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Stephon Strickland

30th September 1990 Tacoma, Washington, USA Acting

Stephon Strickland, better known by his ring name Swerve Strickland, is an American professional wrestler and rapper who debuted in 2009 with Ground Breaking Wrestling and signed with AEW in 2022, where he is a one-time AEW World Champion and one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion with Keith Lee. He previously wrestled for CZW, MLW, Lucha Underground, DEFY, and WWE from 2019 to 2021 under the ring name Isaiah Scott, and is a three-time DEFY World Champion, one-time DEFY Tag Team Champion, one-time WWE NXT North American Champion, one-time PCW ULTRA Heavyweight Champion, one-time NGW Champion, and one-time PCW ULTRA Light Heavyweight Champion.

88 Movies 13 TV Shows 101 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 poster

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 24th May 2026 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Revolution 2026 poster

AEW Revolution 2026 15th March 2026 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Worlds End 2025 poster

AEW Worlds End 2025 27th December 2025 as Swerve Strickland

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 poster

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 24th August 2025 as Swerve Strickland

AEW All In 2025: Texas poster

AEW All In 2025: Texas 12th July 2025 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Double or Nothing 2025 poster

AEW Double or Nothing 2025 25th May 2025 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Dynasty 2025 poster

AEW Dynasty 2025 6th April 2025 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Revolution 2025 poster

AEW Revolution 2025 9th March 2025 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Full Gear 2024 poster

AEW Full Gear 2024 23rd November 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW WrestleDream 2024 poster

AEW WrestleDream 2024 12th October 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW All Out 2024 poster

AEW All Out 2024 7th September 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW All In 2024: London poster

AEW All In 2024: London 25th August 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024 poster

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024 30th June 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Double or Nothing 2024 poster

AEW Double or Nothing 2024 26th May 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Dynasty 2024 poster

AEW Dynasty 2024 21st April 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Revolution 2024 poster

AEW Revolution 2024 3rd March 2024 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Worlds End 2023 poster

AEW Worlds End 2023 30th December 2023 as Swerve Strickland

Night of the Missing poster

Night of the Missing 30th November 2023 as Ray (segment "You Promised")

You Promised poster

You Promised 28th November 2023 as Ray

AEW Full Gear 2023 poster

AEW Full Gear 2023 18th November 2023 as Swerve Strickland

AEW: WrestleDream 2023 poster

AEW: WrestleDream 2023 1st October 2023 as Swerve Strickland

AEW All In 2023: London poster

AEW All In 2023: London 27th August 2023 as Swerve Strickland

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour poster

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour 25th June 2023 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Double or Nothing 2023 poster

AEW Double or Nothing 2023 28th May 2023 as Swerve Strickland

AAA Triplemania XXXI: Monterrey poster

AAA Triplemania XXXI: Monterrey 16th April 2023 as Swerve Strickland

ROH Final Battle 2022 poster

ROH Final Battle 2022 10th December 2022 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Full Gear 2022 poster

AEW Full Gear 2022 19th November 2022 as Swerve Strickland

AEW All Out 2022 poster

AEW All Out 2022 4th September 2022 as Swerve Strickland

AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022: The Buy-In poster

AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022: The Buy-In 26th June 2022 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Double or Nothing 2022 poster

AEW Double or Nothing 2022 29th May 2022 as Swerve Strickland

ROH: Supercard of Honor XV poster

ROH: Supercard of Honor XV 1st April 2022 as Swerve Strickland

AEW Revolution 2022 poster

AEW Revolution 2022 6th March 2022 as Shane "Swerve" Strickland

Terminus 2 poster

Terminus 2 24th February 2022 as SW3RVE The Realest

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 poster

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 7th April 2021 as Isaiah “Swerve” Scott

NXT TakeOver 31 poster

NXT TakeOver 31 4th October 2020 as Isiah Scott

WWE Worlds Collide poster

WWE Worlds Collide 25th January 2020 as Isaiah "Swerve" Scott

Wrestling Revolver Pancakes & Piledrivers 3 6th April 2019 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 125 poster

EVOLVE 125 4th April 2019 as Shane Strickland

WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2019 poster

WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2019 4th April 2019 as Shane Strickland

MLW War Games 2018 poster

MLW War Games 2018 14th September 2018

AAA TripleMania XXVI poster

AAA TripleMania XXVI 26th August 2018 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 108 poster

EVOLVE 108 8th August 2018

MLW Battle Riot poster

MLW Battle Riot 19th July 2018

EVOLVE 105 poster

EVOLVE 105 20th May 2018

EVOLVE 104 poster

EVOLVE 104 19th May 2018 as Shane Strickland

DEFY Vibes 2018 poster

DEFY Vibes 2018 15th April 2018

Pancakes & Piledrivers II: The Indy Summit poster

Pancakes & Piledrivers II: The Indy Summit 7th April 2018

IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018 poster

IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018 6th April 2018 as Killshot

