After turning on Lee, Strickland became the leader of the Mogul Embassy stable and went on to win the AEW World Championship in April 2024, holding the title until that August.

[6] His father, who was a sergeant first class cook in the United States Army, moved the family to Germany when Strickland was two months old to live on an American military base in Frankfurt.

The family later returned to the United States and settled in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, where Strickland attended Donegal High School.

[6] Shortly after leaving high school, Strickland felt the need to follow in his father's footsteps and enlisted in the United States Army Reserve at the age of 17.

[6] He had Army Reserve commitments in York, Pennsylvania, which obliged him to wrestle only in that general area's independent circuit in the early years of his career.

[13] On November 10, 2012, at Night of Infamy 11, Strickland participated in a CZW Wired TV Open Challenge, but was defeated by the champion A. R.

[16] On March 8, 2014, at High Stakes, Strickland defeated the CZW Wired Champion Devon Moore to win the title for the first time.

[22] After a lengthy absence in which he wrestled for WXW in Germany, Strickland made a one-time appearance in 2015 in a victory over David Starr.

In 2016, Strickland had an acclaimed series of matches with Dezmond Xavier and in the 2017 Best of the Best tournament, he made it to the finals before losing to Dave Crist.

In July that same year, he then went on to defeat Gacy, Lio Rush, and Davey Richards in a 4-way to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.

On May 5, 2012, Strickland made his debut for Evolve Wrestling, where he teamed with Latin Dragon to defeat DMC and Nate Carter.

[30][31] In 2016, Strickland made his debut in Germany for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), taking part in the 16 Carat Gold tournament and later their World Tag Team League, which he won alongside David Starr.

They beat many established teams such as, Angélico and Jack Evans, Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher and Walter), Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) and The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.).

[6] He portrayed the character of Lt. Jermaine Strickland, a military vet who carries dog tags to honor the memories of his fallen comrades and wrestled under a mask as Killshot.

[42] During the first season, he aligned with Big Ryck and Willie Mack and participated in a tournament for the LU Trios Championship, but they were defeated in the finales by the eventual winners Angélico, Son of Havoc and Ivelisse.

On October 5, 2017, Strickland debuted in the main event of Major League Wrestling's 2017 rebirth show One Shot by defeating Ricochet.

[49][50] On April 17, 2019, it was announced that he signed a contract with WWE and begun working at their Performance Center, and his ring name was changed to Isaiah "Swerve" Scott.

[56] At Worlds Collide on January 25, 2020, Scott challenged for the Cruiserweight Championship in a fatal four way match against Travis Banks, Jordan Devlin, and then-champion Angel Garza, but was unsuccessful.

[74] Strickland made an appearance at the House of Glory (HOG) event High Intensity on July 26, 2024, defeating Amazing Red.

[75] Strickland, under the ring name "SW3RVE", made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on the March 12, 2022, edition of NJPW Strong by accepting Jay White's open challenge.

[80] The following week, Strickland aligned himself with Keith Lee in a feud with Team Taz (Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks).

[83] On the December 21, 2022, edition of Dynamite, Strickland turned on Lee, forming a new stable, "Mogul Affiliates", with Parker Boudreaux, Granden Goetzman (Later named Trench), and the rapper Rick Ross.

[86] On May 28 at Double or Nothing, Stickland competed in the 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal for the AEW International Championship, but was lastly eliminated by Orange Cassidy, who retained the title.

[93] Strickland returned, for the first time since being placed in the coffin at All In, on the September 6 edition of Dynamite, confronting "Hangman" Adam Page.

[95] The feud intensified at Rampage: Grand Slam, where The Elite (Page and The Young Bucks) defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun) to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.

Strickland participated in the first Continental Classic tournament, where he finished joint top of his block with 12 points, allowing him to advance to the semifinal round.

[107]On the February 7, 2024, episode of Dynamite, Strickland wrestled Adam Page with the winner facing Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship at Revolution.

[113] On the May 8 episode of Dynamite, Strickland was assaulted by Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona, resulting in the disbanding of Mogul Embassy.

On the August 28 episode of Dynamite, Strickland confronted Page and challenged him to a steel cage match at All Out on September 7, which was later made official.

[122] After a brief hiatus, Strickland returned on October 12 at WrestleDream, where he started a feud with the debuting stable The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin).