The era of Swerve Strickland began at AEW Dynasty after Strickland took down Samoa Joe to become the new AEW World Champion, and his first challenge took place during tonight's Dynamite. Strickland faced ROH World TV Champion Kyle Fletcher in a World Title Eliminator Match, which would net Fletcher a shot at the Title if he could take down Swerve. Fletcher impressed early and would earn respect from the World Champion throughout the match. Unfortunately, Strickland was just too much of a force of nature, and Strickland would hit a vicious double stomp to seal the win.