A ranar 9 ga Satumba, 2008, Hager ya fara fitowa a ECW a karkashin sunan Jack Swagger, inda ya lashe wasa a kan wani dan takara na gida. Nan da nan ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai tsayi ta hanyar fara rikici tare da Tommy Dreamer. Ya kai hari ga Dreamer a ranar 23 ga Satumba na ECW lokacin da Dreamer ya yi ƙoƙarin dakatar da Swagger daga kai hari ga Chase Stevens. Daga baya ya ci Dreamer a cikin wasa na yau da kullum da kuma gasar "Amateur Wrestling Challenge". Bayan makonni na rikici, kishiyarsu ta ƙare a watan Nuwamba a cikin wasan Extreme Rules, wanda Swagger ya lashe.
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