Swerve Strickland Media

Swerve Strickland spoke about his upcoming entry in the 2026 Owen Hart tournament. “You wanna talk about necessary? At this stage of my career, at this point in 2026, you want to talk about what’s necessary? I’m at the stage of any means necessary right now. The Owen is right around the corner. Bandido’s my very first opponent. Do I care if he gets back up or if he makes it to the first round? No, I don’t. By any means necessary, I’m gonna get through this Owen. I still want my power in AEW. But now it’s a little bit bigger than that. Now it’s more about power within the industry, cuz every time I seem to speak, people wanna click, people wanna talk, people wanna comment, people wanna voice their own narratives about me, about (Prince) Nana, about what we’re doing here. I don’t care if it’s in Dynamite, Collision, or even Ring of Honor. My actions will be seen and my voice will be heard. Any means necessary, we will get the job done and we will get what’s ours. 2026, power in the championship. I don’t care if we have friends in the next round. I don’t care if it’s enemies. I don’t care if it’s former Mogul Embassy people. I don’t care if it’s family. This is necessary. This is necessary.” (AEW social video)