Swinger saw the physical altercation between Goldberg and Jericho.
It’s been well documented that in April of 2003, there was a physical altercation backstage in WWE between Bill Goldberg and Chris Jericho. The two spoke about the incident on an episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast.
There was another firsthand recount of the scuffle that was shared by Johnny Swinger. At the time, he was doing extra work for WWE. He told the Great North Wrestling Podcast that Jericho held his own.
I came in on the tail end of (Chris) Jericho and Goldberg going at it in the locker room and I gotta give Chris a lot of credit. He held his own. He had him cinched up in a front chancery and — I wasn’t one of ‘em — other guys had to pull ’em apart and stuff but, I certainly wouldn’t wanna face Goldberg in a shoot. Then after seeing that, Jericho either (he laughed). But, Jericho’s a Calgary guy so yeah, Stu Hart kind of stuff so he knows a lot of tricks too…
Swinger returned to IMPACT/TNA Wrestling in 2019. The 49-year-old was last featured on their programming during their 2023 Thanksgiving special. He’s currently working independent shows.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit the Great North Wrestling Podcast with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.
