Jake Hager, aka Jack Swagger, was today’s guest on “The Ariel Helwani Show”. During the interview, he talked about why he still uses his “We The People” gimmick outside of the WWE as well as his desire to continue to use the Jack Swagger moniker. Here are the highlights:
On Whether He Needed Permission From WWE To Use “We The People” For His Fight:
No permission. We The People is public domain, any American can use that. I wanted to embrace my past. I feel like I was more known as Jack Swagger, so it’s easier to continue that brand, and hopefully—as we’ve discussed in the past—I’ll fight under [the name] Jack Swagger. Even though ‘Jake Hager’ is pretty cool, and I’ve got some big name ideas that would go with that, I ultimately wanted to embrace my professional wrestling past.
I feel like being a professional wrestling has definitely made me a better MMA fighter. I feel like because I wrestled at WrestleMania and in some of the biggest arenas in the world—Madison Square Garden, Staples Center—I was able to handle Saturday [his first MMA fight] like a pro and go out there cool as the other side of the pillow and take care of business. Why run away from that?
On What “We The People” Means To Him:
In this world, I feel like we all need to be nicer to each other. I feel like we need to come together and all admit that we’re here for the same reason. Let’s come together, let the people stop fighting each other, but let them fight in the octagon.
On Why He Can’t Currently Use the “Jack Swagger” Moniker:
I don’t own the intellectual property rights. it’s a lot of legal talk, but I got a great lawyer helping me work on it and I feel confident in her.
You can check out the full Jack Swagger interview with Ariel Helwani below:
Up next on #HelwaniShow: @RealJackSwagger discusses his MMA debut and where he falls in Bellator's heavyweight division
Watch live! https://t.co/cJA3XHZVQy
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 28, 2019
Credit: The Ariel Helwani Show. H/T Wrestlezone
