Joseph Dorgan
Acting
Biography
American professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Johnny Swinger (or simply Swinger) and with World Wrestling Entertainment as Johnny Parisi Dorgan signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005, and began training at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in May 2005. He made his WWE debut on the July 31, 2005 episode of Sunday Night Heat as "Johnny Parisi" winning his debut match for the company. He was a main stay on Heat. His ring name was derived from his great uncle Tony Parisi. In September 2005 Parisi was sent to Deep South Wrestling wrestling there for two months while also wrestling on Sunday Night Heat, until being taken off of television in November due to an injury. He came back in December 2005 but was sent back to DSW. He worked two more Heat matches for WWE in February, 2006, losing competitively to Chavo Guerrero and Kane. He was released on June 29, 2006. Return to the independent circuit (2006-present) After being released from the WWE he went back to wrestling on the independent circuit mainly wrestling for Great Championship Wrestling (GCW). He 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. Raven came to GCW to help Swinger with his feud against Michaels Inc. in December 2006. After winning the GCW title from Chris Stevens, Swinger turned on Raven and joined Michaels Inc. In January 2007, Swinger began challenging TNA wrestlers to try to come to challenge him in GCW. In response to this, TNA Director of Authority, Jim Cornette came to a GCW show to confront Swinger. Swinger and Bull Buchanan were defeated by Raven and David Young on January 31. Afterwards, David Young challenged Swinger for the GCW title. He later lost the title to Scotty Beach in a steel cage match via submission. On September 15, he defeated Scotty Beach for the GCW title once again. On September 29 he faced Bull Buchanan in a losing effort within a steel cage at the fourth-annual Fred Ward Memorial Show. In 2011, Johnny Swinger continued success for Peachstate Wrestling Alliance in Georgia, feuding with Bill the Butcher, Ultimate Dragon, and others. Swinger continues to be one of the most popular babyfaces in the organization, despite spending the majority of his career as a heel. He is also 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 Busby Berkeley due to poor ratings. Personal life Dorgan is the nephew of legendary wrestler Tony Parisi, who died from a heart attack on August 19, 2000 at the age of 59. Dorgan and his wife Susan have one daughter and one son
Known For
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
Raw
No rules. No regulations. The only commandment is to be extreme. Welcome to the show that started a revolution.
ECW Hardcore TV
TNA iMPACT offers a unique style of wrestling that features a blend of the traditional with high-flying athleticism and cutting edge action. TNA's roster includes the biggest names in wrestling today, and the hottest new stars in the sport.
TNA iMPACT!
WCW's flagship show led to the famous Monday Night War. Featuring the nWo, Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Sting, and the Cruiserweights.
WCW Monday Nitro
The Superstars of ECW show off their hardcore skills and in-ring technical wizardry in this one-hour television series.
ECW on TNN
TNA Xplosion is a television program produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, featuring both highlights from Impact Wrestling and exclusive taped matches. It is now produced only for international markets, no longer airing in the United States. It currently airs in Canada on The Fight Network, in Asia and the Middle East on ESPN Star Sports, the Arab World on MBC Action, and is available on Challenge in the UK. On March 14, 2013 Impact Wrestling and Xplosion will be film permanently from the road .
TNA Xplosion
PreShow to Impact Wrestling
Before the Impact
ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka. Rob Van dam, who had proposed the idea to Vince McMahon, could not compete due to injury but would go on to headline the 2006 event against John Cena.
ECW One Night Stand 2005
Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.
The Wronged Man
TNA debuts on monthly PPV with a three hour supercard from Orlando, FL. that features Jeff Jarrett vs. Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, AJ Styles challenges Petey Williams for the X-Division championship while Abyss, Monty Brown and Raven go to war in the inaugural Monsters Ball match.
TNA Victory Road 2004
TNA Wrestling takes you back to where it all started with this collection featuring 25 complete matches! Relive some of the best of TNA's early days from the Asylum years from 2002 through 2004, including AJ Styles, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy, Jerry Lynn, Raven, Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Eric Young, Abyss and many more!
