AEW: Swerve Strickland on AEW World Title Win, Will Ospreay on Bryan Danielson Match, Adam Copeland on Flourishing Companies Being Positive for Wrestlers

Swerve Strickland Comments on His AEW World Title Victory at AEW Dynasty

A recent episode of News4Jax’s River City Live show featured Swerve Strickland as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Strickland’s thoughts about his AEW World Championship victory at this past Sunday’s AEW Dynasty event.

“I’ve held a lot of championships in my career. This one is just at the very, very top. It’s not even close. The moment, the championship, the match, the pay-per-view, the headline, the opponent, all that means so much because of this championship.”

Strickland also gave his thoughts about the significance of his title victory for himself and his fans.

“Being the first of anything is gonna hold significance to me, not only just the performer, but the company. Going through the airport the day afterwards, like I took pictures with fans that literally flew from other states and sides of the country to come see this event happen because they just felt like this is the moment, this is the coronation of something historic, and people were crying in the crowd, in the front row, after the victory. People were shaking [while] I’m shaking their hands. I’ve never had that experience before. Seeing how much that means to everybody, it felt like we won. That’s what you kind of want from your fan base, and I feel like that’s what made the main event special. Hat’s off to Ospreay and Bryan Danielson having a classic banger out there, which I knew they would. But this one hit home a little differently because it was to the heart, it was to the sentiment. It was something special.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Will Ospreay Comments on His Match with Bryan Danielson at AEW Dynasty

This past Sunday’s AEW Dynasty event in St. Louis, Missouri featured the first ever singles match between Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson, which was won by Ospreay.

Ospreay recently reflected on Twitter about his match with Danielson and the crowd atmosphere at AEW’s Dynasty event.

Thank you so much for that incredible atmosphere last night.

That was nothing I have ever felt before in my life.

Sending all the love and positive vibes to Bryan Danielson.

Truly the greatest to ever do this, speedy recovery boss

— Will Ospreay • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) April 22, 2024

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Adam Copeland Comments on “More Than One Flourishing Company” Being Positive for All Wrestlers

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with Adam Copeland. One of the topics discussed included Copeland’s thoughts about his uplifting promo praising AEW on the April 3rd AEW Dynamite show and his goal was to show how multiple flourishing companies can be a positive for all wrestlers in spite of the tribalism among wrestling fans.

“People can be so negative. That’s people who are wrestling, and that’s also among our fan base. There are people who have this super rigid ‘I’ll only watch and celebrate this one thing.’ For us in the industry, it’s completely different. We want each other to succeed. It’s an awesome way to make a living, don’t get me wrong, but it’s a tough way, too. When more than one company is flourishing, that’s a positive for all wrestlers. But there is this strange outlier of fan who looks at things from a different perspective. So I wanted to address that, and I wanted our locker room to hear it, too.”