Swerve Strickland referred to as out Bryan Danielson on the post-show press convention.

Swerve Strickland walks into AEW‘s largest present of the 12 months as champion. Swerve defeated Will Ospreay at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door to retain the AEW World Championship, cementing that barring any shock defenses on AEW tv, he’ll maintain that title going into AEW ALL IN: London in August. His choices for opponent for that present can be already recognized, because it was confirmed earlier this summer time that the winner of the Owen Hart Cup Match will go on to obtain an AEW World Championship match at Wembley Stadium. The sphere has been narrowed right down to Jay White, Pac, Bryan Danielson, Jeff Jarrett, and a thriller wild card entrant.

Swerve Strickland Teases Bryan Danielson Rematch

The AEW World Champion has his sights set on the American Dragon.

Talking on the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door press convention, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland referred to as on Bryan Danielson to “gun for [him]” as they head in the direction of AEW ALL IN: London.

“He is on the place to gun for me now, particularly after tonight. I nonetheless need that win again so unhealthy,” Swerve stated, alluding to his loss to Danielson on AEW Dynamite in October 2023. “That is one thing that also irks me to at the present time, that loss to Bryan. He is somebody I idolize and look as much as, particularly coming from the Pacific Northwest. His profession, the final 10-15 years, I have been watching and learning that man and getting within the ring with him, feeling how particular he’s, that is a win I must mark off my record. I haven’t got a protracted record. It is very small. Positively Bryan Danielson is on the high of it.”

Swerve and Danielson are on par for a collision course ought to Danielson win the Owen Hart Cup Match. He’s presently within the semifinals and can face Pac on AEW Dynamite this Wednesday, July third.

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 Outcomes

• AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland (c) def. Will Ospreay

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito def. Jon Moxley (c)

• Winner Takes All: AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné def. NJPW STRONG Ladies’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer

• AEW Ladies’s Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) def. Mina Shirakawa

• Owen Hart Cup Match: Bryan Danielson def. Shingo Takagi

• AEW TNT Championship – Ladder Match: Jack Perry def. Lio Rush, El Phantasmo, Dante Martin, Mark Briscoe, Konosuke Takeshita

• The Elite def. The Acclaimed and Hiroshi Tanahashi

• MJF def. Hechicero

• Zack Sabre Jr. def. Orange Cassidy

• Samoa Joe, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata def. Chris Jericho, Massive Invoice, and Jeff Cobb

• Zero Hour: Lucha Brothers and Místico def. Los Ingobernables de Japon

• Zero Hour – Owen Hart Cup Match: Mariah Could def. Saraya

• Zero Hour: Willow Nightingale and Tam Nakano def. Kris Statlander and Momo Watanabe

• Zero Hour: Kings of the Black Throne def. Tomohiro Ishii and Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Robust and Gabe Kidd, Personal Occasion

• Zero Hour: Kyle Fletcher def. Serpentico