Identity of AFFILIATE with Swerve Strickland tonight
Added 2022-12-22 04:57:48 +0000 UTCFightful has learned all the details on the mystery man that appeared as one of Swerve Strickland's affiliates on AEW Dynamite. During the segment with Keith Lee, Swerve had Parker Boudreaux and a mystery man with braids and face tattoos attack Lee. Sources have indicated that the man is Granden Goetzman, who has been training for quite some time in preparation for his All Elite Wrestling debut.
The 30 year old Goetzman was actually a second round pick by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He played professional baseball all the way up until last year when he played in Mexico. Listed at 6-4, Goetzman made it all the way up to AAA in the Rays minor league system before moving on to the St. Lous Cardinals and Houston Astros farm systems until 2019. The outfielder was primarily known for his speed, and didn't end up in the major leagues.
Sources had indicated that Goetzman has been doing some training at Jay Lethal's school. Those that we've spoken to indicated that this debut was planned out at the very least a couple of weeks in advance. He was also backstage at AEW Dynamite back on October 10. We've been told that he's actually been with AEW for quite some time anticipating his debut.
Here's him YAKKING some bombs: https://twitter.com/cchooks/status/1152767124282269696
Comments
Dud on arrival. The cinder block and big MF was great. The rest, not so much
2022-12-23 09:14:39 +0000 UTCThey dragged this out 2 months and paid it off with this? I feel bad for swerve.
Scott George
2022-12-22 21:52:46 +0000 UTCThat's a big dude!
2022-12-22 17:38:37 +0000 UTCMox and him are friends and past tag team partners. They have been working together since Sami came back from his injury in Wrestling Revolver and Defy. Mox calms Sami down and he doesn't go too overboard with his character.
Samantha L. Sayre
2022-12-22 14:36:11 +0000 UTCWhat has Sami Callihan got to with AEW? Trash belongs in a trash promotion like TNA
Dave O'Neill
2022-12-22 11:04:53 +0000 UTCI'm just glad it wasn't that Tom MacDonald guy people thought it was during the show. Did a Google search on him and yikes.
Chad McLaughlin
2022-12-22 05:44:38 +0000 UTCHe already looks better than Bordeaux
Talk About Your Psalms Talk About John 3 16 Femboy 3 16 Says I Just Licked Your Ass
2022-12-22 05:42:15 +0000 UTCAlways interesting to see non contact sports peeps step into wrestling, stoked to see him beyond tall tattoo guy who helped swerve and parker
DiscoDinomite
2022-12-22 05:26:57 +0000 UTCIt's cool because while big free agents always get the big pops, homegrown talent is the most valuable resource and both AEW and WWE have no shortage of it.
JustDonny
2022-12-22 05:26:06 +0000 UTCThe irony of them calling his homer a “powerbomb “ in 2019 is not lost on me.
Joel Wood
2022-12-22 05:03:05 +0000 UTCHe seemed like he was good baseball player
Kyle
2022-12-22 05:02:58 +0000 UTCHave you guys heard anything about Sami Callihan 's contract? Did it get frozen when he was hurt? Have you heard about Bliss' or Bayley's contracts? Did theirs get frozen for the concussions and the knee? All of them were supposed to run out early 2023.
Samantha L. Sayre
2022-12-22 05:02:04 +0000 UTC
