Swerve Strickland says the competition is stiff.
Since Ricochet entered free agency on July 1, fans have buzzed about his future, and the former WWE star has often been linked to AEW. Ricochet has had memorable matches with Will Ospreay, who has openly said that he wants to wrestle him again. Plus, Fightful Select previously reported that Ricochet is expected to sign with AEW
Speaking with Tim Battle on the Battleground Podcast, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland was asked whether he would potentially want to run it back with Ricochet, given their history.
"We’ve had our matches without the masks in MLW. We’ve had Strickland versus Ricochet before. It’s up to him. I don’t know, we’ll see. Competition’s stiff in AEW, and there’s also a different type of ladder to climb in a lot of different ways here. It doesn’t necessarily make it easier. There’s difficulties on both sides of things, and you’ve gotta adapt. [In] AEW, now more than ever, you gotta be an adaptable performer way more so in AEW nowadays. So if that’s true, get ready to put a different type of working boots on. There’s a lot of people that don’t want to make it easy for anybody. It’s already not easy for me in the position that I’m in. I’ve been in the position of the new guy coming in, and I had to adapt. A lot of people have tried to adapt, and they couldn’t do it. That goes to show you the type of locker room, the type of talent, the type of energy, the type of workload that comes into AEW," Strickland said.
Tony Khan recently said that he's a huge fan of Ricochet. Click here to see what he had to say.
Strickland recently discussed his rise in AEW and noted that he had to take risks. Check out his comments here.
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