{"id":793636,"date":"2026-07-11T13:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793636\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:51:09","slug":"former-wwe-champ-mma-fighter-brutally-knocked-out-at-power-slap-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793636\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE champ, MMA fighter brutally knocked out at Power Slap 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MMA<\/a> fighter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/tag\/wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WWE<\/a> champion Jack Hager, also known as Jack Swagger, had rough day after being the victim of a knockout at Power Slap 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event took place on Friday, July 10 in Las Vegas and one of the heavyweight bouts featured Hager versus Amanpreet Singh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After going blow-for-blow over the first two rounds, Singh hit Hager with a vicious shot in Round 3 that was too much for Hager to handle and he hit the deck as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The referee rightly stopped the fight despite Hager eventually getting up and Singh was awarded with the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was quite the turn of events for the match, as Hager scored a knockdown on Singh in Round 1 and looked to be on his way to victory early on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the loss, Hager drops to 1-1 in his Power Slap career. The former WWE champ had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/04\/18\/jake-hager-wins-power-slam-debuts-says-f-you-tony-khan-afterward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">won a match back in April<\/a> via knockout at Power Slap 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/wwe-power-rankings-top-10-mens-wrestlers-after-july-4th-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WWE power rankings after Fourth of July weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hager wasn\u2019t the only one with professional wrestling experience in the match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singh, who is better known by his ring name, Mahabali Shera, worked for TNA (now Impact Wrestling) and had a brief stint with the WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Hager\u2019s MMA and WWE career<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-68004 elementor-location-single post-199032 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mma category-wwe tag-jake-hager tag-mma tag-power-slap tag-wwe mv-content-wrapper']\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[12][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wp-picture-wrapped=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-570-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199035\" \/>Jan 26, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Jake Hager (red gloves) and J.W. Kiser (blue gloves) during Bellator 214 at The Forum. Mandatory Credit: Dave Mandel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hager is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/jack-swagger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">best known for his WWE career<\/a>, where he went by the ring name, Jack Swagger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former WWE superstar won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE United States Championship during his stint with the company that ended in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hager joined Bellator MMA in 2019 and ended up going undefeated in four matches, with three wins and one draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/ufc-329-weigh-in-results-conor-mcgregor-max-holloway-official-welterweight-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UFC 329 weigh-in results \u2013 Conor McGregor, Max Holloway official for welterweight showdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/_\/id\/4407948\/jake-hager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">beat JW Kiser and T.J. Jones by submission<\/a> in his first two matches, scored a draw with Anthony Garrett in his third, and then a 2020 split decision victory over Brandon Calton was his last match with Bellator, which ceased operations last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hager later revealed his reason for leaving Bellator and returning to wrestling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOfficially, I\u2019m retired from MMA,\u201d he announced in 2023. \u201cI trained hard last year, but Bellator was j****** me off, so I retired and I\u2019m focusing on wrestling now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/john-cenas-new-look-has-fans-buzzing-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">John Cena\u2019s new look has fans buzzing on social media<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hager went back to wrestling in 2019, when he joined AEW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His first match came in 2020 against Dustin Rhodes, and Hager\u2019s last televised match with AEW came in 2024. He officially announced his retirement from wrestling in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former MMA fighter and WWE champion Jack Hager, also known as Jack Swagger, had rough day after being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,373461,785,373462,85,14064],"class_list":["post-793636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-jake-hager","tag-mma","tag-power-slap","tag-sports","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}