(1990-09-30) September 30, 1990 (age 33) Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Children
3
Relatives
Fred Strickland (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Isaiah "Swerve" Scott[1]
Killshot[2]
Lt. Jermaine Strickland
Shane Strickland
SW3RVE
SW3RVE the Realest
Swerve Strickland
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1][3]
Billed weight
233 lb (106 kg)
Billed from
Tacoma, Washington[1]
Trained by
Combat Zone Wrestling
D.J. Hyde
Ground Xero Wrestling
Debut
2011
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army Reserve
Years of service
2008–2015
Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland and is the current AEW World Champion in his first reign.
Strickland began his career on 2008, working as Shane Strickland for several independent promotions until 2019, including Major League Wrestling, Evolve Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling, winning the main titles of these promotions, the MLW World Heavyweight Championship, Evolve Championship and CZW World Heavyweight Championship. From 2014 and 2018, Strickland also worked for El Rey lucha libre based TV Series Lucha Underground, where he performed as a masked wrestler named Killshot. In 2019, he signed a development contract with WWE, where he worked as Isaiah "Swerve" Scott. He stayed on the developmental brand NXT as part of Hit Row stable, winning the NXT North American Championship, but soon after he made his main roster debut on SmackDown, he was released.
After his WWE release, he changed his name to Swerve Strickland and signed with AEW. He formed a tag team with Keith Lee, winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship. After turning on Lee, Strickland became the leader of the Mogul Embassy stable. At AEW Dynasty, he defeated Samoa Joe to become the AEW World Champion.
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name SwerveStrickland and is the current AEW World Champion in his first reign. Strickland began his career on 2008, working as Shane Strickland for several...
including three on the "Zero Hour" pre-show. In the main event, SwerveStrickland defeated Samoa Joe to win the AEW World Championship. In other prominent...
Chris Jericho was the inaugural champion. The current champion is SwerveStrickland, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Samoa Joe...
leading to Page stabbing Strickland's hand with a pen. At WrestleDream in October 2023, Page was defeated by SwerveStrickland. On November 1 edition of...
2024). "AEW Dynasty results: Powell's live review of Samoa Joe vs. SwerveStrickland for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson,...
its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), led by AEW World Champion SwerveStrickland and Prince Nana. The Embassy was formed in Ring of Honor in 2004 by...
fumble recoveries. He retired soon after. Strickland is the cousin of professional wrestler SwerveStrickland. "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference...
Team Taz (Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs) and Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and SwerveStrickland). However, at the Road Rager special event on June...
however without scoring any defenses due to the COVID pandemic impact. SwerveStrickland holds the record for most reigns with three and also for the most...
is the AEW World Championship. It is held by first-time champion SwerveStrickland, who defeated Samoa Joe at Dynasty on April 21, 2024. Secondary titles...
Wayne won the DEFY Wrestling World Championship after defeating SwerveStrickland. On February 12, 2022, Wayne was offered an All Elite Wrestling contract...
Title, Thunder Rosa and Toni Storm vs. Nyla Rose and Marina Shafir, SwerveStrickland and Keith Lee vs. The Butcher and The Blade". Pro Wrestling Dot Net...
26, 2024). "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of SwerveStrickland vs. Christian Cage for the AEW World Championship, Willow Nightingale...
2022, the Acclaimed entered a feud with tag team champions Swerve in our Glory (SwerveStrickland and Keith Lee). At All Out of that year the Acclaimed challenged...
2024). "AEW Dynasty results: Powell's live review of Samoa Joe vs. SwerveStrickland for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson,...
promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is the on-screen manager for SwerveStrickland. He claims that he is an Ashanti prince. Although Nana was born in...
its association as the "home" of emerging national wrestling stars SwerveStrickland, Darby Allin and Nick Wayne. As DEFY has grown, it has begun to hold...
Okada, AEW International Champion Will Ospreay and AEW World Champion SwerveStrickland. He would then be interrupted by Rush, leading to a brawl between...
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