Donald Hager Jr.

DOB: 1982-03-24

DOD: -

Donald Jacob Hager Jr. is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Jake Hager. Hager is also known for his time in WWE under the ring name Jack Swagger. As a mixed martial artist, he is currently signed to Bellator MMA where he competes in the heavyweight division. 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 where he performed as "Jack Swagger". During his time with WWE, he became a two-time world champion, having held the WWE's World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW Championship once each and a one-time United States Champion. He left the company in 2017 after he decided to pursue a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career. In 2017, Hager signed with Bellator MMA. He had his first professional fight on January 26, 2019 against J.W. Kiser at Bellator 214, where he won via arm-triangle choke in the first round. In his second fight with the promotion, he faced T.J. Jones on May 11, 2019 at Bellator 221, where he again won via arm-triangle choke in the first round. He is currently undefeated with a record of 3–0 (1). As a wrestler, he kept working with various promotions before signing with AEW in 2019, including in Lucha Underground as Jake Strong, where he was the final Lucha Underground Champion. He is the only man in history to have been ECW, (WWE) World and Lucha Underground Champion.[citation needed] Hager, in total, is a four-time world champion in professional wrestling.

Starred In

2021
Movie

AEW All Out

2021
Movie

AEW Full Gear

2012
Movie

WWE RAW 1000

2011
Movie

WWE Vengeance 2011

2016
Movie

WWE No Mercy 2016

2019
Movie

Hot WWE News DVD

2009
Movie

WWE Backlash 2009

2009
Movie

WWE The Bash 2009

2022
Movie

AEW All Out

2018
Movie

Warrior Wrestling

2016
Movie

WWE Roadblock 2016

2018
Movie

MLW Battle Riot

2020
Movie

AEW Revolution

2020
Movie

AEW Fyter Fest

2020
Movie

AEW All Out

2019
Movie

AEW Full Gear

2020
Movie

AEW Full Gear

2021
Movie

AEW Road Rager

1999
Tv

WWE SmackDown

1993
Tv

Raw

2019
Tv

AEW Dark

2022
Tv

Hey! (EW)

2006
Tv

WWE ECW

2018
Tv

MLW Fusion

2018
Tv

MLW Fusion

2019
Tv

AEW Dark