AEW Dynasty AEW World Championship Swerve Strickland vs Samoa Joe
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00:00There is just one more match and it is for the most prestigious title in our sport
00:07Swerve Strickland, can he fulfill his destiny tonight when he faces Samoa Joe?
00:18Samoa Joe, I'm coming for you. I'm going to defeat you for that AEW World Championship that I promise
00:30to tell this man the truth. Making a lot of promises to these good people that you will never keep.
00:37You're not that man. Swerve Strickland is not the man that he claims to be and I am the man that
00:44he wishes to be. I am someone who has come in and taken from the very best AEW had and has become
00:50the very best that AEW has. There's so much added pressure going into the main event of Dynasty.
00:56The fact that I'm the first african-american to main event the AEW pay-per-view for the
01:00AEW World Championship and to not just be a moment but to be like a movement.
01:07I'm not playing anymore. It's direct and I'm standing on that.
01:11I'm taking this from you.
01:15This time in this contract, Swerve, is doom and destruction.
01:21It's nothing for me.
01:23That's all you got?
01:25It is a career-defining mistake to step into the ring with me right now.
01:31Our motivations are for something bigger than me and that's history.
01:37Samoa Joe and Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship.
01:41You are the definition of a killer.
01:43The magnitude of this match.
01:45I show you that I am every bit of that.
01:49Who's house?
01:51Who's house?
01:53Who's damn house?
02:01It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:07It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:09It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:11It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:13It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:15It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:17It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:19It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:21It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:23It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:25It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:27It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:29It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:31It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:33It is main event time live in St. Louis.
02:35Who's house?
02:57Who's house?
02:59Who's house?
03:05Swerve Strickland! Swerve Strickland! Swerve Strickland!
03:12There is the challenger, Swerve Strickland.
03:15Swerve Strickland! Swerve Strickland!
03:16With that jacket, that robe, that belonged to Jimmy Ray,
03:20the founding member, nearly departed Jimmy Ray,
03:22founding member of the Embassy of Warsaw, Prince Nana,
03:25now bestowed onto Swerve Strickland.
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03:51Tony Schiavone tagging out Jim Ross,
03:53joining us here at the test for the main event.
03:56And JR, big fight atmosphere tonight.
03:59Yeah, no doubt about that.
04:00And certainly, you look at the face of Swerve,
04:03this is really, really personal for him.
04:06We know it's for the richest prize
04:08in all of pro wrestling.
04:09We've got that.
04:10But it goes far there with Swerve Strickland
04:14challenging for his championship.
04:16He's got a chance to make it for here tonight.
04:19That's right, Swerve, he's setting himself, JR.
04:22He wants to become the first-ever
04:24African-American AEW World Champion.
04:26He has the opportunity to do so tonight.
04:28I think that's a great goal.
04:30That's a wonderful moment.
04:33When you want to talk about opportunities,
04:36Samoa Joe said Swerve Strickland
04:38has had more than one opportunity,
04:40and he called him a joke artist.
04:42He said every time he gets an opportunity,
04:44he fails to cash in.
04:46Why will tonight be any different?
04:49Well, Nigel, to that point,
04:51the last time Swerve Strickland challenged
04:53for the AEW World Championship against Samoa Joe,
04:55there was a third man involved.
04:58In that match, Hangman Adam Page
05:00is the man that tapped out to Samoa Joe
05:02a while ago tonight.
05:04Well, this crowd is very pro Swerve Strickland.
05:08He's got the momentum.
05:09He's got the feel.
05:11Can he form off in the deep water tonight?
05:21And there he is, the champion,
05:23the dominant champion
05:26of all elite wrestling.
05:28He is a 300-plus pound bully.
05:31As tough as I've ever seen
05:33carry a heavyweight championship.
05:35Samoa Joe is the real deal.
05:41Violence manifest.
05:43Domination made flesh.
05:45He cut his teeth in 0-1
05:47under the legendary Shinya Hashimoto,
05:49who went by the name the King of Destruction.
05:52Showing that he resembles that moniker.
05:58Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland,
06:00our dynasty main event,
06:02and to make it official,
06:04let's go to the ring,
06:05and that's our reaper, Justin Roberts.
06:07St. Louis, Missouri!
