Swerve Strickland Opens Up About The Burning of His Childhood Home

He was a guest at The Breakfast Club hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, and Jess Hilarious. Strickland had recently purchased his ‘childhood’ home after he got a bonus with his contract, which was later burned down by Page. In conversation, he was asked about the premise behind the entire fiasco, which undoubtedly ended up being a tough pill to swallow.

“As you can see, if you watch AEW, rival of mine, we’ve been going on a blood feud for a year, ‘Hangman’ Page. I despise this man, and he hates me probably more,” he began. The beef between Strickland and Page was certainly an intense affair. However, nothing could have prepared viewers for the levels of insanity it spiraled into.

Talking about the fateful day, he continued, “We went to sign the contract, he didn’t show up. Pops up on the screen, and you see that Hangman is actually at the house that I purchased. It hasn’t been remodeled or anything yet. This man walks in, pouring gasoline all over the place. And I cannot do anything like he’s there and I’m here. Don’t know if it’s a live feed, don’t know if it happened already. Goes in, sits down on a couch, lights a match, the match runs all the way around, runs in the house, and it burns down right in front of me.”

This was when Hilarious asked him if the entire scene was staged for TV. Strickland came clean by stating that he could not have planned the burning of his childhood home and added that he was questioning whether actual arson took place in front of him.

“It Was Like We Got Fired”

Strickland had a somewhat successful run at the WWE before leaving the promotion in 2021 and subsequently signing with AEW in 2022. During the same episode, Strickland was asked about his exit from the WWE, a decision he revealed he had no say in.

“It wasn’t my choice. It was like we got fired,” he said while answering Charlamagne’s query. Strickland, however, pointed out that it wasn’t because he did anything wrong but due to the fact that the pandemic had taken a significant toll on the organization.

“A lot of people felt the effects of that, and it was out of our hands, like Triple H’s hands. There was nothing he could do,”he said.