Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland says WWE inquired about his availability.
Swerve Strickland beforehand had a outstanding run in WWE, particularly in NXT, however he was launched in a wave of cuts in November 2021. He then signed with AEW and debuted at AEW Revolution 2022. Throughout his time with AEW, Strickland has held the AEW World Tag Workforce Championship, and he received the AEW World Championship earlier in 2024.
Talking on The Breakfast Membership, Strickland was requested whether or not WWE tried to re-sign him, and he mentioned that they requested about his availability. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription.
“Yeah. It wasn’t just like the phrases ‘re-sign.’ They ‘requested about my availability.’ They by no means contacted me,” Swerve Strickland mentioned. “They contacted my illustration. I’m at a stage now the place I get pleasure from the truth that I don’t have that direct contact. If you end up progressing and getting larger and also you’re in rooms with folks like [Charlamagne Tha God], you need to sort of maintain house in between a majority of these conversations. You may test my cellphone. It’s by no means been there. I by no means had direct contact. I wish to maintain that little house. Communication has been reached out.”
Strickland didn’t specify when WWE contacted his illustration, so the timeframe is unclear.
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