Former WWE talent MVP made a surprise appearance on Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite Grand Slam, live from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York.
MVP interrupted Prince Nana who was giving an update on the status of Swerve Strickland who has not been seen on AEW television since losing the Lights Out Cage Match against Hangman Adam Page at All Out back on September 7.
Below is an excerpt from Alex Kahrs’ AEW Dynamite Grand Slam recap of how it all came about.
We head back to ringside where Tony Schiavone welcomes Prince Nana. He hypes up the crowd before Schiavone asks how Swerve is doing. Nana talks about the situation, saying Strickland is not cleared to compete but Swerve looks forward to coming back.
Nana is interrupted by the arrival of MVP, who re-introduces himself to the crowd before talking up Swerve’s run with the World Championship. He talks about all the men Swerve defeated, saying he saw it all…including the night that Swerve lost the title. He also saw Swerve’s childhood home burned down, and the man that did it still walking around. He doesn’t consider that a failure on Swerve’s part, but of the man who is managing him, running Nana down for not doing enough for Strickland before offering his business card for the former champ to talk…business.
After the segment ended, MVP left for the backstage area.
MVP’s WWE contract expired during this past Summer. He is scheduled to compete in Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport event this November.
According to PWInsider, MVP and AEW came to terms on a contract roughly a month ago.