Over the previous couple of years, All Elite Wrestling has been no stranger to controversy backstage, with tales seeming to spill out a minimum of each few months concerning some disagreement between expertise. Nevertheless, talking on Barstool’s “Wrasslin'” podcast forward of AEW All In, Swerve Strickland said that the locker room will get alongside nicely and the tales are overblown.
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“I believe every little thing’s positively been exploited — positively blown out of proportion, a number of issues,” Strickland stated. “To me, it is prefer it’s virtually calculated to a tee. Proper earlier than each pay-per-view, proper earlier than each large second we’ve got, there’s all the time one thing that comes out. As a result of it is like there’s all the time bickering within the locker room — I am fairly certain that is common within the office.”
The distinction, in accordance with Strickland, is that almost all workplaces do not have their interpersonal drama posted on-line for folks to gossip over. Moreover, Strickland said that the heightened feelings backstage are the results of folks being passionate in regards to the job.
“I would reasonably have folks care and be upset about one thing than not give a rattling in any respect,” Strickland continued.
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Whereas it is advantageous for folks to speak about what occurs backstage, Strickland was adamant that what actually issues is the product the corporate places forth for its followers. He’ll be blissful so long as the corporate continues to develop.
Right this moment’s AEW All In Zero Hour pre-show featured a notable second for Strickland, as he signed his newest AEW contract stay on the air. Hours later, Strickland misplaced to Bryan Danielson in the primary occasion of AEW All In, bringing his AEW World Championship reign to an finish.