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Swerve Strickland says he can never replace Big E, and he does not want anyone to think he is trying to.
Speaking to Sportskeeda in a new exclusive interview, Strickland addressed the comparisons that have followed his alliance with Kofi Kingston and Austin Creed, known in AEW as The New Level. Kingston and Creed were two thirds of The New Day in WWE, and Big E was the third man in that group for a decade.
Strickland said he knew the comparisons were coming, and he wanted to get ahead of them before fans judged the new trio against the old one.
“No, I knew it was going to be something that was going to be in the air. Because it is an act that has been going on for like ten years. So that three man group was just like super important to the fanbase of wrestling. Not just like a WWE audience or an AEW audience. But just like wrestling in general. There is no way I could do that justice,” Strickland said.
He added that trying to fill Big E’s shoes would do the whole thing an injustice, and that Kingston and Creed are in AEW for a different reason. The three of them came together at All In, where they won the AEW World Trios Championship, and they have been positioned as a fresh act rather than a copy of The New Day.
Strickland said the group still has more to prove, and that Kingston and Creed came to AEW to show they have another level to reach as performers. He asked fans to give the trio time to build their own identity, with new opponents and first time matches across the roster.
The New Level and Strickland will face Hangman Page and Brodido in a Texas Death Match for the trios titles at Full Gear on November 14 in Phoenix.
What is confirmed is Strickland’s comments and the Full Gear title match. What is not confirmed is whether the trio wins the titles back, or how long the alliance lasts.
Source: Sportskeeda
