Hangman Adam Page on AEW Reidentifying Him as Main Character & Current Vibe in AEW Feeling Like “2019 AEW”

SHAK Wrestling held a recent interview with Hangman Adam Page. One of the topics discussed included Page’s thoughts about what was the most challenging aspect of his first AEW World Championship reign in 2021.

“You know, I felt that I had worked so hard for so long to win the World Championship, and that is where my vision was. That’s all I thought about. But, I guess I probably did not take a lot of time in thinking what would happen the morning after, the week after, the month after. That is a different challenge. There’s a different kind of drive that a person would have to win something as opposed to hold it and keep it. I think that’s maybe the main difference and I feel that this time around in challenging for the World Championship, I kind of understand that difference a bit more, having been there before. So should I win at All In, I’ve got maybe a different approach this time.”

Page also gave his thoughts about AEW currently reidentifying him as the main character and how he did not expect to be put into this position again.

“Um, yeah, I did not expect to be in this position. As hard as I have tried for, I don’t know, it’s been three years, I guess, and I hadn’t gotten here. This is our biggest show in the U.S. ever, in North America ever and I’ll be headlining it and I intend to win the World Championship at it. So that’s the kind of thing I’ve tried to work towards for the past three years since I lost the championship, and to be honest, there’s a lot of times where I kind of thought that was it for me, you know, as far as these big opportunities, these big moments and you know a lot of that boils down to me, who I was, who I was deciding to be, and that kind of attitude that I had had did not lead me to these kind of opportunities unfortunately. Well, maybe, actually in this case, fortunately. Because now I do have the chance and you know, in some weird way, all of that will have been worth it, I assume.”

Page also gave his thoughts about how the current vibes in AEW feels similar to the company’s vibes in 2019.

“It very much does feel like, for me, personally, my experience week to week, a lot of the same kind of magic of those first few weeks and months of AEW TV… The sense of wanting to work together for a common goal. To make something good, exciting, new, fun, fresh. Yeah, the trajectory has felt upwards and I’m just gracious to still be here and still be a part of that.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com