Summary

Blake Christian has officially signed with All Elite Wrestling after his latest Collision appearance.

Christian and Lee Johnson competed as The Swirl in a four-way tag team match on the March 7 edition of AEW Collision. They did not win the match.

After the show, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Christian is now All Elite.

Blake Christian signing strengthens AEW’s long-running developmental pipeline from ROH dates

Blake Christian’s signing formalizes a working relationship that has been in place since 2022, because he has already been appearing on AEW and ROH events for multiple years.

It also gives AEW more continuity around The Swirl pairing with Lee Johnson, with Jay Lethal already positioned as a mentor in that act.

Quotes

Quote from Tony Khan

“The Swirl, Vanilla Baby Blake Christian + , had another excellent showing on Saturday tonight, and now it’s official: is All Elite!”

Sources

As reported by Fightful.