Ahead of AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, it was reported that Swerve Strickland had been working through a torn meniscus dating back to 2019, following Forbidden Door to address the injury.
On Wednesday Swerve Strickland revealed on Instagram today that he has undergone surgery to repair his torn meniscus.
At Forbidden Door, Strickland challenged Kazuchika Okada for the AEW Unified Championship. After the match, Okada targeted Strickland’s injured knee. He pulled Strickland to the ring post, trapped his leg between the post and the steps, and drove a steel chair into the joint.
