Joe Dorgan was born on July 3, 1975 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA as Joseph Dorgan. He is an actor, known for ECW Guilty as Charged 2001 (2001), WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998) and Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993). He has been married to Melanie Ekstein since December 19, 1999. They have one child.
Dorgan signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005, and began training at Ohio Valley Wrestling in May 2005. He debuted on Sunday Night Heat on July 31 as Johnny Parisi winning his debut match for the company. So far, he has lost every match he's been in since his debut. [July 2005]
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He and his wife Melanie became the proud parents of their first daughter Rowan Victoria Dorgan, born October 16, 2007 in New York City.
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Johnny Swinger began working for World Championship Wrestling as a jobber in 1997 and remained there for three years without receiving a push before joining Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2000. He was placed in a tag team with Simon Diamond by booker Paul Heyman in May 2000, and shortened his name to simply Swinger. He worked for ECW until the promotion folded in April 2001.
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Professional wrestler
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hardcore Justice
2010
TV Movie
Swinger
The Wronged Man
2010
TV Movie
Deep South Wrestling
2006
TV Series
Johnny Parisi
WWE A.M. Raw
2005
TV Series
Johnny Parisi (2005-)
ECW One Night Stand
2005
TV Movie
Johnny Swinger
TNA Impact! Wrestling
2004
TV Series
Johnny Swinger
NWA: Total Nonstop Action
2002-2003
TV Series
Johnny Swinger
WCW Thunder
1998-2001
TV Series
Johnny Swinger
ECW Guilty as Charged 2001
2001
Video
Swinger
ECW Massacre on 34th St.
2000
Video
Johnny Swinger
ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000
2000
TV Movie
Swinger
Extreme Championship Wrestling: Heatwave '00
2000
TV Movie
Johnny Swinger
WCW Monday Nitro
1998-1999
TV Series
Johnny Swinger
WCW/NWO World War 3
1998
TV Movie
Johnny Swinger
WCW/NWO Slamboree
1998
TV Movie
Johnny Swinger
Eastern Championship Wrestling
1993
TV Series
Swinger (1999-2000)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Committed
2000/I
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE Hall of Fame 2012
2012
TV Special
Himself
Ultimate Death Match 2
2010
Video
Himself
WWE Raw
1995-2007
TV Series
Himself / Johnny Parisi
WWE Sunday Night Heat
2005-2007
TV Series
Johnny Parisi
WWE Hall of Fame 2006
2006
TV Special
Johnny Parisi
WWE Smackdown!
2005
TV Series
Johnny Parisi
TNA Wrestling: Turning Point
2004
TV Special
Johnny Swinger
TNA Wrestling: Victory Road
2004
TV Special
Johnny Swinger
ECW November to Remember 2000
2000
TV Special
Swinger
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE: OMG! Volume 2 - The Top 50 Incidents in WCW
2014
Video
Johnny Swinger
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
2013
Video documentary
Swinger
Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart
2011
Video
Himself
The Rise & Fall of ECW
2004
Video documentary
Swinger
Known for movies
ECW Guilty as Charged 2001 (2001) as Swinger
Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993) as Swinger (1999-2000)
WWE Sunday Night Heat (2005-2007) as Johnny Parisi
NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002-2003) as Johnny Swinger
$250,000
