After AEW All Out, Swerve Strickland reveals the weapons that fans can most identify him with.
Former AEW World Champion was last seen in a violent steel cage match against Adam Page at All Out. Since his loss against Page in a bloodied and ruthless encounter, Strickland went absent before returning to WrestleDream.
Soon after his return at the Tacoma Dome, Swerve Strickland appeared in an interview with O’Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson on No Contest Wrestling. During his appearance, Strickland discussed his violent matches and the uses of unique and painful weapons.
The former Champion has gained recognition for his innovative utilization of unconventional weapons, ranging from staple guns to cinder blocks. After his last All-Out match, fans can now add a syringe to the list. Strickland shared:
It’s an instrument used to punish, over and over again. For most people, one staple is enough. Me, I’ve been around the block. I can walk through them now. It’s also one of those things where you see this everyday item, it’s something that would be around the ring area, it’s a logical item. If you look at the sledgehammer, you automatically know who you think of. You look at a black baseball bat, you know who you think of. Sting or (Chris) Jericho. You look at certain items.
A staple gun is now something synonymous with me. That and a cinder block. They’re very common items, they’re not hard to find. Now, when you see them, you think back to me and that moment. You’ll get flashbacks that are traumatic or ‘I had a great moment watching that.’ It’s one of those things I wanted to implement in my whole character, creating the most dangerous man in AEW. Now, syringes are in that.”
H/t Fightful.com
Strickland dropped syringes, cinder blocks, and staple guns as weapons that fans can easily synonymous him with.
Swerve Strickland Rejects Partnership Offer From Former WWE Star
At WrestleDream, a returning Strickland was thrown a partnership offer by MVP and Shelton Benjamin. However, the former Champion chose his friend and manager Prince Nana over the former WWE star’s faction invitation.
With Bobby Lashley’s debut still pending, fans can expect Strickland to feud with The Almighty One once he appears.
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