AEW is already teasing Swerve Strickland’s heel turn on New Level

Tonight’s (Sept. 23) three hour episode of AEW Dynamite kicked off with Swerve Strickland and New Level defending the AEW world trios championship against Ricochet and Gates of Agony (aka The Demand). The winning team moves on to defend the belts against Hangman Page and Brodido this Saturday night (Sept. 26) at the AEW All Out pay-per-view in Chicago. You probably won’t be surprised to see that Kofi, Austin Creed, and Swerve beat Ricochet’s group and claimed that PPV spot. #AndStill! Swerve and The New Level defend their AEW World Trios Championship in an INCREDIBLE match! Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS & HBO Max pic.twitter.com/oOjCaAqptv — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 24, 2026 Where things really got interesting is when Hangman’s group confronted the babyface champs after the match was over. Hangman suspiciously asked his old rival Swerve what he’s up to, and Creed interrupted to say Swerve has been nothing but great to him and Kofi. Brody King reminded New Level that Sw