Swerve Strickland defeated Samoa Joe at AEW Dynasty on Sunday to become AEW world champion for the first time. Strickland ended the hard-hitting match with
Swerve Strickland made history on Sunday, becoming the first African
Swerve Strickland wowed the crowd, but Samoa Joe ended the night standing tall. On the April 17 episode of AEW Dynamite, Swerve Strickland and AEW World Champion Samoa Joe separately spoke with Renee Paquette to share their thoughts ahead of their match at AEW Dynasty. Joe called Strickland a choke artist and vowed to cement his status as AEW's greatest world champion. Meanwhile, Strickland said that Joe could call him whatever he wanted, but he would have to refer to hm as the new champion...
In what was being described as one of the dark horse matches for AEW