10 Shocking Acts Of Violence In AEW

10. Swerve Scissors Daddy Ass For Real

A nice, campy one to start off with. That is, of course, if abduction and body mutilation can be labelled as campy? 

Despite being in contention for wrestler of the year, and being a beloved babyface by the fans, it's easy to forget that many were underwhelmed by the signing of Swerve Strickland back in March 2022. A thrown together tag team with Keith Lee saw a title run early on, but most people only remember that as the split that had no pay off.

However, during that title reign, the terribly named 'Swerve In Our Glory' entered a rivalry with The Acclaimed, who had turned into one of the biggest babyface acts as their unlikely alliance with Daddy Ass (AKA Billy Gunn) saw their popularity rise. Their 'scissoring' became one of the most over things in wrestling, and Daddy Ass began what has been a nice twilight to his career.

He also became the target of the villainous Swerve, who abducted Daddy Ass on an episode of Rampage and then proceeded to torture the beloved veteran. Yes, it was pretty corny, and the acting isn't particularly great. But as a pre-cursor to the dangerous force that Swerve would become, it showed how far he's willing to take things. 

Plus, implying that Billy Gunn was having his fingers snipped off with pliers was pretty harrowing.