Shield Reunion Match Set for RAW, Jack Swagger to Bellator

[cero2k]

Source: f4wonline.com

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After being delayed due to Roman Reigns being out of action with a viral infection, The Shield's in-ring reunion will take place on Raw tonight.

WWE announced today that Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose would be teaming against The Miz, Cesaro & Sheamus in a six-man tag match on tonight's show. The Shield were originally supposed to face Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Kane at last month's TLC pay-per-view before Kurt Angle had to replace Reigns on short notice.

Reigns is returning to television for the first time since October 16th tonight. He was also absent from WWE's European tour as he waited to be cleared to return from the illness.

Cesaro & Sheamus won the Raw Tag Team Championship from Rollins & Ambrose in Manchester last week, with a distraction from The New Day playing a part as they faked another SmackDown invasion of Raw. WWE will follow up on that tonight and on SmackDown tomorrow, likely setting up a Shield vs. New Day match for Sunday's Survivor Series PPV.

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Another pro wrestler is trying their hand at mixed martial arts.

While appearing on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani this afternoon, Jack Swagger (real name Jake Hager) announced that he's signed with Bellator MMA and will be debuting as a heavyweight in 2018. Swagger said he's wanted to do MMA for a long time and had been negotiating with Bellator since the summer, finalizing terms with them over the weekend.

When asked how the news would affect his pro wrestling schedule, Swagger said he wants to continue wrestling in addition to his new career in MMA. Swagger has been working on the independent scene since departing WWE earlier this year.

Swagger noted on an episode of Chael Sonnen's Beyond the Fight podcast in March that he had requested his release from WWE due to a lack of opportunities and being far apart in contract negotiations. He told Sonnen that it would be difficult to decline a good offer to try out MMA if he got one.

Before starting with WWE in 2006, Swagger was a standout amateur wrestler at the University of Oklahoma.

[KILLdozer]

He'll probably do better than someone else did.

[cero2k]

He'll probably do better than someone else did.

Batista? yeah, i can see that, Swagger has actual training, tho he's considerably old

[KILLdozer]

He'll probably do better than someone else did.

Batista? yeah, i can see that, Swagger has actual training, tho he's considerably old

No, the other guy that lost almost instantly lol.