In 1995, Parisi worked for the 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.. He appeared on WWFs flagship program, WWF Raw, facing Shane Douglas in a nationally televised broadcast in September of that year.
Dorgan began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1996, changing his ring name to Johnny Swinger. He was utilized primarily on syndication programs, appearing on WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide. Swinger also made appearances on both of the company's flagship programs Monday Nitro and Thunder. His broadcast appearances include a Monday Nitro in July 1998, losing to Chavo Guerrero, Jr.. Swinger remained in WCW for three years until joining Extreme Championship Wrestling.
Swinger joined ECW in 2000. He was placed in a tag team with Simon Diamond in May 2000, and shortened his name to Swinger. He remained with ECW until it folded in April 2001.
Swinger returned to WCW for one week for the Cruiserweight Tag Team Tournament. On the February 26, 2001 edition of Nitro where he and Jason Lee were defeated by Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr.. He also wrestled on the February 28, 2001 edition of WCW Thunder where Swinger (accompanied by Jason Lee) lost to Shane Helms. Shortly after, WCW was purchased by the WWF and its programming ceased.
Swinger signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005. He made his WWE debut on the July 31, 2005 episode of Sunday Night Heat as Johnny Parisi, winning his debut match for the company. He worked two more Heat matches for WWE in February, 2006, losing competitively to Chavo Guerrero and Kane. He was released on June 29, 2006.
He returned to WWE to face Ron Simmons in a match on WWE Heat the following year.