AEW Hoping Swerve Strickland Can Return From Injury This Winter, Barring Any Setbacks

AEW is hoping that Strickland will be back soon.

Swerve Strickland was last in action at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. He lost an AEW Unified Championship match to Kazuchika Okada, and post-match, Strickland was taken out by the returning Wardlow.

Strickland has since undergone surgery for a torn meniscus that he had been working on for six years. Per a new report from Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select, AEW is hopeful that Strickland will be back with them this winter, barring any setbacks.

AEW is hoping that Swerve Strickland can return from injury this winter, barring any setbacks. Myself and @FightfulSelect have more details in our full report for subscribers pic.twitter.com/B7XG29k6yi

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) October 23, 2025

The aforementioned Forbidden Door event featured Will Ospreay’s final match before he underwent neck surgery.