06:14Your dynasty main event set for a recall
06:17with a 60-minute time limit is full.
06:22The All Elite Wrestling World Championship!
06:36Introducing at this time,
06:38the challenger.
06:40Being accompanied tonight by his manager,
06:42Prince Nana,
06:44from Tacoma, Washington.
06:46Weighing 220 pounds,
06:51Swerve Strickland!
07:03And his opponent,
07:05from Huntington Beach, California.
07:07Weighing 310 pounds,
07:10he is the reigning
07:12and defending
07:14All Elite Wrestling
07:16World Champion,
07:19Samoa Joe!
07:32First time I've come to a television event
07:34with Samoa Joe that he hasn't sat down
07:36and talked to me about a variety of things.
07:39Today he was extremely standoffish
07:42to everybody around him.
07:44He's more focused,
07:46he's more harnessed and pulled in now
07:48than I've ever seen him.
07:50Before we get into the action,
07:52I want a special recognition of
07:54Stephon Smith, the referee,
07:56officiating his first
07:58World Championship title main event match
08:00tonight at Dynasty.
08:04And the young referee calls the bell.
08:06Here we go.
08:07Folks, don't blink because this one
08:09could be over in a hurry.
08:10Both these guys got knockout power
08:12and submission abilities, Nigel.
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08:27To your point, JR,
08:28the house-cooled kick
08:30from Suarez Strickland
08:32secured many a victory.
08:36Likewise, Nigel,
08:37that big pressure,
08:39that driver maneuver,
08:41that Suarez Strickland likes to use,
08:43it's won him many a match as well,
08:45but can he get a man the size of
08:47Samoa Joe up for that hold?
08:49Well, we're going to find out, right?
08:50We're going to find out exactly that.
08:52These matches are so precise,
08:55even the lock-ups mean a lot,
08:58at least in my estimation.
09:00Samoa Joe can stand in that lock-up position
09:03and gain a hell of an advantage
09:05because of his size and strength advantage.
09:09Joe getting turned around into the corner by Swerve.
09:13Now a clean break.
09:14Well, not so clean,
09:15but not the dirtiest one I've ever seen,
09:17but a tentative start by both men.
09:21And here Prince Nana on the outside
09:24who has desperately tried to ride the coattails
09:27of Swerve Strickland to the AEW World Title.
09:32Oh, to the midsection.
09:34That was stiff, it was hard,
09:36it was sudden,
09:37and it hurts.
09:38Took the wind out of the sails of Swerve Strickland.
09:44Joe, the chop,
09:46backing Swerve up to the corner.
09:49Joe controls the pace of this match.
09:52And Swerve getting the boot up.
09:55Oh, but Swerve lands on his feet.
09:57Joe, thought he had the walk-off there.
09:59Oh, the drop kick.
10:03Watch out.
10:04Watch out!
10:05Swerve Strickland.
10:06Swerve Strickland.
10:08The tumbling jump.
10:09Oh, shit.
10:10Look out, look out!
10:11My God!
10:12Mike Golder.
10:14The man sprang right off our table.
10:17For the love of God, it's defensible.
10:20Ooh!
10:21And Swerve, Jesus.
10:24Tumbling over our announce desk
10:27and Samoans.
10:28Get out the way, Joe.
10:30I'm trying.
10:31I've got an anchor tied to my ass.
10:34Good Lord.
10:35We are running for our lives.
10:40Samoa Joe is peed off.
10:43Well, I think at this point, Nigel, he's pissed off.
10:51Trying to collect ourselves here at the desk
10:53as Samoa Joe continuing the punishment, stripping back.
10:56Again, to your only point, J.R.,
10:58I think Samoa Joe is trying to end this match early.
11:01Early.
11:03I'm guessing...
11:04Oh, but Swerve...
11:05He got a knee right to the head of Samoa Joe.
11:08I don't know if we can see it on the replay,
11:10but nonetheless, I think I saw the knee
11:13and the full rotation nail Joe right in the head.
11:16It's a huge risk when you do a Frosbury Flop maneuver like that.
11:19You're kind of blind to your opponent.
11:21You've got to hope you make connection.
11:23Watch the knee.
11:24Bang to the back of the neck, back of the head,
11:27taking down the Samoan submission machine.
