New Level Explains Why Swerve Strickland Is Good For Their Partnership In AEW

New Level praises the partnership with Swerve Strickland.

The latest episode of Close-Up with Renee Paquette was a sit-down chat with New Level (Kofi & Austin Creed). The duo spoke about their partnership with Swerve Strickland.

Creed: “I feel like it’s because we are how we are and just happy and not happy-go-lucky, but we’re just really hyper-positive down and Swerve is ready to commit crime.”

Kofi: “We all know how talented he is. I was telling him this too, like his come-up has been just, we all know how talented he is, and I think his come-up has been just magnificent. We saw him in a role where he wasn’t being given an opportunity to shine, and knowing how talented he was, and then to see him come to AEW and rise to the top and have the high-caliber matches that he’s had, being able to develop his character, being able to cut these promos, being able to burn people’s houses down. To really understand why he was so frustrated… he’s so passionate. You put all of that passion into one cauldron, then you’re about to get some real good soup.” 

Creed: “I’s also nice because we automatically get the chance to interact with somebody on the show who has a very strong personality. It would be fantastic to come out and it’s us and we’re here and now you get to see through matches and things, us interacting with personalities, but you not only get that, you now also get us interacting with Swerve, who’s a personality that you’re comfortable with, you already know. So now that just adds another layer to things. It’s about the stories. “The interaction between as many characters on the show as possible because you don’t know if it’s going to be oil and water. You don’t know if it’s going to mix well. You don’t know if it’s going to explode. Like what’s what’s going to happen? And that to us it’s so exciting.”