Swerve Strickland: To Have An African-American Man As A Main Event As Champion Is Huge And I Think That's My Spot In History As Well

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Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp recently spoke with one of the top stars of All Elite Wrestling, Swerve Strickland.

Swerve Strickland on dripping blood into Hangman Adam Page’s mouth at AEW Full Gear:

“He was so infuriated with rage that he's going as far as to drink my blood and spit it out in the air because he wants a part of me. He wants me, like, you're not going to forget this. It's almost violating another man. Since I violated his home, he's violating me. I was like, this is a lot of blood. A lot of blood. That's all I was really thinking about like, this is a whole lot of blood and I still have to run and move and fight and hopefully I can see because I could barely even see because it was just so much. I never bled that much of my life. It is easy to go into shock and like, I have anxiety because you're not supposed to witness your blood like leaving your body so much. It's not supposed to fountain out. I was just like, Okay, stay calm. You're okay. Your breathing is good, you're not hyperventilating, and you're not getting lightheaded. You're good. Then I go outside. Then pile driver on the on this barricades. I was like, Okay, it's still going, it's still going, it's still going. It won't stop going. So like, water bottle and that coagulated a little bit so that the blood just became sticky. My wrist bands were full white and then by the end of the match, it was red gauntlets because I just kept wiping my face. It was so bad, it got to a point where I just fell down on the mat and I wiped my face off because there was nothing else to wipe my face off of. It was a horrific, beautiful masterpiece.”

Thoughts on being AEW World Champion in the future:

“There's been this discussion about diversity in the company and in pro wrestling period all around. Every company, to have an African-American man standing in the middle of that as a main event as champion is, I think that's huge. and I think that's my spot in history as well."

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