Jack Swagger (real name Jake Hager) recently announced that he has signed with Bellator and will be trying out Mixed Martial Arts. Swagger left WWE several months ago and has been wrestling on the independents ever since.
Swagger was interviewed by Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour where he revealed the storyline pitch he gave that was rejected by WWE.
Swagger says that he pitched a shoot fight with anyone in the locker room. Here is what he said:
“For the longest time there, I felt like I was literally the toughest guy in the locker room. Yet, I would go out there and have two-minute matches with guys that couldn’t hold my jock. It even got to the point where I pitched to them, I was like, ‘Look, I got something to prove. You guys are a great platform. Let me prove it. Pick the fighter — I’ll fight anybody. Put them on your show and I’ll fight them.’ They didn’t really want to go down that route.”
He continued:
“Let’s do something different, along those lines. I don’t know if they just didn’t believe in my abilities, but now we’re here to show it. It’s crazy. Stuff like that always happens and it just got pushed to the side and I was like, Alright, well I’m still here. I’m gonna do do it. It’s a great opportunity that I’m gonna take advantage of.”
Can’t blame WWE with the way the brawl for all went…..
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