Johnny Swinger
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Swinger in 2011.
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| Birth name | Joseph Dorgan |
| Born |
July 3, 1975 Buffalo, New York, US |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Website | http://swingtimewrestling.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Johnny Hollywood Swinger Johnny Paradise Johnny Parisi Johnny Swinger Swinger |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Long Island, New York |
| Trained by | Ron Hutchinson Sweet Daddy Siki |
| Debut | 1993 |
Joseph "Joe" Dorgan (born July 3, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and personal trainer. 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.
After training in Toronto, Ontario, Dorgan started wrestling on the independent circuit in 1993 as "Johnny Paradise". After he discovered that another wrestler was already using that name, he renamed himself "Johnny Hollywood Swinger" and began to make a name for himself as a villain in Scott D'Amore's "Syndicate" faction in Border City Wrestling. In 1995, he worked for World Wrestling Federation going by his real name, Joe Dorgan, following in the footsteps of his uncle, Tony Parisi, who worked for the WWWF under Vince McMahon, Sr. Johnny Swinger appeared on WWFs flagship program, WWF RAW, facing Shane Douglas in a nationally televised broadcast in September of that year.
Swinger began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1996, shortening his ring name to "Johnny Swinger." He was utilized primarily on syndication & TBS programs, appearing on WCW Saturday Night and WCW World Wide. Swinger also made appearances on both of the company's flagship programs Monday Nitro (on TNT) and THUNDER (on TBS). His broadcast appearances include the highest rated Monday Nitro in July 1998, losing to Chavo Guerrero, Jr. in front of a sold-out Georgia Dome; this same night, Goldberg defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Swinger remained in WCW for three years until joining Extreme Championship Wrestling
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