
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland recently spoke with Superstar Crossover on a number of topics including his Texas Deathmatch with Hangman Page.
Strickland said, โWe went out there and [were] just like โWhateverโs under that ring is fair game.โ I think thatโs another thing with HangmanโฆHangmanโs been known to push the boundaries. Iโm someone that wants to push it just as much as he does. Thatโs where that really made it something crazy. We just kept wanting to push the envelope more and more and more. And itโs 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
โI kind of have this hybrid style like โWait, thereโs great athleticism in this too.โ Itโs not just plunderโฆeverything makes senseโฆwithout 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:
โWhat do you do to someone thatโs like, prior to that match, everything Hangman Page has done in AEW, even in wrestling going back to New Japan, heโs done a lot. Iโm like โOkay, 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 heโs at?โ [Heโs] a former World Champion. Heโs already had bangers with Kenny, bangers with Bryan Danielson, bangers with the Young Bucks in the tag match. Bangers with likeโฆhe had a death match earlier that year with Moxley. So thatโs like โWhere do I fall in line with any of that?โ SoโฆI was like โIโm going to kick the door open. Iโm going to do something thatโฆโ none of these guys have been able to get to him the way I did.โ
You can check out Stricklandโs comments in the video below.