In a recent interview with DAZN Wrestling, Swerve Strickland spoke about his aim to become the first black AEW World Champion and expressed his desire to hold two belts simultaneously.
Strickland lost a match to Bryan Danielson for a shot at the TNT Championship this week on AEW Dynamite: Title Tuesday. He defeated former AEW World Champion Hangman Page at AEW WrestleDream 2023 earlier this month.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On planting the seed of becoming AEW’s first black world champion: “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.”
On also wanting to hold two belts: “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.”
