{"id":661241,"date":"2026-05-11T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661241\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:10:13","slug":"ex-wwe-star-jake-hager-coming-out-of-retirement-for-surprise-wrestling-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661241\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-WWE Star Jake Hager Coming Out of Retirement for Surprise Wrestling Return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jake Hager may have claimed he was done with pro wrestling \u2014 but that retirement didn\u2019t last very long since he\u2019s set to return to the business very soon.<\/p>\n<p>The major news came on May 10 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYKicP-jhIX\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Wrestling Council announced on Instagram<\/a> that the former WWE and AEW star will compete during the company\u2019s 53rd Anniversary event on June 27 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. According to the announcement, Hager will officially return to the \u201cquadrilateros\u201d for the anniversary show after being away from active competition for a long stretch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will make his return to the quadrilateros in the 53rd Anniversary, on Saturday June 27 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan. Tickets on sale at PRticket.com.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The return is very interesting because Hager previously sounded completely finished with wrestling during an appearance on the Rule Breakers with Saraya podcast back in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Hager openly admitted he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringsidenews.com\/jake-hager-announces-retirement-pro-wrestling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">considered himself retired from wrestling and explained<\/a> that he had shifted his attention toward building a trucking company in Tampa, Florida. Hager then explained that he was fully focused on entrepreneurship and building his logistics business instead of continuing life inside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m getting out of wrestling. I pretty much\u2014I could say I\u2019m retired from it. I started a trucking company and so\u2026 running routes through Tampa and Florida. I\u2019m not driving\u2014got people driving. But yeah, I\u2019m excited. Something to stick my teeth into. Hard work always pays off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake Hager has not wrestled since facing Connor Mills at BZW Alcatraz in November 2024, which makes the WWC announcement his first confirmed in-ring appearance in well over a year.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, it\u2019s unclear whether this is simply a one-off return or the beginning of a larger comeback run. But despite previously insisting he was retired, Jake Hager is officially stepping back into the wrestling world once again.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Jake Hager should make a full wrestling comeback, or was retiring and focusing on business the right move for him long-term? Leave your thoughts and feedback below.<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Hager may have claimed he was done with pro wrestling \u2014 but that retirement didn\u2019t last very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-661241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}