Swerve Strickland: It Would Be A Huge Honor To Share A Ring With Will Ospreay In AEW
Swerve Strickland talks a potential match with Will Ospreay in AEW.
Over the duration of their respective careers, Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay have stood across the ring from each other on a number of occasions. Aside from multi-man and tag matches, Strickland and Ospreay have wrestled each other in a singles capacity on two occasions, with Strickland coming out on top both times.
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, Strickland talked about how he has elevated himself as a performer to where people want to see him in another match against Ospreay, somebody that he considers to be the best wrestler of this generation.
“That’s a huge honor for me. Coming from where I was two years ago, being let go and a lot of people being like, ‘Who is this guy?’ People who were familiar with me in NXT or even familiar with my career on the independents, it’s coming from there to being like, ‘Yes, we want this guy as the champion and main event of Wembley against this guy who is widely regarded as the best of this generation, period.’ I will agree with them. Will Ospreay is like inhuman in my eyes. He’s been a video game character since I’ve been wrestling, since he was 18 years old and I knew it then. That’s a huge honor and I truly appreciate that. I don’t take that kind of stuff lightly. I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s a big responsibility for me to even be considered in that plane.’ ‘Cause not that long ago I was nowhere near the conversation. I think that shows the future of what pro wrestling really is and the present, actually, as a matter of fact. We’re still in young prime ages. Some we haven’t even hit our prime yet. To share that with Will, who’s been like a little brother to me for the longest time for many years, that would be a huge honor. I’d have to pack a lunch and a dinner plate to get in the ring with that man at this point right now. But, yeah, I think we can do it. I think we can both do it. I think it’s also something people can look at and be like, ‘Wow.
There’s been this discussion about diversity in the company and pro wrestling period all around. Every company is, like, to have an African- American man stand in the middle of that as a main event as champion. I think that’s huge. I think that’s my spot in history as well, truth be told.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Strickland reflected on wrestling Sting and Darby Allin at AEW All In. Fans can learn more here.
Fans can check out Fightful’s full interview with Swerve Strickland in the video linked at the top of this article.
