Swerve Strickland posted a video to his social media accounts on Wednesday telling fans that AEW management is keeping him off tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Asheville, North Carolina.
“As you can see everybody, I’m not at AEW right now. I’m not at AEW Dynamite tonight in Asheville, North Carolina. I’m here at home because of AEW management,” Strickland said. “They want to keep me away from TV. I’ve been shooting the last couple promos that you see off-site. I haven’t been at AEW TV. AEW management is responsible for that.”
The video follows a since-deleted post from earlier this week in which Strickland wrote, “Time to start asking questions why swerve aint on tv.” Strickland has not appeared live on AEW programming since losing to Kenny Omega on the March 25 edition of AEW Dynamite, though he appeared at the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh on April 25.
“Shout out Tony Khan, thank you for having me do some ambassador work for WBD. Thank you for sending me to the NFL draft to do the Jacksonville Jaguars’ fourth-round pick with Roger Goodell and everybody. I appreciate that, but you’re keeping me away from doing my f—-ing job, and that is getting in the ring and hurting people,” Strickland said. “The longer I’m away from the ring, the longer I’m away from championship gold. And you are willing to keep me away from doing what I do best, and that’s hurting people.”
Strickland then named ROH World Champion Bandido:
“That’s why they’re banning me from AEW Dynamite, because they’re afraid of what I’m going to do to Bandido. They’re afraid of what I’m going to do to the rest of the people on the staff and the locker room of All Elite. Going all the way back to what I did to Kenny Omega earlier this year. I’m a danger to AEW Dynamite, and now AEW Dynamite is going to be keeping me away until further notice. They’re going to play games with my career. But like I said, I want power, and I want it all.”
AEW Dynamite airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET on TBS and HBO Max from Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville.
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— Swerve Strickland (@swerveconfident) May 13, 2026
