American wrestling is a show closely watched by millions of people not only in the USA, but also in other countries of the world. The combination of high-class masters of martial arts, bright light, loud music - all this is quite capable of attracting the attention of even the most demanding audience. This article will talk about one of the outstanding wrestlers of our time named Jack Swagger. We will consider his life and sports career in the most detail.
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Jack Swagger is a wrestler born in Perry, Oklahoma, March 24, 1982. The weight of the athlete is 125 kg and the height is 201 cm. The fighter trained in wrestling in Deep South Wrestling. The professional debut took place on September 7, 2006. Real name is Jacob Hager.
First steps
Since January 2007, Jack Swagger began to sporadically appear on the training site of the wrestling called Ohio Valley Wrestling. There he was able to distinguish himself with vivid performances in various teams. Also, work in OVW gave the guy the opportunity to light up on the well-known RAW show, where he visited as a security guard during a fight between John Cena and Umagi.
2007-2008 period
In August 2007, Jack Swagger was transferred to the Florida Championship Wrestling. There, almost immediately, he entered into a tough confrontation with TJ Wilson. In just six months, our hero, along with Ted Dee Biassi Jr., become mandatory applicants for the FCW champion title. This was made possible thanks to their excellent performance in the battle-royal match. A little later, their in-person meeting took place, in which Jack was the winner.
In March 2008, Swagger fought with another FCW heavyweight champion, Miller Heath. Both belts were at stake that evening, so Jack, having completed the fight successfully for himself, became the undisputed champion of the organization. After that, he defeated such applicants as Wilson, Miller, Curtis, Tuft.
Such a winning streak ended in defeat in August at a RAW in a dark match. However, later he began to appear on the air before recording television versions of the main weekly magazines, which only meant his unambiguous debut in the main card. As for the FCW title, Jack lost it to Seamus in September.
ECW Championship
On September 9, 2009, Jack Swagger first performed at ECW. Already in the debut match, he defeated one of the local performers. After this victory, he gained a reputation as a bad guy and began a confrontation with Tommy Drimmer. Finally, their paths parted after an extreme match in which Jack was clearly the best. This victory allowed him to go to the main team.
In December 2008, Jack received ECW title contender status. January 13, 2009, he was able to defeat the then champion of the organization, Matt Hardy. This was followed by a rematch, which again turned out to be the best Swagger. However, already on February 3, the winning streak of our hero was interrupted in a duel with Finley, but the title remained untouchable. Ultimately, the loss of the belt came in a duel with Christian, who took place on Backlash. And although Jack later had two more title fights, he still could not return the champion’s belt.
Performances at RAW (2009-2010)
The transition to the organization took place on June 29, 2009. Already in the first fight, Jack met Randy Orton, who at that time was the champion of WWE. The debut was extremely unsuccessful.
In July, Swagger was able to defeat the profit center, which served as the beginning of the conflict between them, which soon ended. After that, Jack switched to the US title and in September fought with Kofi Kingston, and quite successfully.
During Hell in a Cell, Jack and Miz lost to Kingston in a three-way title bout. At the Survivor Series, Swagger performed as part of the Miza team and was defeated by Morrison (the Miza team still won in the end).
World Championship 2010
All WWE wrestlers are ambitious people, and Swagger is no exception in this matter. Already in March 2010, he was able to qualify for the match for the case on WrestleMania 26. As a result, he won the contract. Already at the first RAW show, Jack wanted to use the case of the then champion John Cena, but he was not even able to stand on his feet, so Swagger was not given the opportunity to win the title in such a situation.
In this regard, Jack decided to try his luck at SmackDown and there he very successfully realized his desire, hanging the case on world champion Chris Jericho. In April, Swagger was able to defend his belt against Jericho and Edge, after which he also managed to fend off Orton. This was followed by a confrontation with the Big Show, which he lost by disqualification at Over the Limit.
On June 20, Jack lost the four-way match, which also included Ray Mysterio, SM Punk and the Big Show.
In the period 2011-2012. Swagger was the champion of the United States. He lost this title in December 2012 to Santino Marella. The loss was not the only one, and Jack never returned his belt.
Return
Aggressive driving and marijuana possession - Jack Swagger got caught on all of this in February 2013. WWE is an organization quite severe in relation to offenders, but it did not begin to remove the fighter from the broadcasts, although it became clear that there could be no talk of any serious promotion of him in the tournament.
In early June, he was forced to go on vacation due to a hand injury. But already on July 1 he returned to RAW, having fought against Cody Rhodes.
After some time, Swagger and Cesaro declared themselves “Real Americans” and began to play on the same team. Speaking with varying success, they still managed to get to the battle for the title of team champions, but lost to his Shield group.
WrestleMania 30 was the last tournament for Real Americans. During the competition, Jack could not bear the fact that Cesar defeated Andre the Giant, and kicked the Swiss out of the team.
Today
In 2016, Jack began his performances extremely unsuccessfully, as, as a matter of fact, in 2015. In the “Royal Battle 2015”, Swagger participated with Mark Henry. As for the opposition “Jack Swagger vs. Brock Lesnar” at the Royal Rumble, the show ended very quickly, because Brock took only 29 seconds to finish his opponent.
Swagger was also defeated at the hands of Chris Jericho on Roadblock. WrestleMania 32 turned out to be another fatal tournament for Swagger, as he lost to Andre Gigant.
It is noteworthy that this year, thanks to Twitter, many wrestling fans thought that the fighter finally leaves the ring. And all because he published on his page a statement that ended with the words "last day." Jack Swagger, whose wife a little later clarified the meaning of this phrase, thus greatly disturbed the minds of many admirers who began to speculate. However, his wife said on a Twitter page that her husband talked about the last day on his European tour, but not in his career.
Here they are, WWE wrestlers: shocking, emotional, sometimes aggressive and inadequate, but at the same time very beloved by the audience, showmen who risk not only their health, but sometimes their lives in every performance.