During Saturday’s AEW Worlds End 2023 pay-per-view event, Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) defeated Dustin Rhodes in a singles contest.
Keith Lee was originally supposed to wrestle Strickland, but he was replaced by Rhodes at the very last minute.
Before the match could begin, Swerve sent Dustin into the barricade repeatedly, drove him into the steel steps, and hit a boot to his skull.
Nana set Dustin’s foot up on a cinder block and Strickland jumped off the apron, stomping Rhodes’ foot against the brick.
The AEW medical team tended to Dustin who refused to give up and headed back to the ring to compete. The referee finally rang the ball to commence the match.
Dustin made a sensational comeback as he pushed Swerve to his limits. However, his efforts weren’t sufficient to put Strickland away who delivered the Swerve Stomp for the win.
You can check out some highlights from the match below:
Swerve sending a VICIOUS message to Keith Lee!
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🌐: https://t.co/2USw7IAedK@swerveconfident | @dustinrhodes pic.twitter.com/o9QafzaPSz— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 31, 2023
Dustin Rhodes is not giving up any time soon!
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🌐: https://t.co/2USw7IAedK@dustinrhodes pic.twitter.com/sLOvd8y7oL— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 31, 2023
A response from Swerve, to the show of aggression from The Natural!
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🌐: https://t.co/2USw7IAedK@dustinrhodes | @swerveconfident pic.twitter.com/UgnUQDc3X3— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 31, 2023