Wrestlecon Supershow 2018 poster

Wrestlecon Supershow 2018 5th April 2018 as Shane Strickland

AAW Path Of Redemption 2018 31st March 2018 as Shane Strickland

WrestleCircus The Show Must Go On 17th February 2018 as Shane Strickland

DEFYX Year One poster

DEFYX Year One 2nd February 2018 as Shane Strickland

CZW Cage Of Death 19 poster

CZW Cage Of Death 19 9th December 2017 as Himself

DEFY9 Yo! Defy Graps poster

DEFY9 Yo! Defy Graps 11th October 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY8 Kings Among Men poster

DEFY8 Kings Among Men 29th September 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY6 The Crash Lucha Libre poster

DEFY6 The Crash Lucha Libre 3rd August 2017 as Shane Strickland

WrestleCircus The Squared Ring Circus poster

WrestleCircus The Squared Ring Circus 22nd July 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY5 Gigantic - Tag 2 poster

DEFY5 Gigantic - Tag 2 30th June 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY4 Gigantic - Tag 1 poster

DEFY4 Gigantic - Tag 1 29th June 2017 as Shane Strickland

WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance 24th June 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY3 Swerve City poster

DEFY3 Swerve City 26th May 2017 as Shane Strickland

AAW: Thursday Night Special 25th May 2017

PWG: Head Like A Cole poster

PWG: Head Like A Cole 19th May 2017 as Shane Stirckland

CZW: Sacrifices poster

CZW: Sacrifices 13th May 2017 as Shane Strickland

WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top poster

WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top 30th April 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY2 Wolves At The Door poster

DEFY2 Wolves At The Door 7th April 2017 as Shane Strickland

Midnight After Mania poster

Midnight After Mania 3rd April 2017 as Wrestler

PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll) poster

PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll) 18th March 2017 as Shane Strickland

DEFY1 Legacy poster

DEFY1 Legacy 13th January 2017 as Shane Strickland

CZW Cage of Death 18 poster

CZW Cage of Death 18 10th December 2016 as Shane Strickland

WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count 26th November 2016 as Shane Strickland

WrestleCon SuperShow 2016 poster

WrestleCon SuperShow 2016 2nd April 2016 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 37 poster

EVOLVE 37 10th January 2015 as Himself

EVOLVE 36 poster

EVOLVE 36 9th January 2015 as Himself

CZW: High Stakes 8th March 2014 as Shane Strickland

Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2014 23rd February 2014 as Shane Strickland

Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 2014 22nd February 2014 as Shane Strickland

Dragon Gate USA Fearless 2013 16th November 2013 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 24 poster

EVOLVE 24 22nd September 2013 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 23 poster

EVOLVE 23 21st September 2013 as Shane Strickland

Dragon Gate USA: Enter the Dragon 2013 28th July 2013 as Shane Strickland

Dragon Gate USA Enter The Dragon 2013: Fourth Anniversary Celebration 28th July 2013 as Shane Strickland

DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior 2013 27th July 2013 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 22 poster

EVOLVE 22 2nd June 2013 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 21 poster

EVOLVE 21 1st June 2013 as Shane Strickland

EVOLVE 20 poster

EVOLVE 20 30th May 2013 as Shane Strickland

Dragon Gate USA Open the Ultimate Gate 2013 6th April 2013 as Shane Strickland

Stiletto poster

Stiletto as DJ Smudge

All Elite Wrestling: Collision poster

All Elite Wrestling: Collision 17th June 2023

Hey! (EW) poster

Hey! (EW) 13th March 2022 as Swerve Strickland

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage poster

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage 13th August 2021 as Swerve Stickland

AEW Unrestricted poster

AEW Unrestricted 20th February 2020 as Swerve Strickland

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite poster

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2nd October 2019 as Swerve Strickland

PCW Ultra: Mutiny 19th July 2019 as Shane Strickland

The Wrestlers poster

The Wrestlers 22nd May 2019 as Himself

MLW Fusion poster

MLW Fusion 20th April 2018 as Shane Strickland

DEFYNOW poster

DEFYNOW 15th March 2018 as Shane Strickland

WWE 205 Live poster

WWE 205 Live 29th November 2016

Lucha Underground poster

Lucha Underground 28th October 2014 as KillShot

WWE NXT poster

WWE NXT 23rd February 2010

WWE Friday Night SmackDown poster

WWE Friday Night SmackDown 29th April 1999 as Isaiah "Swerve" Scott