History Wrestling / AdamPage

Adam Page (born Stephen Woltz on July 27, 1991) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Prior to AEW, he also wrestled for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor. In 2016, after years of floundering in ROH's midcard, he joined the infamous ''gaijin'' stable Wrestling/BulletClub. After two and a half years as a member of that group, he and several other Bullet Club members broke off and [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite formed their own faction]] called Wrestling/TheElite. The Elite (sans Marty Scurll) would later leave to found their own promotion, AEW, where Page quickly developed into one of its top stars.

* ArchEnemy: Swerve Strickland, especially Swerve brokeinto Page's home and threatened his son. Page's hatred for Strickland after that became so strong that it surpasses perhaps even his desire to become AEW World Champion, with him making it his mission to prevent Strickland from ever winning the belt, and going as far as faking an ankle injury just so he could have an opportunity to attack Swerve by surprise with a crutch.

* ArchEnemy: Swerve Strickland, after their feud escalated due to both of them competing for the AEW World Championship, and of Swerve having broken into Page's home and threatened his son. Page's hatred for Strickland after that became so strong that it surpasses perhaps even his desire to become AEW World Champion, with him making it his mission to prevent Strickland from ever winning the belt, and going as far as faking an ankle injury just so he could have an opportunity to attack Swerve by surprise with a crutch.

Page is a 1-time AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Wrestling/KennyOmega), a 1-time ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champion (with Wrestling/TheYoungBucks) and a 1-time AEW World Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the first ever Casino Battle Royal in AEW.

* ItsPersonal: Explained on the December 14 2022 edition of ''Dynamite'' that the reason he was so intent on getting his hands on Wrestling/JonMoxley after suffering a concussion in their October 2022 AEW championship match, was because he couldn't remember his son's name for over an hour due to the concussion.

* WhipItGood: He ripped the belt from Todd Sinclair's pants to attack Adam Cole on the fourth night of the 2017 ''War Of The Worlds'' tour.

*** This had [[RunningGagged a heartwarming payoff]] during his entrance for his World Championship match against Kenny Omega at ''Full Gear 2021'' where his nameplate instead said '[[SoProudOfYou "We're proud of you" - Graphics Team]]'.

** Also with Wrestling/TheElite. The webseries "Being The Elite" especially showed off how chummy he was with the group. On the wrestling shows, however, his low self-esteem and the tendency for the Bucks to belittle him led him to betray them and cause them to lose a chance to face him and Omega for the AEW tag championships. All the other members dismissed him after that and have nothing nice to say to him. They would eventually reconcile by May 2023, as Page would rejoin the Elite to aid in the fight against the Wrestling/BlackpoolCombatClub.

** Also with Wrestling/TheElite. The webseries "Being The Elite" especially showed off how chummy he was with the group. On the wrestling shows, however, his low self-esteem and the tendency for the Bucks to belittle him led him to betray them and cause them to lose a chance to face him and Omega for the AEW tag championships. All the other members dismissed him after that and have nothing nice to say to him.

!!Cowboy Tropes

* ActionDad: He has a son.

Page is a 1-time AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Wrestling/KennyOmega), a 1-time ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champion (with Wrestling/TheYoungBucks) and a 1-time (and current) AEW World Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the first ever Casino Battle Royal in AEW.

* IWorkAlone: On the August 4 2021 edition of ''Dynamite'', he refused to let the Dark Order continue getting hurt and losing their title opportunities on his account and cut ties with them. He insisted that his problems with the Elite were his alone and that he should be the one to fix them.

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Adam Page (born Stephen Woltz on July 27, 1991) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Prior to AEW, he also wrestled for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor. In 2016, after years of floundering in ROH's midcard, he joined the infamous ''gaijin'' stable Wrestling/BulletClub. After two and a half years as a member of that group, he and several other Bullet Club members broke off and [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite formed their own faction]] called Wrestling/TheElite. The Elite (sans Marty Scurll) would later leave to found their own promotion, AEW, where Page is quickly developing into one of its top stars.

As of this point, Page has only held two championships, the AEW World Tag Team Championship (with Wrestling/KennyOmega) and the ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Championship (with Wrestling/TheYoungBucks). He was also the winner of the first ever Casino Battle Royal in AEW.

[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Page rundown]] of his career and achievements.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: To the Dark Order. He's not an official member (even refusing membership when offered, saying that he still wasn't ready after his break-up with the Elite some time earlier), but has their support regardless. ''Fight for the Fallen 2021'' solidified this as Hangman and the Dark Order made their way to the ring together as a posse under a remix of Hangman's music, all wearing the Order's black and purple. As for the chyron, it forgo its usual mocking of Page, simply mentioning his winning record for the year and identify them all simply as the Dark Order.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: To the Dark Order. He's not an official member, but has their support regardless.
** ''Fight for the Fallen 2021'' solidified this as Hangman and the Dark Order made their way to the ring together as a posse under Hangman's music, all wearing the Order's black and purple. As for the chyron, it forgo its usual mocking of Page, simply mentioning his winning record for the year and identify them all simply as the Dark Order.

Adam Page (born Stephen Woltz; July 27, 1991) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling . Prior to AEW, he also wrestled for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor. In 2016, after years of floundering in ROH's midcard, he joined the infamous ''gaijin'' stable Wrestling/BulletClub. After two and a half years as a member of that group, he and several other Bullet Club members broke off and [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite formed their own faction]] called Wrestling/TheElite. The Elite (sans Marty Scurll) would later leave to found their own promotion, AEW, where Page is quickly developing into one of its top stars.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Deadeye, a kneeling back-to-belly piledriver that Page used as a FinishingMove, is both cool-looking and looks pretty effective to put opponents down, but looks to be as complicated to apply as the name "kneeling back-to-belly piledriver" sounds to be. Understandably, Page would switch to the relatively simpler but still cool-looking Buckshot Lariat, a slingshot somersault lariat, after his standing in AEW began to rise.

** A hard man associated with nooses whose nickname takes the place of his first name in the company when he's brought into Wrestling/BulletClub, much like [[strike:Luke]] [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] before him.

* FunctionalAddict: Hangman is rarely seen without a drink in his hand, has mentioned sitting at home with a bottle of whiskey while not working, and regularly drinks beer during matches, yet is still more than capable in the ring.
** Subverted as time goes on, as his addiction has become a clear coping mechanism for his insecurity and what he turns to whenever saddened or frustrated.