Ethan Page talks about his plans in wrestling after his days in the ring are over.
For most wrestlers, once you're in the business, there's no getting out of it. Although some wrestlers like Bret Hart and Steve Austin have found other options outside of wrestling following the end of their full time in-ring careers, the vast majority of pro grapplers end up holding some role in the industry after they officially hang up the boots.
In today's wrestling landscape, many performers will attempt to take on backstage roles while they're still active in the ring. In a new interview with Fightful, Ethan Page talked about his experience recently producing a match in AEW.
"No. I’m sorry to the viewers, anyone that enjoys my in-ring work. It’s not a lot of you, but the ones that do, it’s not gonna happen for a very long time. Enjoy it while it’s here. I’ve been pushing more to do more commentary with AEW. I have produced one match. It was very much a happenstance, fell in my lap kind of thing. But I loved every second of it. I loved having the headset on."
Page continued on and expressed his love for the process of putting matches together.
"For real, though, I love being able to help guys piece a match together and be able to toss ideas around and to see them get excited for stuff that was being pitched. I always want my own stuff to be good, but I want AEW to do well so I’m going to give my best if I’m ever asked to put a match together or produce."
Alongside wrestling, Page also has a Vlog channel on YouTube, which has supposedly allowed him to pull in more fans into the world of pro wrestling. Page elaborated on this notion in the interview.
"Dude, on a personal level, for someone to say I inspired them or motivated them or helped them through a difficult time, especially like the pandemic, it means the world to me. My favorite comments though are, ‘I had no idea you were a wrestler,’ ‘I found AEW because I watched the toy videos.’ Those are literally my favorites because my least favorite thing is, ‘There’s no such thing as casual fans any more.’ Yeah. There is. For 100% is. They didn’t know I was a wrestler, they catch the toy vlogs and I’m bringing them from a completely different world. I’m drawing a different audience than people that already watch wrestling. Which makes me very happy."
Page uploads a new Toy Hunt Vlog every Sunday at 1 PM EST. To subscribe to Page's YouTube channel, click here.
Elsewhere in the interview, Page rated MJF's football highlights from high school. To learn more, click here.
