WWE Superstar Jack Swagger recently did an interview with This Is Infamous, and he talked about a number topics, including his recent face turn and the positive reaction, why a foreign heel still works, and much more.
Swagger also talks about patriotism, his days teaming with Cesaro, and several other moments from his career. You can read a few excerpts below:
Swagger on his face turn and the great reaction to it:
Oh, man… that is definitely a moment I will take with me for the rest of my life. One of the crowning points of my career. Hopefully there are more moments like that that come… But every now and then you come across a storyline that is very special and relatable to everyone, whether you’re a hardcore wrestling fan or just an average viewer, and to see America and those fans in the WWE Universe get behind me like that… I was so pumped up. I was so jacked. I was so ready to fight, and at the same time I was proud. I was proud of my country. If you look closely, I probably had tears in my eyes when I said, “We The People,” because I felt that, and I felt everyone’s emotions behind that. I know everyone in the back came through and they told me that they stood up and they said it along with me, because it was just that type of moment where it grabbed you. You couldn’t take your eyes off the television. It was very cool. It’s up there with winning any championship.
Swagger on the Rusev feud, and why the angle works so well:
I think it’s a couple of things, why it turned out so well and why it hit home. One is that Rusev is this big immovable force. Amazing competitor. And Lana… She cuts these very anti-American promos, very believable, and if there’s one thing that Americans can agree on, it’s pride for their country. We can be torn a million different ways about issues that are going on, but then when you start talking about our country, one thing about real Americans… You can push us, and push us, and knock us down, but when the times get tough, we’re gonna unite, and we’re gonna stand up together and we’re gonna get stronger. And I think it’s along those lines. This is a very topical issue now, with the world and certain things that are going on, certain factions outside of our country, have all added to the storyline and just made it that much more passionate and that much more heartfelt. You look at the World Cup and how big soccer has become in America since then, I mean everybody was so proud of those boys down there, going out there and just playing their hearts out, and just wanted them to do well. If you give an American a chance to stand up and say “USA,” he’s gonna stand up and he’s gonna scream “USA.” It’s one of the most beautiful things about our country. We love it, and we’re gonna fight for it.
Swagger on ending the Cesaro feud early, and would he have liked to do more:
Absolutely. Antonio Cesaro and I… I always say that we’re the greatest tag team not to win a championship. There was something very special between us with the way we competed and the way we set off each other, and the way it went down definitely wasn’t the way I would have liked it to. But at the same time, the door is always open, so I feel like there was so much interest there that we could go back to that at any time.
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