Swerve Strickland turned WWE negatives into AEW positives | The Sessions with Renee Paquette

From tape sessions with Shawn Michaels to meetings with Triple H, Swerve Strickland's WWE/NXT run was tougher than it looked. Now that he's in AEW, he's got a chip on his shoulder and is ready to make good on Tony Khan's investment.
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Taken from The Sessions # 168
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[@whygilbert]

Fantastic interview. I really love how honest he was about how he made his connections. No flexing, just pure grind mode. He wanted it to happen so he went and made it happen.

[@Bunbunfunfun]

This often happens in WWE . I don’t watch wwe but follow news. There is so many wrestlers that were “made” before WWE and they never pull the trigger . Makes one wonder how they get anybody over if they can’t recognize talent like Swerve. Next world champ .

[@TheSmoothcriminal4]

Excited for the future with him. Great interview

[@redbuick]

WWE really dropped the ball on swerve.

[@pha1len106]

Vince McMahon dropped the ball

[@tobydanger86]

Big time

[@qlee2385]

Yup

[@tanujaroy8073]

Man his hit row rivalry with with legado del fantasma was aewsome.... Escobar has to be giveb credit to...Escobar vs Swerve,Escobar vs D'Angelo....two of the really good feuds which I enjoyed...

[@styles-omega-danielson7017]

Acclaimed - SIOG 3. Swerve fully turns on Keith costing them the match. Goes on to beat Keith in a blood fued and goes on to challenge for the world title. AEW needs more top heels, Swerve should be THAT DUDE 🔥🚀

[@scottblanco5991]

MJF probably wins the world title soon and will probably hold it a long time as a heel. Heel Swerve vs Wardlow for the TNT title would be interesting

[@MyMiniMovieMagic]

He's gonna be such an incredible heel....but man the person behind the wrestler is such a good dude and so easy to root for. Just the embodiment of hardwork and perseverance I really think he and AEW is a match made in heaven. Thanks Rene! 👌

[@thejongshow8821]

Can’t wait for Swerve to be the first black AEW champion!!

[@TheGamerFriends]

Swerve is the greatest thing to ever happened to AEW period.

[@qlee2385]

Yup

[@hbass8299]

it was a good thing WWE let Swerve go, he was able to turn himself into a star because this Swerve from hit row was semi ok, but in AEW he became a monster, so yea Swerve will be back to WWE as a SUPERSTAR.

[@ptahhoteptmu264]

Lol He ain’t going back, dude. He will be a superstar right in AEW.

[@Bunbunfunfun]

He doesn’t have to go to wwe to be a superstar

[@hbass8299]

@@Bunbunfunfun yes he has or else its a fail.

[@Bunbunfunfun]

@@hbass8299 nope 👎

[@PatriotMastiffsKennels]

​@ptahhoteptmu264 they all eventually do...Cody, cm punk🤷🏾‍♂️

[@luisjairorojohernandez9482]

Swerve is super undervalued.👏🏽

[@lorenzoanderson7985]

This is awesome video so excited keep up the good content

[@lauren4851]

Love both swerve an Rene 💜 💜🦋

[@pinkribbonskies5731]

Swerve should wear lighter colored boots His foot work is sooo clean but sometimes the dark black boots it's hard to catch. I feel this dude is super underappreciated and still a bit underrated.

[@CelestialJayx25]

Love him so much

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Swerve is now legit a top guy in aew

[@lauren4851]

More swerve content at renee

[@jaywright252]

Wasn't he killshot in lunchaunder ground

[@JDVSportsTalk]

Yes, yes he was

[@jamiemixxismjohnson4193]

Still pissed at WWE for letting them go

[@qlee2385]

Me too

[@forgottenmma3694]

If you look at WWE releases. It’s usually alot of Minorities and women that get released in bulk

[@qlee2385]

Yup they don’t know how to promote black men

[@sandiptiwariharrypottermov1782]

Renee encourage people to achieve their dreams cm punk,Saraya,more to come ,,?

[@ryfundude2202]

These guys these days just can't be patient and wait for there time to come.

[@yoggiw]

Swerve is a special talent...✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@Thepeopleschamp1983_]

What's fucked about this is that, after vince McMahon is gone from wwe, and have triple h taken over the company and fired everyone who was responsible for all the wrestlers being fired, triple h brought back hit row, but over on aew tony khan have him and Keith lee lose the tag team championships to the acclaimed by cheating. And they didn't have the titles long, and didn't get a rematch. And because of how Tony khan had been booking the former wwe superstars, now they are not happy with aew and want to be released from aew,but tony khan says nobody is leaving because they have 5 years in their contract.

[@RampageRich]

The Acclaimed are the hottest team in AEW right now next to FTR. It would be stupid to not put the titles on them and there is no rematch automatic rematches in AEW for titles.. A wrestler doesn't need a title to be relevant on the show. Swerve and Keith are going to have a banger of a feud.

[@Thepeopleschamp1983_]

@@RampageRich so you are saying that they should win championships base off off being popular with the fans? So why put it on Keith lee and swerve in the first place?

[@michaelfarrow5817]

@@Thepeopleschamp1983_ they're getting a push. AEW uses tag belts to help singles pushes too. The obvious example is Hangman and Omega.

[@Thepeopleschamp1983_]

@@michaelfarrow5817 everyone knows that omega and Paige got the titles because they're evps

[@michaelfarrow5817]

@@Thepeopleschamp1983_ it was that storyline. Did you follow the promotion at all throughout their run as champions, Omega's heel turn and then Hangman finally believing in himself. I know some people think that Anoa'i family theatre and the worst long-term run of any WWE champion is real storytelling but when AEW do something, the haters claim it's political.

[@majormoves824]

Swerve needed to leave to grow.. This reminds me of Cody's situation. Swerve needed to get away from that group, no matter how much i liked the group. Now, he is undeniable. Like Cody. Even if he goes back, he would be more of a big deal. I wouldn't go back until its absolutely needed and its not right now. I love Swerve in wwe but i seen him as a leader of hit row .... Now its who's house.

[@Olivier-m3g]

Mvp is not a hhh guy lol

[@qlee2385]

Wwe dropped the ball 🤦🏿‍♂️ on swerve big time.