Swerve Strickland is not only an AEW first, but he also joins an “elite” club that includes Chris Jericho.
During AEW Dynasty on Sunday, Strickland defeated Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship, making him the first African-American World Champion in the company’s history and it certainly marked for a celebatory occassion.
Footage was taken of Swerve having dinner with his AEW co-horts following his historic win and Chris Jericho took some time to honor Strickland, noting that he saw Swerve’s star power right off the bat of entering AEW. Not only that, but Jericho made note of the creative efforts that Swerve makes in and out of the wrestling ring. He then made clear that Strickland is the right man to currently hold the gold, something that only eight people have done since the inception of All Elite Wrestling.
“We don’t change the titles to the World Title very often unless it’s the absolue right guy. He is the right guy for the job, he’s got the cool X-factor and if I was the big wig in AEW (like I am), I would put you on every other fucking talk show, I’d promote you in every single way because you have what we need which is the ability to cross over in the mainstream and I’m super proud of you, man. I knew you had it since day one.”
The full clip of @IAmJericho giving a speech at @swerveconfident post #AEWChampionship victory dinner with friends and family. ??
Shoutout to @FlashGarments for the exclusive! ? #ChrisJericho #SwerveStrickland #Swerve #AEW #AEWDynasty #AEWChampion pic.twitter.com/I6ux9STg2T
— thewrestlingclassic (@twcworldwide) April 23, 2024
Jericho happened to be the first-ever AEW World Champion and is in the thick of a feud with HOOK after defeating Taz’s son for the FTW Championship at Dynasty.
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