JACK SWAGGER

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s)  Jack  Swagger
Jake  Hager
Billed  height  6  ft  7  in  (2.01  m)[
Billed  weight  275  lb  (125  kg)
Billed  from  Perry,  Oklahoma
Trained  by  Deep  South  Wrestling
Debut  September  7,  2006

Donald  Jacob  "Jake"  Hager : (born  March  24,  1982)  is  an  American  professional  wrestler  and  former  amateur  wrestler  signed  to  WWE,  under  the  ring  name  Jack  Swagger.

Hager  attended  the  University  of  Oklahoma  as  a  two-sport  athlete,  participating  in  both  football  and  wrestling.  He  switched  to  wrestling  full-time  in  his  sophomore  year,  and  in  2006,  set  the  record  for  most  pins  in  a  season  with  30  as  an  All-American.  Following  a  try-out,  Hager  signed  a  WWE  contract  in  mid-2006.  He  made  his  debut  for  the  WWE  developmental  territory  Deep  South  Wrestling  in  September,  and  was  moved  to  the  Ohio  Valley  Wrestling  territory  in  January  2007.  A  few  months  later,  Hager  debuted  for  Florida  Championship  Wrestling,  where  he  was  the  final  FCW  Southern  Heavyweight  Champion  and  the  inaugural  FCW  Florida  Heavyweight  Champion.

In  late  2008,  he  debuted  for  the  ECW  brand  under  the  name  Jack  Swagger,  and  in  January  2009,  he  won  his  first  world  championship,  the  ECW  Championship  after  defeating  Matt  Hardy.  In  March  2010,  while  a  member  of  the  Raw  brand,  he  won  the  Money  in  the  Bank  Ladder  match  at  WrestleMania  XXVI  and  cashed  it  in  later  that  week  on  SmackDown,  where  he  defeated  Chris  Jericho  to  win  the  World  Heavyweight  Championship.  In  January  2012,  he  won  the  WWE  United  States  Championship  after  defeating  Zack  Ryder.

In  February  2013,  he  was  repackaged  as  "A  Real  American"  and  was  managed  by  Zeb  Colter,  winning  the  the  Elimination  Chamber  match,  thus  earning  a  World  Heavyweight  Championship  match  against  reigning  champion  Alberto  Del  Rio  at  WrestleMania  29,  but  failed  to  win  the  title.  He  then  formed  an  alliance  with  Cesaro  as  "The  Real  Americans",  unsuccessful  chasing  the  WWE  Tag  Team  Championship.

Ended  his  partnership  with  Cesaro,  he,  in  June  2014,  turned  face  for  the  first  time  in  his  career  and  started  a  feud  against  Rusev  over  the  United  States  Championship,  but  he  didn't  ever  regain  the  title.  After  this,  he  was  mostly  relegated  to  wrestle  on  Superstars  and  Main  Event,  where  he  lost  to  Luke  Harper,  Bray  Wyatt,  and  even  low-profile  superstars  like  Titus  O'Neil.

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