AEW’s Swerve Strickland Reacts to WWE Star’s SmackDown Performance

AEW star Swerve Strickland shared his thoughts on the recent performance of this WWE superstar.

Strickland is currently out with a torn meniscus injury that goes way back during his WWE run in 2019. He had a successful surgery but the timetable for his in-ring return still remains uncertain.

The former AEW World Champion’s last match was at Forbidden Door on August 24 at The O2 Arena in London, England. He challenged Kazuchika Okada for the AEW Unified Championship but came up short after falling victim to the Rainmaker. Okada then attacked Strickland’s right knee repeatedly as this was a way to write the latter off television.

While currently recuperating, Strickland took to X to react on a recent matchup on WWE SmackDown. For context, Je’Von Evans stepped up to the Sami Zayn’s United States Championship Open Challenge.

The game and gutsy 21-year old impressed the WWE Universe in Orlando with his top-tier athleticism and insane high-flying skills, which pushed The Underdog from the Underground to his limit. In the end, though, Zayn delivered a Blue Thunder Bomb on Evans to remain US Champion.

Strickland couldn’t help but be proud of the performance showed by NXT’s Young OG.

Check out his tweet below:

Proud @WWEJeVonEvans

— The Realest Swerve Strickland (@swerveconfident) September 27, 2025

A user then took note of the former AEW World Champion watching SmackDown. The latter admitted by saying he’s watching his friends, like Evans.

AEW star Swerve Strickland Teases Retirement and Stepping Out of the Wrestling Ring Completely

During a recent interview, Swerve Strickland admitted that he never received five-star ratings from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, until he went to AEW.

The former world champion was also elated when he learned that he’s the only African-American wrestler to achieve such feat. A user on X shared their thoughts on Strickland’s interview by calling him the “corniest wrestlers ever.”

Swerve Strickland appreciation post

Been one of the very best wrestlers on the planet over the past two years. A real shame if you choose not to see it and enjoy it pic.twitter.com/quHGQfTRnc

— Wrestling_Mark (@WrestlingMark16) September 1, 2025

Swerve responded sarcastically by letting the user know they don’t have to worry and he will hang up his boots eventually.

While the remarks are just for banter purposes, the AEW star previously revealed that he’s might consider retiring and that’s a discussion that needs to be addressed five years from now.

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