11:31Swerve coming in with that kick.
11:32Joe intercepts it, and...
11:34Oh, Joe!
11:35The Muscle Buster could be on the exposed floor.
11:39The 300-pounder's got this decided advantage
11:41in strength and power.
11:44Oh!
11:45Power slam!
11:46Exposed.
11:47The match's not there.
11:48That's nothing but concrete.
11:51Calamitous landing for Swerve Strickland.
11:54How the hell do you land on concrete,
11:56spine first, and it not hurt you?
11:58There is no good way to do so, JR.
12:02Punishing by the champion.
12:06This night could be a dream come true
12:08in the life of Swerve Strickland,
12:10or it could be his biggest nightmare.
12:15You've got to believe,
12:16if Swerve's not successful tonight,
12:19Samoan Joe might not get any more opportunities.
12:21To the back of the line for Swerve Strickland.
12:23It's starting all over from scratch.
12:27It certainly was an incredible 2023
12:29for Swerve Strickland,
12:31building a lot of momentum
12:32as Scott went through the roof.
12:35Yeah, Swerve Strickland,
12:37in the last six months,
12:39has only suffered one pinfall loss,
12:42and that was to Jon Moxley
12:43in the Continental Classic.
12:45Since then, Swerve has not been pinned or submitted.
12:50And remember, Swerve finished at the top of the table.
12:53He was tied for first
12:54in the Gold League of Continental Classic.
12:56It was a horse race, man.
12:57It could have gone either way,
12:59but it didn't.
13:01You can understand why the AEW World Champion
13:04affords his opponents such respect.
13:07To your earlier point, JR,
13:09was taking it very serious here tonight,
13:12wanted to be focused.
13:13We talk here a lot about pace
13:15and dictating the pace.
13:17Certainly, Samoa Joe
13:19wants to keep a deliberate pace here,
13:21because Swerve, I've got to believe,
13:23might have a little bit better advantage cardio-wise.
13:25He's carrying less weight.
13:28What a move.
13:29What an offensive counter.
13:30The sweep to the knees,
13:32and Swerve goes down face-first.
13:35Joe hit me with that barrel kick.
13:37I didn't walk straight for about three months.
13:41Just watch here.
13:42You can see the legs are braced
13:44from Swerve Strickland.
13:46There's no way to take that,
13:47but right down.
13:49As Joe...
13:51The question is...
13:52Excuse me.
13:53How much can Swerve take?
13:54There's a cover.
13:55Can Joe get him?
13:57That's the key for me right now,
13:59is the heavy artillery that's coming,
14:01that Swerve is accepting.
14:03How long can he take that?
14:05Exactly right.
14:06Can he take enough of the assault?
14:08Because to your point,
14:09the longer this match goes,
14:10the more it favors Swerve Strickland.
14:14I think that's accurate.
14:15Joe might be saying,
14:16I think that's accurate.
14:17Joe might disagree with us, Nigel.
14:19Let's hope he doesn't hear what we're saying,
14:21because he might come this way again
14:22in his current mood.
14:25Those two guys assaulted this table
14:27like I've never seen before.
14:29The physicality was scary.
14:32Joe is violent,
14:33commanding,
14:34and aggressive,
14:35almost like no other.
14:37Extensive training in judo,
14:39BJJ, Muay Thai,
14:40and a former training partner of his friend
14:42at UFC legend Tito Ortiz, no less.
14:46And now he's cranking on the neck of the challenger,
14:48Swerve Strickland,
14:49but Swerve up,
14:50but not for long.
14:51Brought down hard.
14:53Mojo, as we've said,
14:54pace is everything.
14:56He's dictating it,
14:57and he's dominating this match, quite frankly.
15:03He certainly is dominating it,
15:04and if Joe keeps on an assault like this,
15:07even though Swerve may technically have
15:09a bigger gas tank than Joe, so to speak,
15:12the physicality,
15:13if this just continues,
15:14if this beating continues,
15:16I don't know how long Swerve can last.
15:19I don't know either,
15:20but it won't be as long as he would like.
15:22It's a human body,
15:23it can only take so much
15:24before it says,
15:25I'm done.
15:30Joe comes around,
15:31oh, elbow strike.
