The Punch Out show recently spoke with AEW star Shane Strickland, better known as Swerve, about a variety of subjects, including details about the former NXT North American champion’s role in an upcoming film.
Swerve says the movie, entitled “You Promised,” is a mash-up of genres, and will feature supernatural and crime oriented elements. He even shares that there’s one scene where he gets dragged across the floor by a ghost.
“I don’t wanna spoil too much about it [‘You Promised’ film he’s starring in] but it’s a lot of supernatural, drug dealing/crime-oriented, espionage type of genre so we’re mixing multiple different genres involved in it. You know, I’m a bad guy in it so, it was a really great experience, can’t wait for it to come out. I’m not sure when exactly it is. They’re gonna probably put out some information when it’s gonna be released soon but yeah, I pretty much get dragged across the floor by the throat of a ghost. That’s the scene that y’all saw me putting out there.”
Swerve later discusses his old stomping grounds of DEFY Wrestling in Seattle, and a promotion that has captured the hearts of wrestling fans all around the world. Swerve acknowledges this, and adds that he is proud that himself, fellow AEW star Darby Allin, and young AEW prospect Nick Wayne could build the federation into something great.
“DEFY [Wrestling] is always a home for me. I love going back to Seattle, I love giving back to the Pacific Northwest and building something with a Nick Wayne and having Darby [Allin] come out there and being a part of something special and big. It just caught fire across the wrestling world.”
Swerve has continued to make waves during his run in AEW, and is still engaged in an epic feud with Team Taz members Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks.
(Quotes via Post Wrestling)
