At AEW WrestleDream, Swerve Strickland made his first appearance since his brutal main event loss at All Out and turned down the managerial services of MVP. Strickland acknowledged that while Prince Nana may annoy him at times, especially with his side hustle selling coffee, his loyalties remain with Nana, who in Strickland’s eyes is akin to family.
Speaking at the post-AEW WrestleDream media scrum, Strickland spoke about his return at WrestleDream and gave another update on his health.
“I’m still not 100%, but I am getting a clean bill of health to keep moving forward. No better way to do that than come back to WrestleDream, where honestly this whole push really started. Last year’s WrestleDream was really the rocket ship to get me to the main event and World Championship.”
During his segment at WrestleDream, Shelton Benjamin took issues with Strickland turning down MVP’s offer to be Swerve’s manager. When Nigel McGuinness asked if the Gold Standard would be Strickland’s first opponent back, the former World Champion acknowledged that it is likely.
“I would say so, but we’ll see how these next couple of weeks really pan out... AEW has a magic touch, and I can’t wait to see what Shelton does with that.”
Strickland is back on AEW programming, and with Bryan Danielson expecting to take a lengthy hiatus, could quickly find himself back in the AEW World Championship picture. In the meantime though, Swerve will have to deal with MVP and Shelton Benjamin, and potentially another debuting star. Stay tuned to SEScoops for all the latest on Swerve Strickland now that the former AEW World Champion is on our screens once again.
