MMA Fighting · Oct 26, 2019
Jake Hager’s next fight affects both his television jobs
Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesWhen Jake Hager gets into the Bellator cage on Friday night, he’s facing a different kind of pressure.
Hager, the man formerly known as Jack Swagger, has two careers going right now, and losing right now would be very bad for both.
Jack Swagger, his previous moniker and the name he’s still best known as, was known as “The All-American American” for years in World Wrestling Entertainment. He had a catch phrase, “We the people,” which he would shout out with the fans. When he came out for his first Bellator fights, there was a “We the people” chant from the crowd.