Swerve Strickland has used a number of finishes over the years, putting opponents away with the House Call, JML Driver, and the Swerve Stomp.
The House Call has become a staple finisher for him in AEW as he's able to hit it on any opponent.
Speaking on No Contest Wrestling with O’Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson, Swerve recalled a time in NXT where it wasn't used as a finish.
"When I first started doing (the House Call) in NXT, I would hit it, but some people would duck and it would [skims top of head]. Triple H was like, 'Don't use it as a finish. I like it, but don't use it as a finish.' Shawn (Michaels) would agree with him, 'Yeah, it's a not finish. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't.' People are ducking from it. If you duck from it, of course I'm going to miss. You of all people, Shawn, you do a superkick. He's like, 'It's not a finish.' I struggled finding a new finish for a while in NXT. Finn came back, so I couldn't do the Swerve Stomp. I'm a big fan of Naruki Doi. He does the Naruki Driver. Shoutout to SATs, Storm Cradle Driver is the original. I saw that and I was using it on Leon Ruff. 'I can hit that.' Bronson Reed came up and I was like 'Ughhh, how do I do this?' It came time to win the North American Title, this is like a year apart, Bronson is the North American Champion, Shawn is like, 'We were coming up with creative for the finish. Can you do that kick for the finish?' You gotta be kidding me. I had to circle a whole year of Shawn being like, 'Now you can do what you want,'" said Swerve.
Elsewhere during the interview, Swerve named his "Bar Fight" team. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
Swerve is set to face Shelton Benjamin at AEW Fright Night Dynamite.
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