Johnny Swinger has officially re-signed with IMPACT Wrestling.
Swinger first returned t0 IMPACT Wrestling in 2019, becoming a notable player in the X-Division. On two occasions, he vied for the X-Division Championship. Now, Swinger will continue to represent his vintage style and “Hollywood” attitude in IMPACT through 2023.
In speaking on Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore Podcast, Johnny Swinger confirmed that he signed a new deal with the company. Extending his contract another year, Swinger recalled the initial call he received from Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore, which led to his return to IMPACT Wrestling.
“Brother, I’m telling you man and he [Scott D’Amore] said to me, he called me on fourth of July 2019, I was out by the pool so that’s why I remember — he didn’t call me, he sent me a text, said, ‘I got an idea for you in IMPACT, it’ll be fun and easy’ and my response was, ‘When do I start?’ I didn’t ask what it was, I didn’t care because I knew that he knows what to do with me so I’ll just trust in that so it was three weeks after that before he told me what I was finally doing and when I talked to him, he goes, ‘We’ll either get three months out of this or we’ll get three years out of it,’ and you know, obviously he’s still happy with it,” Swinger said.
“They’re offering me another year and there’s a lot of people — I started thinking about all the people I’ve worked with there over the last three years that aren’t around anymore that were really big time talent so, you know, I was just in awe of Ken Shamrock when I first came in, because I never really knew him before that but I got to kind of be friendly with him, really cool guy and I was thinking, you know, after a year-and-a-half, he was gone and I’m still here three years — that makes me feel good that I’m a pliable character that you just cameo into something and you have a good idea and it’s like boom, it’s an easy, simple thing and everybody gets it.”
“I’m just grateful for the chance to come back on a TV level and do this character which it’s not really a character. It’s just what I am and what I’ve seen and I add a lot of color to it and I watch a lot of people.”
Swinger most recently battled Dirty Dango on Before The IMPACT. In addition, he competed in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound For Glory.
H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.
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