15:32Looks like a shoulder fake there.
15:34Gets Swerve to lower the hands,
15:36and now the drop of the knee on the nose.
15:38The cover.
15:40This is starting to come,
15:42a bit of a drubbing
15:44at the hands of Samoa Joe.
15:47No wasted motion is a cliche,
15:49but bursts of speed,
15:50which combined with his sight,
15:52it's very hard to stop.
15:55The one way, J.R.,
15:57that Joe can counter
15:58that cardiovascular advantage of Swerve Strickland
16:00is by Joe's economy of movement.
16:02He's very intelligent
16:03with when and where he exerts himself.
16:04You're right.
16:05Yeah, you're right.
16:06He's a veteran.
16:07Samoa Joe,
16:08he knows what his body will allow him to do
16:10and what it won't.
16:11He can't be stationary.
16:13Unless Swerve regroup and hit him.
16:17Swerve to the right.
16:18Joe wipes him out with that back elbow.
16:20That's 300-plus pounds, fellas.
16:22Big weight advantage,
16:23big power advantage.
16:27300-plus angry pounds of Samoa Joe.
16:32Take a look how methodical Joe is
16:33as he comes to the outside.
16:35We've seen in the past, Joe,
16:37might try a toe pay,
16:39but here he knows he's got the advantage,
16:41just doesn't want to make a mistake.
16:44Which he just did.
16:45Right around the ring post
16:47with Joe's left arm,
16:48even though he's a right-hander,
16:50left arm is left arm.
16:52You see the left arm
16:53has already got a bit of tape around the elbow.
16:56Samoa Joe with a history
16:59of issues with that left elbow.
17:01And Swerve going right to work
17:02on that left arm.
17:04Smart wrestling
17:06for paying attention.
17:07Ripping off that pad
17:08over the turnbuckle,
17:09and now
17:11driving that arm of Samoa Joe,
17:14that armpit,
17:15into the turnbuckle
17:16as he pulls down,
17:17trying to maybe hyperextend
17:18or dislocate that elbow.
17:20Joe's feeling the pain
17:21and the punishment
17:22that Swerve has suffered
17:23through the majority
17:24of this championship match.
17:27Swerve
17:29attacking the arm once again,
17:30lateral press.
17:32Starting to get more physical now, fellas.
17:33Can you feel it?
17:34The momentum changing a little bit here
17:36as Swerve
17:37has weathered that storm,
17:38that first onslaught.
17:40How many more onslaughts
17:41are there to come?
17:43For the first time in this match,
17:45Swerve Strickland
17:46sees a weakness
17:47in the champion
17:48and is trying to exploit it.
17:52Is that arm Swerve Strickland's
17:53pathway to victory?
17:56It looks like he was
17:57maybe taking big pressure there,
17:58but Joe,
17:59able to elbow his way out.
18:02Oh, now kick to the knees.
18:03He's handling it,
18:04that insertion there
18:05at the quadricep.
18:07And that's easily done.
18:09That's a big target.
18:11A German Suplex!
18:14Nigel, on the cover,
18:15don't waste any time.
18:17The cover,
18:18the leg is hooked.
18:19The other thing
18:20about these covers,
18:21they got to be executed
18:22expertly.
18:24And I don't know
18:25if that was executed
18:26as well as Swerve
18:27would like to do it
18:28if he had to do it
18:29over again.
18:30Well, that was a hook
18:31of a leg
18:32and there was some
18:33body weight across
18:34the shoulders,
18:35but not all
18:36of his body weight
18:37and that's what you
18:38got to try to do.
18:39Hard to fold up
18:40Samoa Joe though.
18:42Big legs to hook.
18:44JR, it's your point.
18:46In any pro wrestling match,
18:47but especially
18:49a main event match,
18:50a world champion
18:51on the line,
18:52Joe looking for the
18:53Coquina Clutch,
18:54but Swerve,
18:55the up-kicks,
18:56was going to say
18:57that the margin for victory
18:58is so, so small.
18:59That's right.
19:00And it only takes
19:01three seconds
19:02to get to that pay window.
19:03Is this the three
19:04that Swerve nailed?
19:05No!
19:06And the hand was coming
19:07down for the third count,
19:09which would signify
19:10a new
19:11AEW world champion.
