During a recent appearance on the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Swerve Strickland responded to criticism that he should have had a bigger role on the first episode of Dynamite after he won the AEW World Title.
Strickland won the title from Samoa Joe at AEW Dynasty, and then faced off against Kyle Fletcher in a one-on-one match on Dynamite.
Strickland said, “That’s the element of being now and getting back the next show, getting back the following week. You’ve got to constantly grow, you grow and get more opportunities. For me, this championship reign is always going to keep ascending and going up.”
He continued, “Next week is always going to be better than the week before, and then the next week’s going to be better than the week before, it’s going to keep going up. I’d rather keep going up than going down, and the people are growing with me as a champion.”
Early on in her career, Thunder Rosa had a difficult time with promos.
During a recent appearance on Maria Menounos’ “Heal Squad” podcast, La Mera Mera commented on her experience in Lucha Underground, how she improved her promo skills, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On her experience in Lucha Underground: “The first season was a little rough, I’m not gonna lie. My English wasn’t very good, and I had to do live promos, which was my nemesis for years.”
On how she improved her promo skills: “First of all, practicing, like public speaking. That helped me tremendously. Doing broadcasting, which came five or six years later. Then just being more comfortable and really making things my own. Especially if you have somebody that writes for you, that person needs to understand your character, and they need to understand you, too. So when you’re giving these promos, they come across as natural and original in the essence of you.”
On her recent promos: “The last one that I did, it was a couple weeks ago before a big match for the championship. It was a five-minute promo. Believe me, I was like, ‘Lord, have mercy.’ I was told like three hours before, and somebody that really knows me very well wrote me the promo, and then I had one of the writers there edit it. He guided me and helped me to do it. Thank you Justin Carvey for that. It came out exactly what I wanted to say for the longest.”
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