Hangman Page isn't going to have respect for Swerve Strickland.
For nearly a year, Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland have been unable to escape each other as Swerve has broken into Hangman's house, they've fought in a Texas Death match, and Hangman has targetted Swerve as he's held the AEW Championship.
Speaking to Garrett Martin of Paste Magazine, Hangman was asked if he could settle his beef with Swerve.
"Well, he has something that he should have never gotten in the first place [the AEW World Championship]. I’ve made it my mission that after he did what he did, that he would never hold it, because I always felt that the AEW World Championship was something that was earned, not just through your hard work and winning your matches, but it was something, I don’t know, cosmic about being right, doing the right thing. I thought, I thought there was some kind of inherent… I can’t even phrase it. I just never thought that the most important thing in my career to me, one of the most important things in my life, I never thought that it in itself could betray me like this, and I set out to make it my mission that he would never hold it, because someone who had done what he had done should never be allowed to hold that above their head to say that they are the best, because he’s not, he’s the worst of humanity. But I was suspended. I was gone for four months. I had to sit at home. I had to hear about it. I had to see it. I had to see him win it. I had to see him carry it around. I had to see the people cheer him when he came out with it. And it was, I don’t know, it was just impossible. It was impossible. Something that should have been impossible. He should never have won it. He shouldn’t have it today. He shouldn’t have it tomorrow. It should be mine. If it were mine, I would do everything that I could to erase his name from history of all wrestling from this planet. What would “settle it” would be that, for me to erase him from history altogether, to let his name disappear into the wind and let him be nothing, nothing to anyone else. To solve it would be for him to drop to his knees in front of me and beg for my mercy. On his knees, begging for my mercy. I would never give it, but he should beg for it," said Hangman.
Asked if he could ever see himself respecting Swerve after the battles they've had, Hangman simply replied, "You have lost your fucking mind."
Swerve Strickland is set to defend his AEW World Title against Bryan Danielson at AEW All In.
Hangman Page is not currently advertised to compete on the show. Fans can check out the current lineup by clicking here.
