We talk to pro wrestler and rapper Swerve Strickland about AEW, his music, and this weekend's massive All In show.
All In pay-per-view on Sunday, which is a phenomenal achievement for any wrestling promotion, especially one that’s only been around for four years. Strickland might be poised to steal the show in a coffin tag team match, where he’ll join up with long-time friend AR Fox to face Darby Allin and the wrestling legend Sting.
Paste: Like when we think of lucha libre in America, obviously it’s the high flying stuff and I love that. But I also love watching a Triple Mania and seeing like two 60 year old guys just slowly brawl through an arena bleeding all over each other. It’s such a good diverse type of wrestling they have down there, you know.I just did a Triple Mania earlier this year, and they had like a bloody brawl tag with one of the older guys.
Yeah, sometimes I pull from one of them to the other. Sometimes I pull from the wrestling a little bit, as far as the entertainment and the charismatic side of the wrestling, especially movement and flow. I pull from that into making the music or making the sound of the impact of the music. A lot of times I pull from the music side for my promos with my sound and my dialect and the slang and the terminology. The wardrobe I pull from one another all the time.
Paste: So you have a history with Darby Allin, and you’ll be wrestling him twice in tag matches in the next week. How’s it feel to be on this major stage with old friends like him and AR Fox?This is all really truly a divine moment we’re having because to me, everybody says the term “generational talent,” I really feel AR Fox was that from the early 2000s to like 2012, ‘13.
Paste: Yeah. I’d say a lot of fans agree with you on that point. You’ve shown so much the last several months, I mean, your personality and your character. It’s really been resonating with people, a lot of people are really excited to see where you go from here, you know?For them to want to see what happens next, want to see who’s next.
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