Swerve Strickland reveals how he plans to defeat Bryan Danielson on tonight’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
On tonight’s edition of AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday, Swerve Strickland will take on Bryan Danielson with a shot at the TNT Championship on the line. The matchup has been hyped by many fans, as the two talents jockey for position after both picking up big wins at AEW WrestleDream in Seattle.
Strickland would defeat Hangman Page back at AEW WrestleDream, and is now positioned as one of AEW’s top stars and is viewed by many as possibly AEW’s first ever black world champion.
Speaking with Grapsody, Swerve commented on the Title Tuesday match and how he plans on defeating “The American Dragon”.
“For one, I am going to beat him. So I’m happy that you said, ‘How am I going to beat him?’ not just, ‘How are you going to lose to Bryan Danielson?’ No, I approach it the same way that I approached Hangman Page. I told Hangman in the several interactions that we’ve had on live TV, ‘I’m unlike anybody you’ve ever faced. I’m putting you in a situation in the scenario in Seattle that you’ve never been in before.’ That was the trap that I set that he fell for. He didn’t understand, ‘Oh man, this is really going to be a different way, different side of any type of environment he’s ever faced.’ I was right, and he paid for it by me taking a piece of his arm with me. Bryan Danielson and I don’t necessarily have the hometown advantage. Maybe I will. Maybe Independence, Missouri is Swerve’s house. We’re about to find out, but the fact is, I’m unlike anybody he’s ever faced as well. There’s nobody with the tools that I have. Nobody with the uniqueness that I have, nobody with the IQ that I have in that ring, anybody, doesn’t necessarily mean more or less. It’s just I’m thinking on a different wave path in 2023 than he’s been thinking all his career, and that’s how I beat him. It’s almost like playing chess with somebody who doesn’t care about losing any pieces,”
Swerve Strickland
In another interview, Strickland stated that he hopes to be the one to seal Danielson’s legacy.
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