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<p>Former AEW World Champion <a href="https://www.wrestlezone.com/tag/swerve-strickland">Swerve Strickland</a> will be part of <a href="https://www.wrestlezone.com/tag/all-elite-wrestling">DEFY</a>‘s anniversary show. </p>
<p>DEFY Wrestling <a href="https://x.com/defyNW/status/1880322758141440391">announced </a>that Strickland, a three-time DEFY World Champion, will make his return at DEFY: Hundredth, the promotion’s eight-year anniversary on February 7th. It’s unclear whether Strickland will wrestle at the show.</p>
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<p>Strickland is currently feuding with Ricochet in AEW. They are set to face each other on the February 5 episode of AEW Dynamite.</p>
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<p>Former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega <a href="https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1520399-kenny-omega-on-swerve-strickland-he-is-undeniably-one-of-our-greatest-performers-in-aew">recently praised Strickland</a>. Speaking with <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS6mjUBl1RE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful</a></em>, Omega</p>
<p>“And I remember — he may not even remember, but I remember that in moments when Swerve would be involved in something that maybe placed him in more of an enhancement role. He would do such an incredible job with it to not only elevate his opponent, but the quality of the match, and himself in the process.</p>
<p>“I would always feel like, not that it was my job, I just felt like as a wrestler, as someone who still enjoys watching good wrestling or wrestling that entertains me, I felt like I got to reach out to this guy. I have to let him know that he’s doing an incredible job. And I just hope he doesn’t get discouraged, because eventually someone’s going to see how good and how giving, and how cognizant he is of everything around him, as regards to current-day wrestling.</p>
<p>“And lo and behold, months and months and months and months and months and months later, whatever it was, he found the secret, and he just used that as a springboard to launch himself into the stratosphere, and he went from wherever he was at to now being undeniably one of our greatest performers in AEW.”</p>
<p>RELATED: <strong><a href="https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1526237-swerve-strickland-considers-feud-with-hangman-page-to-be-the-best-story-aew-has-told">Swerve Strickland Considers Feud With Hangman Page To Be The Best Story AEW Has Told</a></strong></p>
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Swerve Strickland Returning To DEFY For Anniversary Show
