Swerve Strickland has named The New Day, Mark Henry, and MVP as some of his biggest influences.
During a recent interview with Complex, the reigning AEW World Champion commented on the Black wrestlers who he has looked to for inspiration and guidance.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On The New Day: “Those guys gave me love every week and they don’t have to. But I’ve always made sure to speak out and say ‘you guys influenced me.’ Kofi Kingston [in particular]. In my own way hopefully I did it justice. Hopefully I did him proud.”
On Mark Henry and MVP: “I got calls from Mark Henry. MVP gave me a nice warm embrace there. It’s just cool to be in that circle. I can talk to these guys about this because I kind of earned it in that way. Because you always want to be in that conversation in a sense. ‘Do I belong in that conversation? No. I really am in that conversation now. So I can talk with them in a different way. We’ve done it in our own respective eras and times.”
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