Former WWE Superstar Jack Swagger was recently a guest on E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness. Swagger spoke about his time in WWE and also his transition into MMA.
During the interview, Swagger ended up sharing an idea that he pitched to Vince McMahon prior to him leaving the company.
Here is what he said (h/t to Wrestlezone for the quote below):
“I knew I was gonna do MMA. Before I left, Vince caught me in the hallway and he told me that they were wasting me. I said, ‘Man, that’s awesome to hear. Thank you for saying that. I’ll be in your office next week with ideas.
I pitched to him an idea about leaving and having to go fight MMA, and then come back, but have a little controversy between us or something. He didn’t really want to do anything about it.”
He also revealed that after the pitch, communication with WWE broke down:
“After that – not with him – but with everyone else, communication sort of broke down, so I was like, ‘OK, it’s time to go.’ It was on my mind. I wanted to do it [pursue MMA] then.”
Swagger recently won his first MMA fight, defeating JW Kiser at Bellator 214.
On a related note, Chris Jericho recently shared Vince McMahon’s reaction after using some banned words in WWE. You can read more about that here.