News & Notes: Swagger’s “New Name,” Jericho, Impact/UK, Michaels

Jack Swagger’s New Name

Jack Swagger revealed in an interview with Memorabilia Guy that when taking indy bookings, he is going by the name “Formerly Known as Jack Swagger.”

Intellectually, they own ‘Jack Swagger’, but I’ve been that for 10 years now, so I think the easiest way for me, at this point, to not get into any issues, and not to get into any red tape, I’m going as ‘Formerly Known as Jack Swagger’. It’s very silly when you’re talking about human beings, but it’s kind of what we have to do right now. Or, I might just become ‘The Real French-American’ and change my name to ‘Jacques Swagger’!

Chris Jericho’s “Goodbye”

Chris Jericho posted this image on his Instagram, thanking fans.

No….thanks to all of you! You are my buddies, my pals; you are the #FRIENDSOFJERICHO…Cheer me on maaan! #seeyouagain #GOAT

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on May 2, 2017 at 8:46pm PDT

And here’s a slow motion video of WWE writing Jericho off by having Owens attack him on Raw.

Impact UK Ratings

Impact Wrestling execs were “thrilled” at the viewers for their debut in the UK on Spike UK, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The debut show on April 21 brought in 151,000 viewers. In comparison, last week’s Impact on Pop in the US brought in 255,000 viewers.

Total Divas Ratings

Wednesday’s episode of Total Divas brought in 576,000 viewers, up from last week’s 566,000.

Shawn Michaels in Another Movie

Shawn Michaels will co-star with Willie Nelson in an upcoming WWE Studios movie called “Pure Country: Pure Heart.” It’s set for a DVD/Bluray release on August 1. You can read more about it here.