Swerve Strickland began off tonight’s (April 27) episode of Collision along with his first interview as the brand new AEW World Champion. He was greeted within the ring with, “Thank you, Swerve!” Chants from the reside viewers at Daley’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
Strickland seemed again at AEW’s huge week and highlighted a few of the outcomes from Dynamite and Dynamite, together with the shock return of Jack Perry. On the event, he referred to as The Elite’s stunning assault on Tony Khan a “silly plan”.
Swerve then issued an open problem to a world title match, which was answered by Claudio Castagnoli. The stage is now set for Collision’s foremost occasion.
They had a terrific match and an exciting ending. Claudio kicked out of a Swerve Stomp and took the championship with a Giant Swing.
Castagnoli caught Swerve out of the air on his subsequent stomp try and turned it right into a Swiss Death uppercut for a close to fall. Swerve turned the tables from there, countering Claudio’s subsequent Swiss Death try right into a Swerve Stomp. The champion then eradicated Claudio with a home name. After the match, the 2 stars shook palms.
AEW commentators say subsequent week (May 1) on Dynamite, we’ll discover out who Strickland will defend the belt towards at May’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view. Told. Perhaps then we’ll discover out if Swerve’s line about The Elite will result in one thing quick, or if it is planting seeds for the long run.
What did you consider Swerve’s very busy night time as AEW World Champion, Cagesiders?