Swerve Strickland, identified for his dynamic presence within the AEW roster, has been on an absolute tear over the previous a number of months. He has {many professional} wrestlers he really respects and that features CM Punk as nicely.
In 2021, CM Punk made waves by becoming a member of AEW, shortly turning into main star there. He received the AEW World Championship at Double or Nothing 2022, however his reign was hindered by accidents and a suspension following a controversial incident at AEW All Out 2022.
Regardless of a comeback in June 2023, an incident involving Jack Perry led to his contract termination. Nonetheless, Punk shocked followers with comeback to WWE at Survivor Sequence 2023, signaling a brand new section in his profession.
Whereas Strickland and Punk didn’t have important interactions in All Elite Wrestling, they did take part in a multi-man All-Star tag workforce match previous AEW All In final yr. Regardless of this restricted engagement, many AEW stars have expressed nothing however optimistic sentiments about Punk. Regardless of his controversial exit from the promotion and subsequent return to WWE, Punk appears to have left an enduring optimistic impression on his former colleagues in AEW.
Throughout a latest interview with Bootleg Kev, Swerve mentioned his expertise working with Punk in AEW, providing nothing however reward for the previous AEW World Champion.
“I used to be his final TV match. The All-Star tag match on Collision. I had nice experiences with him. Didn’t work together with him rather a lot, however I all the time had optimistic interactions. My first day there, I used to be taking my images and renders, and he jumped in and photobombed it. I by no means even spoke to him or had an introduction, however that was his first interplay to me. I used to be like, ‘That is cool, that’s dope.’ After I went out and did my contract signing, he was like, ‘How did it go?’ ‘It went glorious, thanks.’ He’s all the time been a optimistic affect with me.”
As for Strickland himself, he carried out at Rolling Loud this week and had nice time there. However, followers will all the time be unhappy that CM Punk was fired by AEW and that’s not altering.
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