On the May 28th episode of WWE NXT, Ethan Page shocked fans by appearing on NXT TV and launching an attack on NXT World Champion Trick Williams, marking his debut with WWE. This move came shortly after his sudden departure from AEW/ROH, where he had been a key figure for the past few years.
On a recent episode of the “Talk’n Shop” podcast, Page discussed his initial experiences in NXT and contrasted them with his previous environment in AEW/ROH, describing the latter as chaotic and unorganized while expressing that NXT felt like a well-oiled machine.
Ethan Page commended the coaches at the WWE Performance Center for their expertise and guidance, noting how they have helped him refine his skills and approach to wrestling, even after seventeen years in the industry.
Page said, “Pretty crazy. I went from somewhere that was so chaotic and unorganized to a place that, I mean I’m still learning because I’m still so new here, but this is a machine and it’s incredible. It feels good to not feel like I have to do everything myself. To have people that want to see me succeed is kind of mind blowing…I’m seventeen years in, I still feel like — I don’t want to say the word green, but like, I’ve essentially had to do everything myself. I pretty much taught myself how to wrestle and now I’m like, oh, there’s geniuses here all day that I can be like, ‘Does this suck? Okay, well tell me how to do it better,’ and they will.”
Page also revealed how his WWE signing came to fruition. He continued,
“I ended up being able to leave, thank you for that. After that, I got a random phone call on a layover and I was like, ‘This is not real.’ They’re like, ‘Yes it is, here’s the offer, does that sound good?’ I was like, ‘Yes’ and they hung up. Then someone else called me right after and they’re like, ‘Did you just speak to so and so?’ Yes. ‘Okay, we’re gonna need this, this, this, this, this, this and then we’ll have everything sent over to you.’ I was like, wait a second, that was a real phone call that just happened? It was me flying home from Winnipeg to go work for Sami Callihan in Dayton, Ohio. I had to like fly to Detroit and then pick up my car and drive three hours and I was dreading it. Then I went to do a show and I gotta keep it secret and I got to see all of the boys again before I took off, a bunch of the IMPACT guys were there that I got to see. It was cold and out of nowhere, crazy.”
Page is scheduled to compete for the WWE NXT World Championship at NXT: Heatwave 2024, where he will face off against Trick Williams, Shawn Spears, and Je’Von Evans in a fatal four-way match.
