Swerve Strickland Will Not Accept Anything But Becoming The First Black AEW World Champion

Swerve Strickland will accept nothing less than becoming AEW’s first black world champion.

Strickland is one of the top AEW stars right now and has continuously teased being the first black AEW World Champion. This is something that is deeply personal to Strickland, who has spoke in the past about the struggles of being a black professional wrestler.

In a recent interview with DAZN, Strickland said that the idea of him holding the title is a seed that he wanted to see organically grow.

“I think that’s a story, that’s a possibility, that’s being talked about now amongst peers. It’s a seed that I planted that I wanted to just organically grow. The story wasn’t about AEW’s never had a black world champion, its like, I want to win it. I want to be the first and I don’t want to accept anything less. I want to be the first, which means I want to be next up, especially with the momentum I have. I want to use all of that to get to the top. TNT Title is amazing, if I can acquire the TNT Title and use that as momentum, maybe even hold both. Christian is on a real high right now, and if I take that from him, people are gonna explode and really believe [in me] now. Our AEW World Champion is already holding two belts, I want to hold two belts too. The possibilities are there now.”

Swerve Strickland

Strickland defeated Hangman Adam Page at AEW WrestleDream, but came up short in his matchup with Bryan Danielson on Tuesday’s Dynamite.

We will have to wait and see if Strickland will in fact become the first black AEW World Champion.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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