Hangman Page explains referring to himself as AEW Men’s World Champion
Hangman Page recently discussed his reasons for referring to the AEW World Championship as the AEW Men’s World Championship.
Page believes that referring to the title as the Men’s World Championship puts the AEW Women’s World Championship on the same level. During an appearance on ESPN 99.5, he went into further detail.
Page said:
“The men’s division has been billed as the world champion. That is the person you’re coming to the arena to see, that’s the world champion. And then women’s wrestling as it gained steam historically, they’ve created a separate championship that is the women’s world championship. To me, if you have to specify that one’s for the women and the other one is the world championship, it felt like it created this hierarchy where you’re telling the viewer and the audience that one of them is more important than the other. I don’t think that’s the way our fans feel any longer.”
Page said that by referring to himself as the men’s world champion, it causes people to reflect on the issue.
He continued:
“I think specifying that asks people to stop and think, whether it’s fans, the audience, or people involved in wrestling, decision makers, or the wrestlers themselves, I’ve tried to do that. I’ve always tried to institute small changes in the world that I’m involved in to make the world more representative of how I feel like it truly is or should be.”
Page began his second reign with the title at AEW All In at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, this summer when he defeated Jon Moxley in the main event, ending Moxley’s fourth reign as champion.
The title won’t be on the line at AEW Blood & Guts tonight at the Greensboro Coliseum, where Page is scheduled to wrestle Powerhouse Hobbs in a non-title Falls Count Anywhere match. Page will then defend his title against Hobbs’ teammate in The Opps, Samoa Joe, at AEW Full Gear at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on November 22.
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