Swerve Strickland Explains Why He Wanted JoJo Offerman To Sing His Entrance At All In: Texas

Swerve Strickland Explains Why He Wanted JoJo Offerman To Sing His Entrance At All In: Texas
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While she is nowadays best known for being Bray Wyatt’s widowed fiancée and mother to two of his four children, JoJo Offerman is her own person and previously had a career in the wrestling business herself. Still, when she sang “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan for Swerve Strickland’s entrance at All In: Texas, it caught many fans off guard. And now Strickland has discussed this while being interviewed by Wrestling Figure News, explaining he requested she do this because he wanted to repay Wyatt for supporting him when they were in WWE together. 

“When he passed, it was painful for me because I was with him in the locker room. Not for years, but I was with him when The Fiend was really taking off. When I was getting on 205 Live and on the road, he was the guy giving me hugs … I wanted to pay that forward to him. Having JoJo come out this year at All In and do another tribute with the fireflies on the Titantron and have her sing Ain’t Nobody. Just mix those little trinkets, nuggets, and pieces of storytelling for her and show more appreciation to the family.”Swerve Strickland

31-year-old Offerman is the daughter of former baseball player José Offerman, who first got involved in pro wrestling via the E! reality show Total Divas before appearing on WWE television. From there, she would sing the US national anthem at 2013’s SummerSlam, leading to her becoming a ring announcer and pro wrestler. However, her in-ring career was very short, with the highlight being her participation in a 14-woman elimination match at 2013’s Survivor Series, where she pinned Tamina Snuka.

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