Swerve Strickland could have simply misplaced the AEW World Championship at All In to “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson, however he is nonetheless doing fairly nicely for himself — Strickland simply signed a brand new cope with AEW that’s thought-about one of many largest offers within the firm’s historical past, in response to Fightful Choose. Strickland signed with AEW in 2022 after being launched from WWE in 2021 and is now among the many highest-paid stars on the AEW roster.
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In accordance with Fightful, Strickland was initially signed to a three-year contract that might have stored him there into March 2025. Strickland reportedly “outperformed” the deal by the point his title reign started, defeating Samoa Joe at AEW Dynasty in April to grow to be the corporate’s first Black world champion. Fightful reviews that whereas Strickland nonetheless had time on his earlier contract, AEW made getting a brand new deal performed a precedence to “lock him down for years to come back,” retaining him within the firm till at the very least 2028. Strickland is ready to stay a prime expertise on the cardboard.
Strickland signed his new deal on air alongside AEW President Tony Khan in the course of the “Zero Hour” preshow earlier than All In at Wembley Stadium. Strickland and Danielson would most important occasion the present, the second pay-per-view occasion AEW has run from the stadium in London. AEW’s subsequent pay-per-view occasion is All Out in Chicago, Illinois in simply lower than two weeks, on September 7. Strickland has been feuding for months with “Hangman” Adam Web page, and reviews have indicated the 2 will conflict on the occasion.
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