Swerve Strickland opens up about how he sets goals in pro wrestling.
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.
Speaking with Grapsody, the Mogul Embassy leader discussed a number of topics including his goals in professional wrestling.
“I never really set goals. I always set them kind of short. They were never long goals. It was never like, ‘I need to main event the biggest pay-per-view.’ I set them as simple as I need to get on this flyer, I need to be a marquee on this show, I need to get on get my face on the truck, I set my [goals] as simple little things like that. So, therefore, I’m always shocked when something does happen. Like, I didn’t think I was going to win tag team gold in AEW, it just naturally progressed. The universe has worked itself out, and that’s what I needed to be at that time. So, I was like, ‘Okay, cool. Now I want to make sure I have the best tag match on this pay-per-view.’ Sure enough, that happened at AEW All Out. It was like, ‘Okay, what can we do with this?’ I want to make goals for what I have right now and that’s how it goes. So now it’s like, okay I defeated Hangman at WrestleDream. Alright, cool. What else can I do with that? I want to make some goals off of that and catapult from that. All In wasn’t a goal I had. It was just like that sprouted up. ‘Okay, I want to do something with this.’ So, we’ll see. I’m riding the wave right now, and I’ll definitely like maneuver when I have to that’s where I’m at with it,”
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.
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