Insight with Chris Van Vliet Swerve Strickland On Making AEW History, Hangman Page Feud, Brutal Matches, ALL IN, Sting, Bryan Danielson
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Nov 25, 2025 
Swerve Strickland, a professional wrestler with AEW, talks about his historic rise as the first black AEW World Champion. He shares insights on his brutal matches with Hangman Page and his cinematic experience wrestling Sting at All In 2023. Swerve explores the dynamics of modern wrestling storytelling and the personal stakes of his feuds, while emphasizing the importance of trust in the ring. He reflects on his character evolution and expresses excitement about his future goals, including a potential pivot into acting.
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Relentless Growth Mindset
- Swerve treats growth as exploring undiscovered rooms and keeps chasing new challenges across wrestling and music.
- He uses incremental experiments to expand skills rather than competing with others.
Ask For Help Early
- Ask for help and accept that you can't build everything alone.
- Use collaboration to accelerate progress rather than seeing aid as weakness.
Using Wrestling Cred To Break Into Music
- Swerve blended wrestling credibility into music by working with respected hip-hop artists and studying the craft.
- He entered uncomfortable rooms to learn from veterans like Mickey Factz and John Connor.
