Tony Schiavone Says Hangman Page Told Him About Halloween Angle Weeks Ago, ‘I Was Skeptical, But He Pulled It Off’
At AEW Dynamite Fright Night, Hangman Page swerved Samoa Joe by dressing as Tony Schiavone and attacking him, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata.
The angle was set up after Schiavone entered the ring for a contract signing between Joe and Hangman after Joe earned a shot at the AEW World Title by winning a four-way match.
Speaking on What Happened When, Schiavone explained how things came together with the angle.
“It was a very good angle. I didn’t know what to expect, to be honest with you. Hangman had talked to me about this for a couple of weeks. I was like, ‘Sure, whatever you want to do. It’s fine.’ I wasn’t sure what day it was going to happen. He talked about it for a couple of weeks, and then it hit me, ‘Of course, Halloween edition.’ We worked on the exchange of the tie, the glasses, and the jacket. We both had white shirts on. He had put a little padding on his midsection. I said, ‘Hang on just one second. I don’t think I’m that fat.’ He said, ‘I don’t think so either, but I’m going to put this padding on. It’s okay.’ Then he said, ‘I need to watch you walk to see how you walk.’ I was walking backstage and he would start walking. I said, ‘You walk like an old fucking man. I don’t walk like an old man.’ Then, I thought, ‘I am an old man.’ So, maybe I do. It happened. We had a lot of people help us out. To be honest, I was skeptical about it, as I am about many things that we do, but he pulled it off, he really did. The fans really popped and it ended up being really cool,” said Schiavone.
Joe will face Hangman for the AEW World Title at AEW Full Gear.
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