Swerve Strickland talks the current state of wrestling promotions.
Before signing with WWE in 2019 and eventually coming to AEW in 2022, Strickland spent years competing in independent promotions around the world.
From 2015-2018, Strickland spent time in the Lucha Underground promotion, using the Killshot ring name. When the company was active, many fans praised the unique feel and presentation of wrestling in Lucha Underground.
While speaking to the WrestleChat podcast for a new interview, Strickland was asked if a presentation like Lucha Underground would fair well in today's wrestling world.
“Right now, I don’t think so because there’s always people pulling something apart because it really grows and blossoms into its full potential. Even All Elite Wrestling, it’s still blossoming into its full potential, it hasn’t even reached that yet and people are already trying to pull certain things apart. To create something new in the atmosphere that we’re in when people want to argue like attendance records, ratings, booking, and argue this and all of these things rather than just sit and watch and enjoy a product and certain things, I think it’s really tough. Even Lucha Underground for what it was never fully blossomed into its full potential either. So, now, in today’s climate, it’s really hard for anything new to really blossom.”
Strickland is set to face Nick Wayne on Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite. Check out the updated lineup for the show here.
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