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AEW Champion Swerve Strickland to battle the Indie legend

AEW Champion Swerve Strickland to battle the Indie legend

AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland has been very busy since dethroning Samoa Joe on AEW Dynasty, and it looks like his schedule now extends beyond All Elite Wrestling as he has been signed for a dream match against the independent wrestling legend.

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Fightful Select first reported that Strickland would have a rare independent date for the House of Glory promotion in New York City. His opponent will be none other than The Amazing Red, who will be best known to TNA Wrestling fans for his work in the X-Division, as well as his appearances for companies like Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling and GCW. The match will take place during HOG’s “High Intensity” event on July 26 at the NYC Arena, with the event also streaming live on TrillerTV for any fans who can’t make it to New York.

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Strickland wrestled for HOG as recently as December 2023, where he defeated TNA Wrestling’s ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey in what was his first-ever win at a HOG event, as the current AEW World Champion had wrestled a total of five matches for the promotion before his win on Bailey. He challenged for both the HOG Tag Team and Crown Jewel Championships in 2016, as well as the HOG World Championship in 2018, but was defeated by Private Party, Evander James and Anthony Gangone respectively.

Despite being advertised as AEW World Champion, Strickland may not be the champion by the time his match with The Amazing Red takes place. Strickland will defend his AEW World Championship against AEW International Champion Will Ospreay at the Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 30, which also happens to take place in New York (on Long Island, to be precise).