Swerve Strickland posted a video to social media Wednesday explaining the storyline reason for his absence from AEW television. Strickland — who has not wrestled on AEW since his March 25 Dynamite loss to Kenny Omega, a match that stripped him of his No. 1 contendership — said AEW management is keeping him off Dynamite because they’re “afraid” of what he’ll do to Bandido and other talent, adding that recent promos have been shot off-site as a result.

In the clip he thanked Tony Khan for sending him to the NFL Draft and other ambassador duties but insisted those assignments are keeping him from “doing my job” in the ring and chasing championship gold. Outside the storyline, Fightful reported last month he was filming promotional material for Warner Bros. Discovery, and Strickland previously missed extended time after knee surgery; he says AEW has effectively “banned” him from Dynamite until further notice.

Originally reported by Wrestling Observer: https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/swerve-strickland-explains-storyline-reason-for-aew-absence/.

AEW announced Tuesday that its MyAEW streaming service is expanding to Roku and Roku TV. Launched in March as the replacement for Triller, MyAEW offers international access and VPN-friendly viewing of AEW programming and pay-per-views at discounted monthly or annual rates, includes a FAST channel with 24/7 Dynamite episodes, and is already available on Apple TV, Fire TV and Android TV.

TBS and TNT schedules were updated for the next two weeks, confirming that Wednesday, May 20 from Portland and Wednesday, May 27 from Philadelphia will each feature a two-hour Dynamite followed by a one-hour Collision. For the May 27 week AEW will also run a full two-hour Collision the following Saturday from Huntsville, Alabama, giving the promotion five total hours of programming that week.

Originally reported by Wrestling Observer: https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aew-notes-myaew-expands-platforms-update-on-next-two-wednesdays/.