Hangman Page gets reflective.
Swerve Strickland called out Hangman Page ahead of their first clash at AEW WrestleDream, saying Page had fallen off since he lost the AEW World Title to CM Punk at AEW Double or Nothing 2022. Page had been on and off television and either aligned with Kenny Omega & the Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson), feuding with Jon Moxley, or both.
Speaking to Raj Prashad of Uproxx, Hangman admitted Swerve hit him with some hard truth.
“I needed to be challenged mentally,” he says. “I needed something to really sink my teeth into and regain some passion and desire that maybe had slipped away to some extent over the past year and a half. (Strickland) said some things that were hard to hear, but I needed to hear them and I’m very glad that I did because it’s motivated me to fix those things. All the things that have happened since then have been even bigger motivators to be the best me that I can be.”
Reflecting on his AEW World Title reign, Hangman said he was “so deep in it … almost too much. The whole thing was taxing on my body, on my mind, on every part of life that you can imagine. Looking back at it, I can always say… I wish I had done something differently or this or that or had it ended this way or that way. But I’m not going to do that. I’m proud of it. It’s more than most wrestlers ever accomplish in their lifetime. I should be proud of that and I am proud of it. And I’m looking forward to doing it again.”
Swerve defeated Hangman at AEW WrestleDream.
Hangman will look to even the score at AEW Full Gear in a Texas Death Match. Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
Watch Fightful's interview with Swerve by clicking here.
