Swerve Strickland Goes Full Lobo for AEW Forbidden Door Entrance Against Will Ospreay

Swerve Strickland made a memorable first impression at AEW Forbidden Door, arriving to the ring in full Lobo gear for his match against Will Ospreay.

The entrance was the latest escalation in an ongoing partnership between Strickland and AEW around the DC Comics property Supergirl. Strickland leaned all the way into the collaboration, channeling the energy of Jason Momoa — who portrays the DC antihero Lobo — as he stepped out fully costumed as the interstellar bounty hunter.

Lobo is one of DC’s more outlandish characters: a foul-mouthed, ultra-violent alien mercenary known for his massive physical presence and anarchic personality. The character is a natural fit for Strickland’s increasingly menacing on-screen persona, and the visual made for a striking Forbidden Door moment before a single punch was thrown.

The Forbidden Door pay-per-view serves as AEW’s annual crossover event with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, typically drawing one of the promotion’s largest crowds and card lineups of the year. A match between Strickland and Ospreay — two of the most athletically gifted performers in the industry — was always going to be a marquee attraction, and the elaborate entrance only raised the stakes heading into the bell.

With the Supergirl promotional partnership clearly still going strong, Strickland continues to blend mainstream pop culture crossover appeal with in-ring credibility, cementing his place as one of AEW’s top-tier acts on one of the company’s biggest stages.