29 Facts About Johnny Swinger

Johnny Swinger appeared on WWFs flagship program, WWF RAW, facing Shane Douglas in a nationally televised broadcast on September 25,1995.

Johnny Swinger made his debut on April 13,1996 at the CAPW Spring Slam, winning a battle royal and later challenging unsuccessfully for the vacated CAPW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Steve Nixon.

Johnny Swinger returned to World Championship Wrestling on May 26,1997 losing to the Giant in a three versus one match.

Johnny Swinger returned to WCW for one week for the Cruiserweight Tag Team Tournament.

Johnny Swinger wrestled on the February 28,2001 edition of WCW Thunder where Swinger lost to Shane Helms.

Johnny Swinger made his debut on March 7,2001 at an event in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada and teamed with Otis Apollo to win the BCW Tag-Team Championship from Dyson Price and Geza Kalman Jr.

Johnny Swinger remained champion for the remainder of 2001 and through all of 2002, defending the title against Jerry Lawler, Bobby Rude, Chris Sabin, Gangrel, and Jerry Lynn.

Johnny Swinger had a brief stint in the earlier part of 2003 in the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion.

Johnny Swinger appeared and was victorious on World Wrestling All Stars International card "Retribution" in Glasgow Scotland, teaming with Buff "The Stuff" Bagwell to defeat Norman Smiley and Malice.

On July 24,2002, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger debuted as a team in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Johnny Swinger eventually formed a stable known as "The New York Connection" with Glenn Gilbertti, Vito and Trinity.

Johnny Swinger made his WWE debut on the July 31,2005 episode of Sunday Night Heat as "Johnny Parisi" winning his debut match for the company.

Johnny Swinger came back in December 2005 but was sent back to DSW.

Johnny Swinger worked two more Heat matches for WWE in February 2006, losing competitively to Chavo Guerrero and Kane.

Johnny Swinger has great title success there winning the GCW Heavyweight title on 2 occasions and the GCW Tag Titles twice, once with Glenn Gilberti and once with Bull Buchanan.

Johnny Swinger later lost the title to Scotty Beach in a steel cage match via submission.

Johnny Swinger returned to WWE to face Ron Simmons in a match on WWE Heat, and on October 14,2007, appeared for TNA's flagship pay-per-view, Bound for Glory, competing in a dark match with Joey Matthews against The Motor City Machineguns.

Johnny Swinger recaptured the GCW Heavyweight Championship from Bull Buchanan on December 15,2007, in a triple threat match that included another TNA veteran, Sonny Siaki.

Johnny Swinger spent most of 2008 fighting off challenges of various contenders for the GCW Championship, including Scotty 2 Hotty, Disco Inferno, and Bull Buchanan.

On July 29,2010, it was confirmed that Johnny Swinger would take part in TNA's ECW reunion show Hardcore Justice on August 8.

In 2011, Johnny Swinger continued success for Peachstate Wrestling Alliance in Georgia, feuding with Bill the Butcher, Ultimate Dragon, and others.

Johnny Swinger continues to be one of the most popular babyfaces in the organization, despite spending the majority of his career as a heel.

Johnny Swinger is currently training pro wrestlers and hopefuls with Rick Steiner at Hard Knocks Gym in Kennesaw, Georgia.

In 2017, Johnny Swinger started to co-host The Raven Effect podcast on Podcast One with fellow pro wrestler Raven; however after a couple of weeks, he was replaced by comedian and former WCW employee Buttsby Berkeley, and backyard wrestler Joseph Feeney due to poor ratings.

In 2019, Johnny Swinger re-signed with TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling.

Johnny Swinger debuted on the September 27,2019 episode of Impact Wrestling.

Johnny Swinger was taken to Wrestler's Court to defend himself and it was revealed that Larry D shot Bravo for taking Rosemary away from him.

In early 2021, Swinger established "Swinger's Palace", an underground casino in the Impact Zone, which was used as a location for feuds to play out, having John E Bravo as his pit boss and Hernandez as his bouncer.

Johnny Swinger lost to Downtown Daddy Brown in a grudge match but was able to beat Larry D in his "Lawrence D" alter-ego, winning the affection of Swingerella 1 and her hand in marriage.