Swerve Strickland to Appear on AEW Collision

All Elite Wrestling announced Friday that former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will make an in-ring appearance on the December 6 episode of AEW Collision, airing live from the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The segment follows Strickland's recent alliance with longtime rival Hangman Adam Page in their shared opposition to the faction known as The Opps.

Strickland's appearance comes amid a flurry of developments in his storyline with Page. At AEW Full Gear last month, Strickland returned after undergoing surgery and time away, interrupting the main event where Samoa Joe defeated Page in a steel cage match to win the AEW World Championship. Rather than targeting Page as Joe suggested, Strickland turned on The Opps and Joe, clearing them from the ring alongside the new champion. The following week on Dynamite, Page and Strickland stood together again, confronting The Opps after Page attacked them with a steel chain. Page then issued a tag team challenge for the Winter Is Coming episode of Dynamite next week, pitting himself and a mystery partner against Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata of The Opps. Page hinted that his partner was someone The...