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Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog. Donald Jacob Hager Jr. (born March 24, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jake Hager. He is best known for his tenure with the WWE, where he performed under the ring name Jack Swagger.
- 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
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- 275 lb (125 kg)
- September 7, 2006
He debuted with WWE in September 2006. He joined AEW in October 2019. He has also been known as Jack Swagger and Jake Strong. Before Fame. He competed in both football and wrestling at the University of Oklahoma. Trivia. He used to work at a law firm before beginning his professional wrestling career. Family Life. He married Catalina White in ...
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- March 24, 1982
- Perry, Oklahoma
- Early Life and Amateur Wrestling
- Professional Wrestling Career
- Personal Life
- In Wrestling
- Championships and Accomplishments
Hager has been wrestling since the age of five, and wrestled in high school with Danny Hodge's grandson. He is good friends with Hodge, and grew up living two blocks away from him in Perry, Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma recruited Hager as a two-sport athlete. He played football and was the second-string defensive tackle behind National Footb...
Independent circuit
Hager returned to professional wrestling on the independent circuit in 2017. He announced (using his Jack Swagger ring name) that he would be joining the House of Hardcore2017 Australian tour. The Australian tour consisted of four events between June 16 and June 24. On May 19, Swagger made his Federacion Universal De Lucha Libre debut in Mexico. On May 21, Swagger was defeated by Alberto El Patrón. On May 25, Swagger made his All American Wrestling debut, lost to Michael Elginin a special Thu...
Lucha Underground
Debuting as Jake Strong, he wrestled his first match on February 24 during Lucha Underground's "Darkness And The Monster" episode where he teamed with Big Bad Steve and Sammy Guevara in a six-man tag team match lost to the defending Lucha Underground Trios Champions Killshot, Son Of Havoc & The Mack. In March 2018, Jack joined Lucha Underground for it's fourth season. Returning on July 4 during episode "Pain, Love And Sacrifice To The Gods", Strong won his first Lucha Underground singles matc...
All Elite Wrestling
Under his real name Hager debuted in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 during the October 2 episode of AEW Dynamite. On that night, Hager joined a mass assault during the conclusion of the main event six-man tag match won by Chris Jericho and Santana and Ortiz against Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. As the assault on the losing team continued, the ring soon filled with other wrestlers including Sammy Guevara, ambushing Cody, before Cody's brother Dustin Rhodes arrived. Both Rhodes brothers a...
In December 2010, Hager married former professional wrestler Catalina White, known professionally as Saylor James. The couple had their first child on October 17, 2011, a son named Knox Stribling Hager. On February 19, 2013, Swagger was arrested in Gulfport, Mississippi after a SmackDown taping. He was charged with driving under the influence, mari...
FinishersSignature movesTag teams and stablesNov 14, 2020 · Hager and Mantel's partnership was known for their "We The People" catchphrase. Hager revealed that the phrase was purely Mantel's thinking, and it was not written down by anyone. "We had a little ...
A specimen who’d be as welcome on display in the Smithsonian as in a 20-by-20 ring, Swagger is the result of a Hadron collision between charisma, arrogance, pure American power and God-gifted wrestling ability. He grew up enamored with sports-entertainment greats Danny Hodge and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, both of whom would personally help ...
May 4, 2021 · Exclusive interview: Formerly known as ‘Jack Swagger’, the 39-year-old is back thriving in the squared circle after a spell fighting with Bellator MMA. The tears in the eyes of Jake Hager tell ...
On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Jake Hager / Jack Swagger, with his Career History, real name, age, height and weight, the Promotions he worked for, all the Face/Heel turns, the Championship Titles he won, his Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams and Stables, his appearance changes through the years, and more.
