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[123], On the June 30 episode of Raw, Swagger turned face for the first time in WWE, after he and Colter would confront Rusev and Lana about them disrespecting America. Former WWE Superstar Jack Swagger made his MMA debut at Bellator 214 tonight. Hager attended the University of Oklahoma as a two-sport athlete, participating in both football and wrestling. Jack Swagger aka Jake Hager is 2-0 in his Bellator MMA career but he's also doing some pro wrestling work on the side. He is a member of The Inner Circle alongside Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz. Odds for who will be champion at the end of 2021 in each division [131] At the 2015 Tribute to the Troops event, Swagger defeated Rusev by submission in a "Boot Camp" match. [2][7][8] During his junior year, he was introduced to Jim Ross, who was World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Head of Talent Relations at the time, through former OU defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek, Hager's close friend and college roommate. For 10 years, Jack Swagger was a fixture in WWE. [81] Following this loss, Swagger went on a three-month losing streak against the likes of Tyson Kidd, Sheamus, Brodus Clay, and Ryback. [42] At the Royal Rumble, Swagger entered at number 26 in the Royal Rumble match, but was later eliminated by Kofi Kingston. [137] On the September 12 episode of Raw, Swagger faced Jinder Mahal in a losing effort. no one embodies that approach better than A.J. [9] Following his graduation, he was going to work with a firm in Dallas, Texas, but signed with WWE after they offered a contract the day he was scheduled to start. Hager returned to professional wrestling on the independent circuit in 2017. [54] On the March 28 episode of Raw, Swagger faced Lawler in a singles match, which he won by disqualification after Lawler attacked him with a steel chair. reasons, "COUNTRY STRONG" - Revisiting Wood vs. case, the Achilles heel... monitoring_string = "5eb5a0f65cbe346d74f978e14db1b00d" Jones had ups and downs in his previous two fights, one win and one loss. Jack Swagger dishes on WWE to MMA, Lesnar, and Bellator rumors August 24, 2018 by Sean McClure Jake Hager aka Jack Swagger in WWE recently opened up on Submission Radio about a … [87] On the February 11 episode of Raw, Swagger debuted a new manager, Zeb Colter, a self-proclaimed great American hero who strongly advocated anti-immigration beliefs; Swagger's character was influenced by Colter to display similar traits. [80], On the June 25 episode of Raw, Swagger once again unsuccessfully challenged Santino Marella for the United States Championship. No season 5 of Lucha Underground was ever produced, and, after several years of uncertainty regarding the future of Lucha Underground, Vampiro, who acted as narrator on the series, confirmed in 2020 that Lucha Underground had been discontinued. [121] Swagger retaliated by attacking Cesaro on the following Raw and then destroying the trophy, thus ending the stable. throughout... By: Anthony WalkerA Bellator [94] On the March 18 episode of Raw, Swagger broke the ankle of Del Rio's ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez after Rodriguez tried to save Del Rio from Swagger's vicious assault. [110] Simultaneously, the Real Americans began a feud with the returning Santino Marella after he defeated both of them in singles competition. [57] At Extreme Rules, Swagger teamed with Cole to defeat Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross in a Country Whipping match. During his time with WWE, he became a two-time world champion, having held the WWE's World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW Championship once each. The ex-WWE legend will fight again this weekend at Bellator 221. [33] After successfully defending his title against Hardy at the Royal Rumble and Finlay at No Way Out, Swagger began a feud with the returning Christian, who he lost the ECW Championship at Backlash, ending his reign at 104 days. [164], Hager resides in Tampa, Florida. busy weekend in mixed martial arts. As a wrestler, he kept working with various promotions before signing with AEW in 2019, including in Lucha Underground as Jake Strong, where he was the final Lucha Underground Champion. Kiser had By: Mark RaymundoJake He had his first professional fight on January 26, 2019 against J.W. [160], For his third fight with the promotion, Hager faced Anthony Garrett at Bellator 231 on October 25, 2019. [76] In May, Swagger and Ziggler unsuccessfully challenged Kofi Kingston and R-Truth for WWE Tag Team Championship, first at Over the Limit and second on the May 28 episode of Raw. 