On the most recent episode of “AEW Dynamite,” the crew referred to as Swerve In Our Glory — Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee — have been capable of turn out to be the brand new AEW World Tag Group Champions after rising victorious from the primary occasion towards The Younger Bucks and Group Taz. Now, Tony Khan has shared a backstage picture of himself standing with the brand new champs after the present.

The AEW president took to Twitter to share the image, congratulating Strickland and Lee and thanking the followers for watching the “Dynamite,” the primary of two episodes branded as “Fyter Fest.”

Strickland was the person who picked up the victory on the finish of the match by pinning Ricky Starks, although he did tease turning on his tag crew associate earlier than finally deciding not to take action. Whereas the previous champions, the Younger Bucks, weren’t pinned, the match finish their reign at simply 28 days, making Matt and Nick Jackson’s second reign with the tag titles the shortest in AEW historical past. This additionally marks the primary time that both Strickland or Lee has held gold since becoming a member of the corporate. Lee had debuted for AEW again in February in a dominant efficiency towards Isaiah Kassidy, whereas Swerve’s first look got here a month later at AEW Revolution, when he was launched as the latest member of the roster by Tony Schiavone. The 2 males started teaming collectively in Could, and whiule issues haven’t been easy crusing for them, they now maintain the gold in AEW.

It was an emotional night time for Lee, as he took the microphone after the present went off the air to handle the gang, making reference to a tweet he posted earlier within the day. The previous “NXT” Champion revealed {that a} shut buddy of his has stage 4 colon most cancers, and mirrored on his personal near-death expertise as a consequence of COVID-19.

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