; There’s A Great Chance Of Him Being AEW World Champion

Matt Hardy talks about the potential of Swerve Strickland and his stock rising in recent months in AEW. 

Swerve Strickland has had a string of matches recently that include the likes of CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Sting, and Hangman Page. He was even fortunate enough to defeat the latter. Swerve has also steadily been receiving praise from legends in the industry. Matt Hardy is no exception and sees the value that Strickland brings to All Elite Wrestling. 

During a recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, “The Sensei of Mattitude” explains why he believes Swerve Strickland has all the tools to one day become an AEW World Champion. 

“Swerve is a guy that I would vouch for. I think he’s a guy that deserves to have a great spot in AEW and build around that guy, let him be one of the building blocks of the company,” Hardy said. “I think he’s got a great look, I think he has a great personality. He’s just a good guy overall. He’s very dependable. I think that’s a very important part. If you have someone that has some great talent, but then they are a headache behind the scenes or if they’re just a malcontent, or they’re not happy, that becomes problematic sometimes, if you try and put a lot of equity or make the guy into one of the building blocks of your company, but Swerve is a great guy through and through a good dude. 

“Also, just the fact that he is black, that helps as well, because it’s very important now, especially in this day of equity and equality, that we have as many different faces and different-looking individuals that we can get the best opportunities, and he is a guy that’s totally deserving of it. Not even because of any other reason other than he’s a badass, kick-ass athlete, and a good human being,” Hardy added. “I think if he continues on this trajectory he’s currently on, I think within a year-and-a-half, there’s a great chance of him being the AEW World Champion.” 

Bryan Danielson also had positive words for Swerve following their match on AEW Dynamite: Title Tuesday. Read Danielson’s comments here 

Matt Hardy also recently commented on the recent string of tweets sent out by Tony Khan. Read those comments here.

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