Swerve Strickland Finisher

Swerve Strickland (birth name: Stephon Strickland) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as of April 2025. The leader of the Mogul Embassy began his career in 2008, and he worked at Major League Wrestling (MLW), Evolve, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and other promotions.

The former AEW World Champion also held the AEW World Tag Team Championship in the promotion. The former NXT North American Champion has won the Lucha Underground Trios Championship twice and the MLW World Heavyweight Championship once. He was named the Breakout Wrestler of the Year by ESPN in 2024.

What is Swerve Strickland's Finishing Move?

Based on the official website of AEW, Strickland uses Swerve Stomp and Big Pressure (JML Diver) as his finishers as of April 2025. He also uses several variations of his Swerve Stomp as his super finishers, like Apron Swerve Stomp, Hanging Swerve Stomp, Step-out Swerve Stomp, and Tree of Woe Swerve Stomp.

Trademark Moves

Apart from the finishing moves, Strickland also uses various trademark moves to beat his opponents. He mainly uses Deadlift Brainbusters, Diving European Uppercut, Flatliner, Home Invasion, and House Call as his trademark moves. 450 Splash, Apron Death Valley Driver, Apron Pump Kick, Argentine Backbreaker, Arm Snapper, Barricade Suplex, Catapult, Dead Eye, Diving Crossbody, Flatliner, Dropkick, Killshot, Hidden Blade, Poisonrana, Spiral Tap, etc., are some of the important trademark moves of Swerve Strickland, as per AEW's official webiste. He also uses LeBell Lock, Short Arm Scissors, and Stretch Muffler as his submissions.

Some of Strickland's finishers, trademark moves, and the timeframe when he used the moves as per the SmackDown Hotel.

Move	Tenure (from-to)
Swerve Stomp	February 19, 2011 - Present
Big Pressure / JML Driver	February 19, 2011 - Present
House Call	July 3, 2019 - Present

Swerve Strickland Theme Song

Swerve Strickland uses Big Pressure as his theme or entrance music as of April 2025. He has been using this theme since March 6, 2022. It was sung by Sw3rve The Realest and also featured Flash Garments via The SmackDown Hotel.

Theme Song	Start Date	End Date
Big Pressure	March 6, 2022	Present
Now You Know	May 11, 2021	November 18, 2021
Fly Life	July 3, 2019	May 10, 2021
Ready For This	April 1, 2015	October 31, 2018
Ain't Nobody	February 4, 2012	December 9, 2017