Swerve Strickland has been known to push the boundaries in his matches, introducing staple guns, cinder blocks, chains, chair, and even syringes.
Cinder blocks and staple guns have become commonplace in his high profile matches against people like Hangman Page, and that's been by design.
"It's an instrument used to punish, over and over again," Swerve said regarding the staple gun while speaking to O’Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson on No Contest Wrestling. "For most people, one staple is enough. Me, I've been around the block. I can walk through them now. It's also one of those things where you see this everyday item, it's something that would be around the ring area, it's a logical item. If you look at the sledgehammer, you automatically know who you think of. You look at a black baseball bat, you know who you think of. Sting or (Chris) Jericho. You look at certain items. A staple gun is now something synonymous with me. That and a cinder block. They're very common items, they're not hard to find. Now, when you see them, you think back to me and that moment. You'll get flashbacks that are traumatic or 'I had a great moment watching that.' It's one of those things I wanted to implement in my whole character, creating the most dangerous man in AEW. Now, syringes are in that."
Strickland was sidelined following AEW All Out and his Steel Cage Lights Out match against Hangman Page.
He returned at AEW WrestleDream and announced that he was cleared.
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