@kunalsummerThe question put to The New Level was simple enough: why does Swerve Strickland belong with them. Creed's answer starts with the group's whole vibe, hyper positive rather than happy go lucky, and lands on the fact that Swerve is ready to commit crime. Kofi takes it somewhere else entirely. Going to jail is Swerve's lane. Kofi's lane is getting home, because his kids have lacrosse. Still, he calls the fit great. Talent was never the issue, per Kofi, and the rise has been magnificent. There was a stretch where Swerve had no room to show what he could do, and everyone around him knew what was being wasted. Then AEW gave him the stage, and he climbed to the top, delivered high caliber matches, built out his character, cut promos, burned people's houses down. Kofi reads all of it as frustration born from passion. Pour that much passion into one caldron and what comes out is real good soup. Close Up with Renee Paquette. #SwerveStrickland

@kunalsummerThe question put to The New Level was simple enough: why does Swerve Strickland belong with them. Creed's answer starts with the group's whole vibe, hyper positive rather than happy go lucky, and lands on the fact that Swerve is ready to commit crime. Kofi takes it somewhere else entirely. Going to jail is Swerve's lane. Kofi's lane is getting home, because his kids have lacrosse. Still, he calls the fit great. Talent was never the issue, per Kofi, and the rise has been magnificent. There was a stretch where Swerve had no room to show what he could do, and everyone around him knew what was being wasted. Then AEW gave him the stage, and he climbed to the top, delivered high caliber matches, built out his character, cut promos, burned people's houses down. Kofi reads all of it as frustration born from passion. Pour that much passion into one caldron and what comes out is real good soup. Close Up with Renee Paquette. #SwerveStrickland