Swerve Strickland on how he grew his relationship with Tony Khan and eventually re-signed with AEW last year:

“Me and Tony Khan were bonding as well. I didn't get that trust yet from him, and once I finally did, not only just to trust to do what I want on TV. It's trust to be like, I need something done on TV that will work. You're the guy to do it. That's a different trust. I got this information from Paul Wight.

Flipping my mindset for like, always thinking, I know what the best thing is. Let me just find out. What does he want? Tony, what are you looking for out of this? And if it's just a good match, cool, simple. You got it. Hey, Tony, what do you need out of this promo? I need these things. You got it. No bickering back and forth. No, I don't think it should go this way. I was just like, No, what do you need? How do you see it happening? How much time do you want? You got it. And that's where I started building the trust with Tony. And that's where things start opening up more and more and more.”

(via Chris Van Vliet)