AEW star Ethan Page opened up about his request to join the ROH roster.
Ethan Page hasn’t seen much action on Dynamite or Collision in recent months, wrestling only three times throughout the months of July and August. In September, however, Page began appearing on ROH Honor Club, and he’s wrestled in singles action on a consistent basis since then.
Speaking in a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Ethan Page noted that there has been a change in his career from the time he was regularly featured on AEW programming alongside American Top Team, and h
“If I’m putting something out [on YouTube], it’s something that inspired me. And also, I’ve decided to kind of, once I realised that like the last time we did an interview, I was doing American Top Team stuff, things were going fantastic.
“Not to say that I’m not happy. I just noticed a change in my career and I realised that I really needed to start focusing on professional wrestling more and dedicating myself to that, which is actually why I requested to do the Ring of Honor stuff because our roster has grown so big that the opportunities to be physically active in the ring come a lot less.”
“That’ Just The Nature Of The Beast” – Ethan Page On Struggling To Get Television Time In AEW
Continuing, Page explained that while Tony Khan amassing a roster of the best wrestlers in the world is great for All Elite Wrestling, it means television time is more difficult to come by. Wrestling more often helps Page stay in shape and keep his body from tightening up.
“And that’s just the nature of the beast, Tony wants to have the best wrestlers in the world, and I commend them for it, we have them all. But the matches come less. So I wanted to be more active. And as I age, I started to notice that my body was starting to feel a little bit tighter. And when you’re not wrestling as often your body is just adjusting differently.
“So I was like, okay, dude, you’re either going to end your career by just getting stagnant and fatter and more depressed. And like, I could have definitely kept continuing to do the YouTube videos and selling ads through an agency and I was doing very well and things were great. But that was kind of my full-time job. And then everything else kind of took a backseat in the trajectory of that, if that makes any sense.”
Ethan Page is set to wrestle once again on AEW Collision when he takes on Kenny Omega on December 9th.
In the same interview, the AEW star recalled his terrifying Coffin Match with Darby Allin.
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