The artist formerly known as Jack Swagger is going to try out a professional MMA career now that he’s no longer signed to WWE, the pro wrestling organization. 35-year-old Jake Hager signed with Bellator a couple of weeks ago, and intends to continue doing pro wrestling while he tries his hand in the cage.
In a recent MMA Hour interview, Hager says he pitched a shoot fighting idea to WWE, but they wanted to no part of it (via MMA Fighting):
“For the longest time there, I felt like I was literally the toughest guy in the locker room.