Details on Jack Swagger, ECW’s Newest Acquisition

September 10, 2008

Last night’s edition of ECW saw the debut of “The All American American” Jack Swagger, otherwise known in FCW as Jake Hager. WWE originally signed Hager to a developmental deal as he is a legitimate All-American and a double athlete, having played defensive tackle in football and wrestled as an amateur at The University of Oklahoma. In 2006, he set a record of 30 pins in a single season of wrestling. He remains undefeated in developmental as he’s doing a winning streak gimmick, and as of August 2, 2008, was on a 62-0 win streak. If his theme song sounds familiar, which was driving me nuts during his entrance because I knew I had heard it somewhere before, it’s because Jamie Noble used the song during his run with Nidia. You can see the TitanTron featuring the theme music at this link.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.