Swerve Strickland recently did an interview with Sports Illustrated, where he discussed a wide range of topics.
During the interview, the AEW World Heavyweight Champion spoke about retaining the title over Will Ospreay at Forbidden Door in late June.
“I’m proud of the story we told in that match,” said Strickland. “It was a perfect whirlwind. It was Will’s first main event pay-per-view in AEW, fans were waiting for it, and people didn’t know who was going to win. Was it Swerve’s time? Or was Will going to keep riding his hot streak and win the title? That’s a match we’ve wanted for a long time, and the timing was right.”
“We weren’t waiting, we wanted this moment,” said Strickland. “We wanted to see the best–the International champ against the world champ. It was two forces facing off–the two best going at it.”
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