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On the final day of Ultima Lucha Cuatro, which was also the final episode of season 4, Strong cashed his Gift of the Gods Championship on Pentagon Dark, who had just defeated Marty Martinez to win the Lucha Underground Championship, and proceeded to defeat Pentagon Dark to become the new Lucha Underground Champion. [44] On the first episode of Raw following WrestleMania, Swagger tried to cash in his Money in the Bank contract against the WWE Champion John Cena, but changed his mind when he realized that Cena was not incapacitated enough to be defeated easily. At WrestleMania 32, Swagger would compete in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which was won by Baron Corbin. [7], In August 2007, Hager was reassigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he began a feud with TJ Wilson. 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On the April 2 episode of Raw, Swagger and Ziggler unsuccessfully challenged Marella for the United States Championship in a triple threat match. At Royal Rumble, Swagger competed in the 2015 Royal Rumble match, lasting a while before he was eliminated by Big Show. The short answer is yes. Under the name of "The Savage" Jake Strong, he joined Infamous Inc. with Sammy Guevara and Big Bad Steve, facing the Trios Champions The Mack, Son of Havoc and Killshot. The next week, Strong won a seven-to-seven survive elimination match to win the Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship. Stephen Thompson Sends Geoff Neal Back to Drawing Board in UFC Later on that night, Swagger made his in-ring return by defeating Kofi Kingston. 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He wrestled in high school with Danny Hodge's grandson[7] and remains good friends with Hodge as he grew up living two blocks away from him in Perry, Oklahoma. The former WWE superstar – who was known as Jack Swagger – began his professional MMA career in 2017 after signing with Scott Coker’s organization. Donald Jacob Hager Jr. (born March 24, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Jake Hager. Roman Kryklia outdueled Andrei Stoica in Friday's One Championship Jake Hager official Sherdog mixed martial arts stats, photos, videos, breaking news, and more for the Heavyweight fighter from United States. 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[96] The following night on Raw, Swagger and Zeb Colter were defeated by Del Rio in a Two-on-one handicap match after forcing Swagger to submit to the Cross Armbreaker. From a publicity standpoint, the decision to give Hager a contract had the […] At Survivor Series, Swagger teamed with Cesaro, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins in a 5 on 5 traditional Survivor Series tag team match in which their team was victorious over Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes, Goldust and The Usos' team. [170] The marijuana charge was dismissed after he was fined $500, and sentenced to six months probation with his two-day jail sentence being suspended. [98][99][100] Swagger was originally booked to face Ziggler and Del Rio in three-way ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules,[101] however, Ziggler would suffer a legitimate concussion at a SmackDown taping due to a kick from Swagger, thus removing their match from the card. Hager is also known for his time in WWE under the ring name Jack Swagger. Hager is the famous Jack Swagger, or at least he was Jack Swagger. Jake Hager (aka Jack Swagger) ventured back in the MMA world for the third time at Bellator 231. Strong then started a feud with Drago and Aerostar, defeating both in singles matches and in a handicap Nunchaku match. Hager then defeated DiBiase to become champion. [82][83][84][85] After again losing to Sheamus on the September 3 episode of Raw, Swagger told Raw General Manager AJ Lee he would take "extended time off". On the March 5 episode of Raw, Swagger lost the United States Championship to Santino Marella, ending his reign at 49 days. 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Jack Swagger Chokes Out TJ Jones In The First Round! [119] However, Swagger would advance to Elimination Chamber, where he would face the current Intercontinental Champion, Big E, and would lose the match. This therefore made Strong the final Lucha Underground Champion. By: Brian KnappBellator Former WWE Superstar Jack Swagger, real name Jake Hager, put on a solid performance in his first pro MMA fight as he finished off American J.W. T.J. Jones had According to reports, Jake Hager will return to mixed martial arts at Bellator 250 against Brandon Calton. [75] On the March 19 episode of Raw, Swagger was announced as a member of Team Johnny at WrestleMania XXVIII, a match Team Johnny won. Jake Hager, formally WWE superstar Jack Swagger, will make his MMA debut at Bellator 214 on Jan. 26 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Swagger did indeed pick up the victory. 