Swerve Strickland confirmed in August that he re-signed with AEW.
In an interview with Fightful, Strickland talked about his year.
“Blessings. I’m gonna steal a quote from Stephen A. Smith. I’m not the American Dream, I’m the American story. You see guys that come in that are just special, like LeBron James or Michael Jordan. Those are the dream. Those guys come around every once in a generation. Me, I’m not a once-in-generation type of talent. I’m just someone that worked hard. I’m someone that came in and believed in something. I worked hard tirelessly. When I had doubts, when I had setbacks, I didn’t let them discourage me. I kept moving forward, and I created opportunities for myself, and that doesn’t just apply to pro wrestling and my career. That applies to life. I’m something that you can truly look back on, as my story of 2024, that was just hard work, consistency, believing in myself, and finding ways to try to stand out, just be uniquely me. So that’s what I say for 2024. How I do that in 2025? I don’t know, but there’s other new things that I could do that just bring a different branch to my life and my career for my fans to see, for the people that know me personally, they’re like, ‘We didn’t even see that side of you.’ There’s still the music side of things that I have of work I can continue to do, and I have upcoming projects coming around the corner with that, so there’s always more. But definitely, it’s just hard work and consistency.” Strickland said while speaking to Denise Salcedo for a new interview.
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