19:13An interesting
19:14pinfall attempt
19:15from Swerve Skitland.
19:16Both of his hands
19:17on his shoulders,
19:18but his hips
19:19and the rest of his
19:20body weight
19:21not in the same place.
19:25Face back
19:26in the favor
19:27of Swerve.
19:29But that one
19:30single chop
19:31slowing Swerve down.
19:34But maybe not enough
19:35for Joe to regain
19:36the advantage.
19:37Joe teetering
19:38on that top turnbuckle
19:39the long way to the floor.
19:43Swerve's certainly got
19:44that agility advantage
19:45to see if he can use it here.
19:48Swerve
19:49maybe looking
19:50to take that arm
19:51and drive it down
19:52into the mat.
19:53That's exactly
19:54what he was thinking.
19:56And now
19:58Swerve
19:59Swerve
20:00looking for a submission.
20:02Swerve wants to win this thing
20:03any way he can,
20:04but to manage
20:05the submission victory
20:06over Samoa Joe
20:07would be historic.
20:08A traditional
20:09short arm scissors
20:10from Swerve Skitland,
20:11but with the damage
20:12to the arm
20:13marked with a submission.
20:14Now transitioning
20:15to the Jiu-Jitsu Gatame
20:16is Swerve.
20:17He's hammering down
20:18with his calf
20:19on the nose
20:20of Samoa Joe.
20:21But Joe,
20:22you mentioned
20:23the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
20:24training of Samoa Joe.
20:25He's got tremendous
20:26submission defense, Nigel.
20:27Great ability
20:28and a big neck as well
20:29which makes it
20:30very difficult
20:31to choke him out.
20:32Good strength here.
20:35Joe had this
20:36opportunity
20:37to widen the advantage.
20:38He did it with one move.
20:42That should do it.
20:43The cover!
20:44Two!
20:45And throw!
20:47Long two count.
20:49Joe's look
20:50of disbelief
20:51tells the story.
20:56Samoa Joe
20:57thought he had
20:58the challenger
20:59dead to rights
21:00but Swerve Strickland
21:01not out of this one yet.
21:03You can count
21:04on one hand
21:05the number of people
21:06who've kicked out
21:07from the Muscle Buster
21:08and still have
21:10nearly a handful
21:11of fingers left.
21:13But Prisnano
21:15Prisnano
21:16verbally protesting.
21:18As far as I know
21:19of that non-off,
21:20how are you?
21:22The house call
21:23with Joe
21:24in the ropes
21:25and now Swerve!
21:28Swerve!
21:30The fourth!
21:31Fifteen!
21:32Guillotine coming down
21:33on Joe's neck!
21:34What an impact!
21:36Swerve has taken over!
21:37Can you close the deal
21:38for the title?
21:41Joe struggling
21:42he's reeling!
21:43Swerve!
21:44Stop!
21:45Is this it?
21:47One!
21:48Two!
21:49No!
21:50And the hand
21:51coming down again
21:52on the third count.
21:54Swerve Strickland
21:55bringing out
21:56the big guns!
21:57The house call
21:58the double stomp
21:59from the top.
22:00Just look at this
22:01he got a hold of it
22:02no question about that.
22:03Remember we've seen
22:04that Swerve stomp
22:05shatter cinder blocks
22:06Nigel.
22:08For Samoa Joe
22:09to endure that
22:10that is
22:11oh no look Joe
22:12digging his thumbs
22:13into the eyes of Swerve.
22:14That's no street fighting
22:15the technique
22:16for the Arnold Ruse.
22:19And Joe now
22:20with the
22:21championship title belt
22:22at his feet
22:24and Prisnano
22:25Fox Smith to the facts
22:26but Nigel may be
22:27doing a disservice.
22:29Oh Nigel watch out!
22:31Swerve now
22:32the kikina clutch!
22:34Joe drags him down!
22:36Swerve!
22:37Swerve's eyes
22:38look at Swerve's eyes!
22:40He's fading away
22:41it's
22:42Swerve!
22:43Look at Joe's left arm
22:44because the damage
22:45to the left arm
22:46I don't think he can
22:47completely
22:48get as much pressure.
