Ethan Page enjoyed his time working with Dan Lambert as part of the American Top Team stable in AEW.
Speaking at a recent “Terrificon” panel, Page lavished praise on Lambert, referring to him as one of the best performers in the business. He said,
“Dan Lambert is one of the greatest professional wrestling performers that I’ve ever worked with. And he has, I don’t know, no formal training or anything like that. He was kind of just thrown into the deep end. He is one of the best promos, one of the best characters, one of the best minds, and he’s a true historian with wrestling. He knows his stuff. He’s a big fan. He’s been going to shows since he was, I guess, eight years old or something like that, so that was a long-ass time ago.”
“But with Dan Lambert, he’s committed to everything. He’s such a fan of professional wrestling that it would kill him to not give his best performance, so I can’t say enough good things about Dan.”
Jim Ross took over the role of Head of Talent Relations in WWE from JJ Dillon, and he recently reflected on the differences between him and Dillon in the role.
JR addressed the topic on his “Grilling JR” podcast, and you can check out some highlights below:
On how he was different than Dillon as Head of Talent Relations: “I was probably more aggressive. I was a lot more in recruiting and looking at tapes and surrounding myself with guys who could go out and had life goals. If I wanted an amateur guy, if we saw an amateur someplace, like a Brock Lesnar for example, I’d stick Gerry Briscoe on them, because Gerry Briscoe came from that amateur wrestling world of Oklahoma State.”
On other talent being motivated to help out: “We had a lot of guys chip in, and when guys saw that I was open to signing talent, it motivated them to bring those videos and I would meet with talent, and things of that nature. So I think I was probably a little bit more aggressive. Jan and I didn’t have twins to take care of, so it worked out. It was the right place, right time.”