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By: Brian KnappFormer Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder [31][32] His undefeated streak in singles competition ended on the February 3 episode of ECW when he lost to Finlay in a non-title match. MMA Pro Wrestling By Sean Keeley on November 13, 2017 November 13, 2017 Back in May, the WWE career of Jake Hager, a.k.a. [46] Swagger went on to defeat Jericho to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time and subsequently joined the SmackDown brand. [21][22][23][24], During this time, Hager had a gimmick of having an undefeated streak in FCW. [135] On the July 4 episode of Raw, Swagger was part of the main-event, where he teamed with "Team USA", which consisted of himself, Big Show, Kane, Apollo Crews, Mark Henry, Zack Ryder and the Dudley Boyz, in a 16-man elimination tag team match, in which their team was victorious over "The Multinational Alliance", which consisted of Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio and The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara). [107] At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Swagger and Cesaro competed in the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match, but were both unsuccessful as the match was won by Damien Sandow. This would lead to a match on the June 2 episode of Raw, where Swagger would be defeated by Rose. [69] At both the Hell in a Cell and Vengeance pay-per-views, Swagger and Ziggler unsuccessfully challenged Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) for the WWE Tag Team Championship. [95], On April 7 at WrestleMania 29, Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. This was in response to Hager already having been announced for an independent date. [39] After his short feud with MVP ended, Swagger began pursuing the United States Championship. Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Singapore made for a [35] His attempt to win the ECW Championship at The Bash in an ECW Championship Scramble also failed.[36]. The MMA debut for former WWE superstar Jack Swagger — now going by his real name, Jake Hager — wasn’t nearly as attention-grabbing … [52] At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Swagger competed in a triple threat ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston and champion Dolph Ziggler, in which Ziggler retained. one. Title", "RAW NEWS: No Taker, Heyman's announcement teaser, Highlight Reel returning this week, SD match, TNA Night in Nashville? [60][61] At Capitol Punishment, Bourne defeated Swagger to end the feud. [7], The University of Oklahoma recruited Hager as a two-sport athlete in football and wrestling. Jack Swagger was recently a guest on Edge and Christian's podcast and said before leaving WWE he pitched an MMA storyline to Vince that was rejected. [48] At Over the Limit, Swagger retained the title against Big Show by intentionally disqualifying himself. [158][159] He again won the fight via an arm-triangle choke in the first round. Helping wash away the memory of CM Punk’s transition to MMA, Jack Swagger, real name Jake Hager, showed he has a solid foundation to build from, as he picked up a submission win in his debut at Bellator 214. [97] Swagger would then feud with both Del Rio and Ziggler over the World Heavyweight Championship, with Swagger defeating Ziggler in a non-title match the following week and Del Rio attacking him afterwards. [27] He later defeated Dreamer in a normal match and an "Amateur Wrestling Challenge" competition. He is a member of The Inner Circle alongside Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz. Repeated inadvertent groin strikes from Hager rendered Garrett unable to continue. [144] Finally, on March 13, 2017 it was announced that WWE had officially granted Hager his release.[145]. [9] At the 2005 NCAA Division I championships, he lost to University of Pennsylvania's Matt Feast in the second round, and did not place. Jake Hager, otherwise known as former WWE Superstar Jack Swagger, has signed with Bellator MMA as a heavyweight. [62] Swagger competed in his second Money in the Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, however he was unsuccessful as the match was won by Alberto Del Rio. Jake Hager—best known for his time in WWE as Jack Swagger—is making his mixed martial arts debut this Saturday for Bellator MMA. He was the second-string defensive tackle behind eventual National Football League players Tommie Harris and Dusty Dvoracek. Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler (Country Whipping Match)", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 5/16: Complete "virtual time" coverage of live Raw - final Over the Limit hype, Lawler-Cole contract signing, Cena vs. Miz's opponent", "Cena, Orton retain titles at Capitol Punishment", "Xander's WWE Raw Report 8/29: Alt. [151][152] On March 25, 2020 episode of Dynamite, Jon Moxley attacked Hager after a match with Chico Adams. [90], On February 19, Fox News and various conservative commentators including Glenn Beck claimed that Swagger and Colter's characters were a mockery of the Tea Party movement meant to "demonize" the Tea Party. [77][78] On the June 11 episode of Raw, Swagger and Ziggler competed in a fatal four-way elimination match for a number one contenders spot to the World Heavyweight Championship; however, he was eliminated after Ziggler pinned him. [7][8] He stopped playing football and concentrated fully on wrestling his sophomore year. [12][13][14] Hager began teaming with a multitude of opponents to feud with James and his tag team partner Cassidy James. [163] He won the bout via split decision. In his 3-fight long MMA … Kiser? Swagger returned on the July 1 episode of Raw, accompanying Zeb Colter's new client Antonio Cesaro to his match with Cody Rhodes. [138] The following night, he switched brands on SmackDown, interrupting Baron Corbin and stating that he has signed exclusively to the brand. After his team lost, Strong attacked every member, including Infamous Inc manager, Famous B. [128], Around this time, Swagger appeared on television less frequently. [79] The following week, Guerrero, finally tired of the bickering between Swagger and Ziggler, arranged for a match between them; Ziggler won the match, thus ending their partnership, and also ended his clientele association with Vickie Guerrero. [147] In February 2018, Hager joined 5 Star Wrestling and won the heavyweight title, defeating John Morrison. [7][9], In 2006, Hager graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor's degree in finance. Transition from WWE to Bellator MMA nearly complete for Jake Hager Jake Hager, formerly known as the WWE's Jack Swagger, will make his Bellator debut on … [50] Following the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view, Swagger began attacking Mysterio in the lead up to his rematch at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view in July, however he failed to regain the championship, ending their short feud. [118] The following night on Raw, The Real Americans defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a non-title match. At TLC they also challenged for the WWE Tag Team Championship again in a losing effort in a fatal four-way match also involving RybAxel and the team of Big Show and Rey Mysterio. Donald Jacob Hager Jr. (born March 24, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Jake Hager. After the match, Tom Phillips revealed to Swagger that his "Raw contract" expired soon, in which Swagger ignored Phillips and walked away. Kiser on the main card of … He attacked Dreamer on the September 23 episode of ECW when Dreamer attempted to stop Swagger from attacking Chase Stevens. On the January 13, 2009 episode of ECW, Swagger defeated Hardy to win his first title in WWE, the ECW Championship. The moment was not too big for former WWE superstar Jake "Jack Swagger" Hager, as he scored a first round submission at Bellator 214 Saturday … [134] At Roadblock, Swagger would be defeated by Chris Jericho. During that time he saw some incredible highs, but for most of it, he was an underused talent that wasn't often seen on main WWE programming. [citation needed], Hager started wrestling at the age of five. At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Swagger would compete in the Money in the Bank ladder match, which was won by Seth Rollins. Former WWE star Jack Swagger -- a one-time world heavyweight champion with the company -- has signed with Bellator MMA and will fight heavyweight in 2018, Swagger … [154] The rivalry resulted in an Empty Arena No Holds Barred match for the AEW World Championship at April 15, 2020 episode of Dynamite, which Hager lost to Moxley, marking his first loss in AEW. [2][7] On March 22, 2008, Hager went against the FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion Heath Miller in New Port Richey, Florida to determine the true Heavyweight Champion. MMA on Friday and Saturday brought a doubleheader to the He contends that was always the … [93] WWE followed by having Swagger and Colter break character during a video to invite Beck to appear on Raw while justifying that the storyline was designed to elicit a crowd response for the protagonist, Alberto Del Rio, and the antagonists, Swagger and Colter, while remaining within a PG rating, unlike several high-rated scripted dramas that use murder and rape in their storylines. Swagger would enter the 2014 Royal Rumble match at entrant #7 but was eliminated by Kevin Nash. For a little while Hager tried to get the IP rights to become Swagger in Bellator, too, … [38] He then feuded with MVP for several weeks, culminating at SummerSlam, in a match that MVP won. 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