Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland has revealed Triple H and Shawn Michaels’ opinion on his “House Call” finisher.
Swerve Strickland has used several different finishers throughout his pro wrestling career. From the House Call and the Swerve Stomp to the JML Driver or Big Pressure, Swerve has put away opponents in various ways.
The House Call has become his most prominent finisher during his time in All Elite Wrestling because he can hit it on any opponent.
In an interview with No Contest Wrestling, Swerve Strickland recalled his time in WWE NXT when he didn’t use the move as his finish. He said:
“When I first started doing (the House Call) in NXT, I would hit it, but some people would duck and it would [skims top of head]. Triple H was like, ‘Don’t use it as a finish. I like it, but don’t use it as a finish.'”
“Shawn (Michaels) would agree with him, ‘Yeah, it’s a not finish. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn’t.’ People are ducking from it. If you duck from it, of course I’m going to miss. You of all people, Shawn, you do a superkick. He’s like, ‘It’s not a finish.'”
“I struggled finding a new finish for a while in NXT. Finn came back, so I couldn’t do the Swerve Stomp. I’m a big fan of Naruki Doi. He does the Naruki Driver. Shoutout to SATs, Storm Cradle Driver is the original. I saw that and I was using it on Leon Ruff. ‘I can hit that.'”
“Bronson Reed came up and I was like ‘Ughhh, how do I do this?’ It came time to win the North American Title, this is like a year apart, Bronson is the North American Champion, Shawn is like, ‘We were coming up with creative for the finish. Can you do that kick for the finish?'”
“You gotta be kidding me. I had to circle a whole year of Shawn being like, ‘Now you can do what you want,'”
Swerve Strickland is set to face Shelton Benjamin in a singles match on the October 30 Fright Night edition of AEW Dynamite.
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