Hangman Adam Page recently sat down for an interview with Wrestling Inc. Page is currently writing a children’s book titled “Adam and the Golden Horseshoe” which was the focus of the podcast interview. Page discussed how this book was inspired by his own life, including how growing up on a tobacco farm made him feel like a cowboy.
Page said,
“I grew up on a farm, tobacco farm. We had cattle as well. So, in many ways, I am a literal cowboy. I grew up working with cows and stuff like that, but I think just kind of the the mythos of what the American Cowboy is and to me, it’s not necessarily about cows or horses. It’s not about boots and spurs. It’s about kind of the sense of trying to figure out who you are [and] where you belong in the world and how difficult, often, that journey is. That to me is the story of what a cowboy is, and maybe I kind of have always seen that in myself [and] in my life.”
Page was then asked if his role as a cowboy prepared him for this life as a wrestler,
“It didn’t prepare me for wrestling at all, maybe the opposite. It prepared me for everything outside of wrestling, which has allowed me to maybe live a life where I could pursue wrestling as well. Man, I can just think about from like the time I was five and six years old, I was in a field working sometimes all day, even as a kid.
“So you kind of develop an appreciation for work, physical work, how much people put in sometimes [and] how little they get out. So it gives you kind of a realist perspective on what you want to do with your life. That’s the way you want to live, or if there’s something maybe more that you want to do or try to accomplish and just kind of realization of how much work it’s going to require.”
The chat then focused on Page’s time in Ring of Honor, and how this led to him spending time with Cody and the Young Bucks. This would eventually lead to him being part of the Elite and leading to his time in AEW.
“Man, I don’t know. It was something that I hadn’t anticipated, didn’t plan for. Booking is what got me put with with Matt and Nick and Cody. It wasn’t my decision, and even though I’m sure they had say in that, it ultimately wasn’t their decision either, but we had a lot in common. I think we pushed each other to be more creative and certainly they helped get me off my feet in the wrestling world and kind of get noticed I guess. I guess what we had in 2017-2018 was just nuts. You can’t bottle it. You can’t replicate it. You can’t fake it. It was just magic.”
Page was then asked about this first title show in AEW and how he felt about it. Page admitted that he didn’t feel like the earned it, as he won it via a Battle Royal; whilst Jericho beat Kenny Omega to get there. He also had nothing but praise for Kenny Omega, who he said is the best one-on-one competitor in the world.
“I think about how we got to the first ever title match, and Chris Jericho got there by beating the best wrestler in the world at the time and I might say now as well, Kenny Omega” Page said. “And I got there by getting to enter into a battle royal dead last and eliminating a lot of people who were largely kind of unknown, under known [or] under successful, maybe. So even our paths to the title match didn’t feel equal. I never felt like I earned it, maybe, in the same way that Chris Jericho did, and then getting to be in that title match, obviously, is huge opportunity. And it’s one that I blew, so here we are.”
You can find all about the podcast, Hangman Adam Pages book, and his involvement in AEW in the video linked below.
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