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Sting and The Giant join forces to take on The Outsiders with the WCW Tag Team Championship on the line. "Macho Man" Randy Savage faces Bret "Hit Man" Hart with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper serving as special guest referee. Eric Bischoff issues a challenge to Vince McMahon. Goldberg defends the WCW United States Championship. Plus, Eddie Guerrero and more.
WCW Slamboree 1998
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling President Dixie Carter and “The Extreme Original” Tommy Dreamer announced that “Hard Justice,” TNA’s pay-per-view event will transform to “HardCORE Justice,” a one-night-only celebration of extreme, hardcore wrestling featuring a one last stand. This is it for an event like this, and it’s the perfect send off we never thought we’d receive. It’s funny, because there had never been a wrestling company that the fans would chant for by name since our time… until TNA began.” – Tommy Dreamer
TNA Hardcore Justice 2010
Stars from the early years of TNA and the six-sided ring return with cable ropes blue. It took place on March 17, 2013 from the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida and airs on PPV on August 2, 2013
TNA One Night Only: 10 Reunion 2013
Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 23, 2021 at Sam's Town Live in Sunrise Manor, Nevada. This was Impact Wrestling's first event to take place outside of Nashville, Tennessee since Sacrifice in February 2020. It was the 17th event under the Bound for Glory chronology and featured wrestlers from Impact's partner promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021
There's "total nonstop action" in this behemoth pay-per-view event filmed in 2007 in the suburbs of Atlanta, an all-star, high-octane contest featuring some of the biggest TNA wrestling stars on the circuit. Highlights include a spirited matchup between Samoa Joe and Christian Cage (with Matt Morgan serving as "special enforcer") and a Monster's Ball brawl involving Abyss, Raven, Rhino and Black Reign.
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Sixty Men compete in a Three Ring Battle Royal with the winner gaining an opportunity at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Competitors include Booker T, Eddie Guerrero, Kevin Nash, and more. Diamond Dallas Page defends the WCW United States Championship against Bret Hart. Rick Steiner faces Scott Steiner and much more.
WCW World War 3 1998
On April 23rd, Impact Wrestling presents Rebellion 2022 live on FITE straight from Poughkeepsie, New York. The event features pro wrestling stars such as Impact World Champion Moose, Knockouts Champion Mickie James, Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers, X-Division Champion Trey Miguel, plus Josh Alexander, Jonah, Matt Cardona, Deonna Purrazzo, Rich Swann, Eric Young, Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards, W. Morrissey, Rhino, Heath, Brian Myers and more.
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2022
Watch Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Forged In Excellence, Night 1 on TrillerTV straight from St. Clair College Windsor Campus! This event showcases some of the finest wrestling talents from around the world such as Athena, Gisele Shaw, Josh Alexander, Konosuke Takeshita, KUSHIDA, Raj Dhesi. Fans will witness high-octane action, thrilling rivalries, and unforgettable moments as wrestlers compete to prove their prowess and claim supremacy in the squared circle. Forged In Excellence, Night 1 sets the stage for an epic weekend of wrestling, where only the strongest will emerge victorious. With a mix of seasoned veterans and rising stars, the event promises to deliver hard-hitting action, emotional storytelling, and unforgettable moments that will leave fans eagerly anticipating Night 2
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Forged In Excellence Night 1
After the conclusion of the Hard to Kill pay-per-view event, Impact Wrestling announced that it was forming a partnership with Ohio Valley Wrestling to revive their former pay-per-view event Sacrifice as a monthly special for Impact Plus, with the event taking place on February 22, 2020 at the Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] Sacrifice was previously held as a pay-per-view event by the promotion then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 and 2014 and then it was discontinued in favor of the monthly pre-taped One Night Only events.[2] TNA once held Sacrifice as a special episode of Impact Wrestling in 2016.[3]