Hangman Adam Page on Origin of His “Hangman” Name, Getting Goosebumps During His Entrances, Wrestling Being “Best Live Experience You Could Ever Have”, Traveling with AEW World Title, & The Hardys Being His Childhood Heroes

WXII 12 News held a recent interview with AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page. One of the topics discussed included Page’s thoughts about the origin of his “Hangman” name.

“Oh man, so I joined a group in Japan called Bullet Club. There’s a man working there named Luke Gallows. He was on the way out, I was on the way in. They said, ‘you’re Hangman now.’ I said, ‘I’m going to Japan’ and they said, ‘if you’re Hangman, and I said, ‘okay, sure, yes, I’ll be Hangman.’ So I ended up choking some guys out. That was the thing I did in the ring for a while. Even recently, to win this championship, I had to do that.”

Page also gave his thoughts about if he still gets goosebumps before his entrances for matches.

“I do, yeah. I think if I didn’t, it’d be time to go. But I do, every time, yeah.”

Page also gave his thoughts about what the feeling is like before he makes his entrance.

“It’s like every single feeling you’ve ever had just compressed into one quick moment. You know, it’s exhilarating. It can be terrifying knowing what you’re walking into. It can be gratifying to know that, you know, the fans in this building that, you know, appreciate and support you. It is every emotion bottled into one quick hit, and it’s a weird feeling. I think we’re all chasing it in some way or another.”

Page also gave his thoughts about how wrestling is the best live experience you could ever have.

“Wrestling live is, you know, I still believe this. I’ve been doing it for so long. I’m not jaded about it. It is the best live experience you could ever have in any kind of entertainment event.”

Page also gave his thoughts about the beginnings of his pro wrestling career and when he realized it could become a full-time career for him.

“So I started wrestling, boy, wow, 10 years old on the trampoline, I think. I started training in an actual wrestling ring when I was 15. I was traveling all around North Carolina, doing little independent shows, started wrestling when I was 16. I went to Virginia Tech for college, finished there, came home, got a job at the high school, was still wrestling every weekend there and then at some point, I was about five years into teaching. I started to actually make money at wrestling, which was kind of unusual and I figured, you know, I think I can make a career out of this and have managed to since then.”

Page also gave his thoughts about his experience traveling with the AEW World Championship for flights.

“So I take it home, you know, I travel with it. So it goes with me. I can’t check it. You can’t put this in checked luggage. So it comes on the plane with me. It goes through TSA every week. You know, they see it on the scanner. They have to take it- of course they have to take it out and look at it. So it’s a whole thing every week, but I do, I do travel with it. It is, that is probably the worst part of it, which is, you know, saying a lot because that’s not bad.”

Page also gave his thoughts about The Hardys being a childhood heroes of his while growing up watching wrestling.

“Maybe not so much like as I was wrestling, but as a kid, I was a big fan of Matt and Jeff Hardy, Hardy Boys. They were North Carolina guys. They grew up, their dad was a tobacco farmer like my dad. I read their book. I really related with who they were, how they came up with wrestling, and they’re exciting wrestlers, too. So I’ve since gotten to meet them, work with them for years on end. Incredible guys, but they were my heroes when I was a kid.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6