Swerve Strickland Looks Back On His Texas Deathmatch With Hangman Page

AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland recently spoke with Superstar Crossover on a number of topics including his Texas Deathmatch with Hangman Page.

Strickland said, โ€œWe went out there and [were] just like โ€˜Whateverโ€™s under that ring is fair game.โ€™ I think thatโ€™s another thing with Hangmanโ€ฆHangmanโ€™s been known to push the boundaries. Iโ€™m someone that wants to push it just as much as he does. Thatโ€™s where that really made it something crazy. We just kept wanting to push the envelope more and more and more. And itโ€™s weird; I have a history of doing that in Los Angeles, cause Lucha Underground was in Boyle Heights, with me and [AR] Fox, another one who just wanted to push it and push it and push it more.โ€

โ€œI kind of have this hybrid style like โ€˜Wait, thereโ€™s great athleticism in this too.โ€™ Itโ€™s not just plunderโ€ฆeverything makes senseโ€ฆwithout all this stuff, this is a great match too. These are great performers, these are great athletes. But then, you add in elements. These are still great performers, these are great athletes, they are just brutal.โ€

On the personal nature of their feud:

โ€œWhat do you do to someone thatโ€™s like, prior to that match, everything Hangman Page has done in AEW, even in wrestling going back to New Japan, heโ€™s done a lot. Iโ€™m like โ€˜Okay, where do I belong in that history book of Hangman Page now?โ€™ How do I make my mark in that region of me trying to climb up and get to where heโ€™s at?โ€™ [Heโ€™s] a former World Champion. Heโ€™s already had bangers with Kenny, bangers with Bryan Danielson, bangers with the Young Bucks in the tag match. Bangers with likeโ€ฆhe had a death match earlier that year with Moxley. So thatโ€™s like โ€˜Where do I fall in line with any of that?โ€™ Soโ€ฆI was like โ€˜Iโ€™m going to kick the door open. Iโ€™m going to do something thatโ€ฆโ€™ none of these guys have been able to get to him the way I did.โ€

You can check out Stricklandโ€™s comments in the video below.