AEW Star Admits To Having Big Chip On Their Shoulder Following WWE Release

Over the last few years WWE has released a number of Superstars and many of them have made their way to All Elite Wrestling. Swerve Strickland joined the company in 2022 and over the last year he’s been featured pretty consistently on AEW programming.

While speaking to Uproxx about his release from AEW he admitted that he had a big chip on his shoulder when WWE released him, and he also indicated that he’s happy with his current position in AEW.

“That left a big chip on my shoulder to prove it was one of the biggest mistakes you could have made. And now, winning the tag titles with Keith Lee and doing a co-main event in pay-per-views with said tag titles, doing all these big arenas and being featured in a lot of different, very unique ways and being able to do the music crossover and show them that was one of the biggest mistakes you made, but you can’t have it back now.

“You can’t make up for that now and I’m creating something that’s even bigger than what you expected of me over there. I’m really blessed in that department. I want to not just give back to them, but I want to showcase, I want to exceed the expectations of me here at AEW as well.”

Swerve Strickland will be in action this weekend at AEW All In when he teams up with AR Fox to take on Sting and Darby Allin. Stay tuned for updates.