Swerve Strickland Reflects On Building Trust With Tony Khan, Their Working Dynamic

Swerve Strickland recently talked about his success in AEW and building a working relationship with Tony Khan. The former AEW World Champion appeared on The Rich Eisen show and talked about how he proved himself to Khan by being willing to fill whatever role is needed and more. You can see highlights below (h/t to per Wrestling Inc):

On building his relationship with Khan: “It wasn’t always about me and what I wanted, and I had to learn that too middle way through of my tenure in AEW. I had to learn what Tony needs, what can I provide that Tony needs right now. That he’s looking for and he just can’t find it, or there’s nobody to offer it to him. He needs me in tags, I’ll go in tags, cool. What does he need, he needs a great challenger to face Orange Cassidy for the International Championship, give it to me. I’ll do it, all right. We need a good match out of Sting, we need something big for him, Swerve can do it. That’s what built the relationship of just like put me anywhere, I’ll make it work.”

On doing regular promotional work for AEW: “I think that relationship is where it garnered me the trust and equity in the company.”