Ethan Page: No One Should Be Allowed To Become A Wrestler Until They Run Three Events Of Their Own

Ethan Page knows how to save wrestling.

Despite being a full time member of the WWE Raw roster, Page still commits a bunch of time to his Alpha-1 promotion in Canada. The company will often host big indie names like Channing Thomas, Sam Holloway, and Laynie Luck.

Speaking with The Masked Man Show for a new interview, Page proposed an exciting gauntlet that people should have to go through before they decide to become a wrestler.

“I have this ideology that no one will ever have the balls to implement, but I know for a fact it would fix professional wrestling in 5-10 years. No one should be allowed to even become a professional wrestler, you can’t even buy a pair of boots until you run three events of your own. Not one, not two, the honeymoon phase of you having creative control of the most magical form of entertainment, that will go away. The reality of what you have to do to accomplish a successful wrestling event will set in come show three. Then, you will respect every aspect of what this job actually is and you might actually show up to your bookings and do what you are being asked to do, because you understand everything that went into putting on this event, just for you to enjoy your fifteen minutes of fame in front of the audience that you 1000% did not draw. So, I think every wrestler, before they become a wrestler, should have to host three independent events to earn the right to even get in a ring and do what we do.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Ethan Page criticized the format of the John Cena Classic. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

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