Swerve Strickland Launches Major Accusation Against AEW Management
Swerve Strickland has been absent from AEW television, and he explains why.
Swerve Strickland last wrestled Kenny Omega on the March 25th episode of Dynamite. Following this, he was absent for about a month and returned in a vignette on the April 29th episode of Dynamite, targeting Bandido.
When fans began questioning the reason for the former AEW World Champion’s absence from AEW TV, Strickland took to X and provided answers. He blames AEW’s management for not having him back on TV.
I’m gonna get some things off my chest and address what I said on Twitter this week about asking questions about me being on television.
As you can see, I’m not at AEW right now. I’m not at Dynamite tonight. I’m here at home because of AEW management. They want to keep me away from TV. I haven’t been at AEW TV—AEW management is responsible for that.
Strickland continued to credit AEW Founder Tony Khan for allowing him to go to the NFL draft, but reiterated that he was kept away from doing his job in AEW.
Shout out to Tony Khan—thank you for having me doing some ambassador work for WBD. Thank you for sending me to the NFL Draft. But you’re keeping me away from doing my job, which is getting in the ring and hurting people.
In a promo-like fashion, he then claimed that they’re keeping him away because of what he would do to Bandido, the AEW staff, and the locker room when he returns.
The longer I’m away from the ring, the longer I’m away from championship gold. That’s why they’ve abandoned me from AEW Dynamite, because they’re afraid of what I’m gonna do to Bandido and to the staff and locker room of AEW.
Swerve Strickland had turned heel earlier this year by attacking Kenny Omega after defeating him on the Feb 18 episode of Dynamite. He closed his video message by saying that he is a danger to AEW Dynamite and that he wants all the power.
It goes back to what I did to Kenny Omega this year. I’m a danger to AEW Dynamite. Now AEW is keeping me away. They’re gonna play games with my career? Bet. Like I said—I want power. I want it all.
Why @Aew is keeping me from doing my job pic.twitter.com/e5oQ9IrMNT
— Swerve Strickland (@swerveconfident) May 13, 2026
Self Made Pro Confirms Swerve Strickland’s Tweets Were A Work
Swerve Strickland had posted on X and immediately deleted it to start this conversation about his absence. The post said
Time to start asking questions why swerve aint on tv.
Before Swerve Strickland uploaded a video discussing his absence and its reasoning on X, Self Made Pro addressed the originally deleted tweet during a Self Made Session, saying that a source in AEW told him that it was done on purpose, confirming that it was a work by Strickland.
A lot of questions were being asked. There were some people in AEW straight up that were just like, ‘Hey, what’s up with that?’ “This is what I can tell you guys based on the information that I’ve learned and been told on record, is what I should say. So, a source claimed to me—they claimed that Swerve’s tweet was a work.