Swerve Strickland has detailed his plan as an Executive Vice President of AEW, should he defeat Kenny Omega for the position on the Wednesday, March 25 episode of Dynamite.
St. Paul, Minnesota will host one of the highest stakes matches in AEW history this coming Wednesday, as Kenny Omega puts his AEW EVP title on the line against bitter rival Swerve Strickland.
Speaking to WhatCulture Wrestling, Strickland was asked what AEW will look like with himself as an EVP, to which he responded:
“Like I said in the promo, it’s more about control and power is what’s running the company and every time I’ve had opportunities, the last several times I’ve had opportunities at the world championships, it’s been interfered with by somebody on the outside.
“Dynasty last year it was The Young Bucks jumping in at the end to cost me against Jon Moxley and then previously at Worlds End I was scheduled for a triple-threat and then that was cashed in on by MJF to come in and make it a four-way, so my odds got slimmer, and you seen the results of that.
“The EVP power is to control outside interferences, making sure that nobody else can get in the way of my opportunities. So, like I said in the promo last week, a number one contendership means nothing without having control and power that comes with it. Having a number one contendership, people can still get in the way of these things.
“So, the EVP power is just to give me the best advantage to block anything out, block anybody else from, not necessarily getting into my matches, but also blocking other EVPs from mixing up control and trying to sway things into their direction and their advantages. It’s about control now. That’s what Swerve in 2026 is about.”
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Swerve Strickland Says AEW In A Healthy Place Following Notable Talent Returns
As confirmed by Swerve Strickland during his promo on the March 18 AEW Dynamite, he is now the new number one contender for MJF’s AEW World Championship, a position that there is stiff competition for following the return of Will Ospreay and recent rise of stars such as Andrade El Idolo.
Assessing the health of the AEW men’s roster right now, Strickland said everyone is “firing on all cylinders”:
“I would say so because everybody is firing on all cylinders and now we’re getting the people that are coming back from injury like a Ospreay.
You’re getting Cope and Cage coming back that’s bringing that veteran leadership to the tag division and the product on TV, so you’re seeing a lot of these people that were away for so long come back.
“Hopefully very soon we get a Samoa Joe back in the mix to really bring the powerhouse, (but) in the time he was gone we saw a good rise out of Brody King.
We’ve seen Andrade step up in a huge way and once agains just bring in all this new fresh talent and ideas and presence to the main event.”
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