22:49You've got to try
22:50to get that forearm
22:51into the coronet artery
22:53but
22:54he's cinched that
22:55with the left arm.
22:56But the upper body
22:57strength of Samoa Joe
22:59is as such
23:00that even Swerve
23:01I thought it was
23:02almost a tap
23:03but no Swerve
23:04trying to hand fight
23:05with Joe.
23:06Swerve's close
23:07to the ropes.
23:08That could have gone
23:09either way.
23:10Swerve he's grabbing
23:11the thumb
23:12of Joe
23:13to break up the hold.
23:18He's got that arm
23:19isolated and he's
23:20trying to drag Joe down.
23:22Oh wait
23:24Swerve
23:25he collects
23:26the right arm
23:27and now
23:28looking to snap
23:29that left.
23:30There you go!
23:31Break it!
23:32Break it!
23:35Rich Nana
23:36in the background
23:37screaming
23:38go ahead
23:39and break it!
23:40Break it!
23:41I'm not so sure
23:42that didn't just happen.
23:43And I think
23:44that sound
23:45we heard
23:46Nigel
23:47might have been
23:48a shoulder
23:49and elbow
23:50being torn
23:51out of socket.
23:52Sounded like
23:54Well this then
23:55no question
23:56Swerve Strickland's
23:57biggest opportunity
23:58now
23:59to take the
24:00AEW world title.
24:01Joe
24:02wants to get another
24:03on hands and knees
24:04now.
24:05Up to one knee
24:06house!
24:07Oh!
24:09Swerve!
24:10One!
24:11Two!
24:12No!
24:13Joe an explosive kick out.
24:14What guts by
24:15Samoa Joe
24:16the champion
24:17refusing to be pinned
24:18when a normal man
24:19would have gone down
24:20and turned the shower on.
24:22Now at what point
24:23does Swerve Strickland
24:24start to doubt himself.
24:27I was having that exact
24:28same thought Nigel.
24:29Samoa Joe
24:31he has been
24:33utterly perfect
24:35in his reign
24:36as AEW world champion.
24:40Swerve
24:42the variable
24:43of the
24:44Magic Revolution
24:45is no longer
24:46in this match.
24:47It is not a three way
24:48it's one on one
24:49and Samoa Joe
24:50is showing
24:51Swerve Strickland
24:52why Joe
24:53is such a dominant champion.
24:55There can be no excuses
24:56here tonight.
25:00When you go top
25:01leave your feet
25:02voluntarily
25:03you're taking one
25:04hell of a risk
25:05when you start to
25:06think about it.
25:07And both these men
25:08are on top now
25:09they're in the
25:10danger zone.
25:13Joe trying to position
25:14Swerve to a
25:15fireman's carry
25:16but Swerve just
25:17delivering right hands
25:18to that elbow
25:19of Joe.
25:20Unprotected right hands
25:21to boot.
25:22Now it's the hands of
25:23Swerve Strickland
25:24across the nose
25:25of Joe.
25:26He's constricting the
25:27breathing of
25:28Samoa Joe.
25:31Swerve
25:32leaps over
25:35and oh no
25:36Swerve thinking
25:37can he do it?
25:38Powerbomb!
25:41Look out
25:42Joe's in a very
25:43vulnerable position here.
25:44And Joe
25:47can he survive
25:48a second?
25:50Swerve Strickland
25:51to the top.
25:53Is it time?
25:54Is it time
25:55as Swerve's asked?
25:58Swerve
25:59stop!
26:001
26:012
26:023
26:03It's over!
26:04Swerve
26:05Swerve
26:06Swerve
26:07is your new champion!
26:08And the winner
26:09of this match
26:10and
26:12new
26:15Elite Wrestling
26:16World
26:18Champion
26:20Swerve
26:23Swerve
26:28You just witnessed
26:30a moment.
26:33No questions asked
26:35on this night
26:36Swerve
26:37Excalibur
26:38was the better man.
26:40Swerve Strickland
26:42I know we say it a lot
26:43but tonight
26:44he wrestled
26:45the perfect match
26:47and he was rewarded
26:48for doing so
26:49with the richest prize
26:50in our sport.
26:52Swerve Strickland
26:53living his dream!
26:57Swerve Strickland
26:58can call himself
27:00not just