Swerve Strickland talks about his ongoing story with Ricochet as the two men head to AEW Revolution this weekend.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Swerve Strickland recently spoke with Denise Salcedo. When asked about his current rivalry with Ricochet, Strickland spoke about their dynamic over the last two months that has led them to this moment.
“Honestly, what you’re seeing is over 10 years of animosity between two guys,” Swerve Strickland said. “Truth be told, me and Trevor, Ricochet, haven’t always gotten along, and you’re seeing that play out. And now you’re seeing also someone be pushed to the brink of snapping.
“Someone who’s literally taken a lot of crap over the last couple years in his career to finally finding his footing in a place where he honestly feels he belongs, and he’s still not good enough he’s feeling. And he’s taking that on me. So I’m someone that’s kind of pushed past the expectations. Because Ricochet was always being the golden boy of our era in the 2010s. I was kind of like just a floating fish until I found myself.
“So now I found myself quicker than Ricochet found himself, but he also found himself because of me. So there’s a lot of dynamics being played here as this psychological warfare before we even get in the ring. If you notice, we’ve only been in the ring twice now since Dynamite, but there’s been psychological warfare for two months now.
Swerve Strickland likes to bring things out of his opponents they didn’t know they had
“And it’s also something that people didn’t expect, Ricochet to be on the microphone, telling a story that way. So we’re bringing a lot of different new elements to someone that you’ve seen for the past 10 years, but also seeing something new. And myself, you know me, I poke the bear. I make it personal.
“I’m always going to bring something new and something wild out of somebody, and that’s what I am. I’m the vehicle of that for All Elite Wrestling. But I also make the show better, in a way, because of that. I’m like, okay, if you got here for some reason, you must be good. Now it’s time for you to show it.”
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