Hello and welcome to What Culture Wrestler and myself, Andrew Ballard, where you can see I'm joined by a very, very special guest, a former AW world champion, the former AW tag team champion, the most dangerous man in AEW right now.

The current number one contender of the AWOLT title as well, swerve, Strickland, Swerve, how are you?

I'm doing good, man. Body's feeling good.

Mine's refreshed, and I'm excited about what man. Body's feeling good. Mine's refreshed.

And I'm excited about what's up and coming this year in AEW.

Yeah.

I mean, one of the main reasons we're here to talk is about All In, which is a very small matter of All In, which is tickets on sale today for those who pre-registered, takes on general sale from the 30th of March. The event itself takes place on the 30th of August. Now, you've got a lot of history going back through just London shows in general with AW, I mean, O'Carder last year at Forbidden Door. But to go back and honing on Wembley Stadium itself, I mean, the first match you had there, the teaming with Christian Cage against Derby Allen and Sting. now. Obviously, you and Derby have had plenty of runnings over the years. MLW, the first match you had, a teamer with Christian Cage against Derby Island and Sting.

Now, obviously, you and Derby have had plenty of runnings over the years, MLW, Defy, Evolve. And, yeah, Derby, Christian, two great talents. But Sting, man, who I believe it's his birthday today. So, happy birthday, shout out to the Stinger. But to be in the Stinger. Shout out Sting. yeah 80,000 people standing opposite the ring to sting

that must be pretty special man

um but to be in the same yeah 80,000 people standing opposite the ring to sting that must be pretty special man

Incredible is the one of the biggest highlights of my career if not my life never seen that many people in one place at one time

Just just for like just part of my entrance the fact that I like grabbed the mic and go in whose house

and then the whole stadium going Swearer's house, that was like, felt like my true

arrival in my place in AED for like forever.

You know what I mean?

So that's where things really cemented me as far as like one of the like perennial talents

that was going to be up and coming in AAW the rest of the year and the following the rest of the several years of me being

here yeah i mean just to even look at one year later going into all in in 2024 by that point

you're walking in as he defending a w world champion in the main event against brian danielsen

it's just one of the best matches of the past few years.

Again, it's like, how would you top something like that?

You had Sting at one point.

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