Though they don't have an on-screen relationship that will live on forever, the career of ex-AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland has been unequivocally impacted by the late, great Bray Wyatt .
Discussing their relationship back in WWE during an interview with Wrestling Figure News , Strickland revealed how he and Wyatt became friends and how much his mentorship had a lasting impact , even as he transitioned over to AEW.
“To me, Bray Wyatt changed wrestling television, and I don’t think it’s going to be realized for some more time just how impactful he was. ‘This is so unique and different and much more captivating than people understood and realized.’ Even for me, I didn’t realize how big of a deal it was until I got put in the position to have to make interesting television,”