Swerve Strickland
Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990), better known by his ring name Swerve Strickland, is an American professional wrestler and rapper. As of March 2022, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is one-third of the reigning AEW World Trios Champions alongside The New Level (Austin Creed and Kofi).
Strickland began his career in 2008 as Shane Strickland, working for several independent promotions until 2019 such as Major League Wrestling (MLW), Evolve Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). He is a one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion, one-time Evolve Champion, and one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion. From 2014 until 2018, he performed in Lucha Underground as a masked wrestler named Killshot. In 2019, he signed a developmental contract with WWE, where he worked as Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in NXT and was part of the Hit Row stable; he won the NXT North American Championship once and was soon promoted to the main roster on SmackDown, but was released in November 2021.
Under the ring name Swerve Strickland, he signed with AEW in March 2022, going on to become a one-time AEW World Champion, a one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Keith Lee), and a one-time AEW World Trios Champion (with Austin Creed and Kofi), subsequently being the third AEW Triple Crown Champion. He was the leader of the Mogul Embassy stable until May 2024.
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