In the most recent episode of his podcast, “The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy,” Matt Hardy discussed Swerve Strickland.
Strickland emerged victorious over Samoa Joe at the Dynasty pay-per-view event just a week ago, securing the AEW World Heavyweight Title.
“Very happy for him, man. I like him a lot as a performer and a person, so I was very happy that he was able to get this match. It is now official and he is the AEW World Champion, I’m just proud of him man. I think it’s also something that is very proud for the culture. Him being a black champion, it’s very inspirational for black people in wrestling, so i think it’s very good on that front. I thought it was solid, I thought it was a very solid match. I thought it was a great decision to make Samoa Joe the champ in the meantime because we kind of quickly came to an end as far as MJF’s reign went. Samoa Joe becoming the champ following MJF, I wanna give Samoa Joe his flowers because he was a hell of a champion during that time: he was very believable, he was very badass, and I think the fact that we got to this point and we had the buildup with him and Swerve, and Swerve knocked off Samoa Joe, who did seem like a final boss in so many ways, a real big bad Samoan badass. I’m very happy that Swerve got that strong win over him and once again, I give Swerve and Joe their flowers.”
H/T to Fightful for the transcription