Jack Swagger only needed just over 2 minutes to win his MMA debut at Bellator 114. He defeated JW Kiser via submission with an arm-triangle. His next bout is scheduled for Bellator 121 in May against TJ Jones.
The former World Heavyweight Champion recently took part in an interview with journalist Chris Van Vliet. He mentioned what Vince McMahon said to him before he made his MMA debut.
“(Vince McMahon) sent me a text message and told me not to lose kind of as a ‘ha ha’. But I think it was really cool we had R Truth doing the entrance and he went to Vince and Vince said yeah go do it man, go out there and support this guy. I think it was like everyone else, they came in and supported me and wanted to help me and I’m very humbled and honored.”
Jack Swagger On Signing With Bellator
Swagger also mentioned he chose Bellator over UFC as they stressed he could continue his pro-wrestling career as well.
“We talked with UFC briefly but it was really Bellator the whole time. and I’m very glad to be there… they’ve been great. One of the reasons I went with Bellator is they realized how popular wrestling is, especially independent pro wrestling. They were like ‘You’re a big name, go continue being a big name. Make yourself a bigger name. We like that.’ You would think most companies would like you to go and make yourself a bigger name but we won’t get into that.”
Swagger also mentioned he’d like to fight under the name Jack Swagger but WWE owns the rights to it.
The full interview can be viewed below:
