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* ItsAllMyFault: Hangman blamed himself for him and the Dark Order losing to The Elite on ''Dynamite'' and also losing their respective title opportunities at ''Fight for the Fallen 2021''.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Hangman blamed himself for him and the Dark Order losing to The Elite on ''Dynamite'' and therefore also losing their respective title opportunities at ''Fight for the Fallen 2021''.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Hangman blamed himself for him and the Dark Order losing to The Elite on ''Dynamite'' and also losing their respective title opportunities at ''Fight for the Fallen 2021''.
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* 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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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Decade came after both him and Cedric Alexander. Alexander resisted, Page, not so much. Unlike [=TaDarius=] and ACH there was no make up, Page remained loyal till Decade crumbled from within.

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: WeUsedToBeFriends:
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Decade came after both him and Cedric Alexander. Alexander resisted, Page, not so much. Unlike [=TaDarius=] and ACH there was no make up, Page remained loyal till Decade crumbled from within.within.
** 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.
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** ''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.
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* HonoraryTrueCompanion: To the Dark Order. He's not an official member, but has their support regardless.
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* GratuitousSpanish: One of the silly nameplate facts given to Page when he and Kenny Omega faced off against the Lucha Brothers said, "''¿Cómo se dice yeehaw?''" ("How does one say yeehaw?").
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** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finishing move who had a successful run in Japan.

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** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finishing move who and had a successful run in Japan.



* 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.

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* FunctionalAddict: Hangman is rarely seen without a drink in his hand, has mentioned sitting at home with a bottle of whiskey while not working working, and regularly drinks beer during matches, yet is still more than capable in the ring.



* GrievousBottleyHarm: During the Stadium Stampede match at ''Double or Nothing'' 2020, Page and Kenny Omega had to break ''five'' bottles of "a little bit of the bubbly" (from a bar inside the stadium the match took place) over Jake Hager's head to take him out of the match.

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* GrievousBottleyHarm: During the Stadium Stampede match at ''Double or Nothing'' 2020, Page and Kenny Omega had to break ''five'' bottles of "a little bit of the bubbly" (from a bar inside the stadium where the match took place) over Jake Hager's head to take him out of the match.



* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Progressively becomes this during his time in AEW throughout 2020. His own feelings of inadequacy drive a wedge between The Young Bucks and himself, culminating in him sabotage his friendship with them, which resulted in Kenny Omega breaking away from him after the two lose the tag titles. He's self-aware of how much he's burned bridges with the others and filled with self-loathing when he's not drunkenly lashing out at others.

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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Progressively becomes this during his time in AEW throughout 2020. His own feelings of inadequacy drive a wedge between The Young Bucks and himself, culminating in him sabotage sabotaging his friendship with them, which resulted in Kenny Omega breaking away from him after the two lose the tag titles. He's self-aware of how much he's burned bridges with the others and filled with self-loathing when he's not drunkenly lashing out at others.



* MidBattleTeaBreak: In the middle of the Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing 2020, Jake Hager finds Page at the stadium bar and casually just sits down to have a whiskey with him. Of course, when Hangman finishes his drink, he immediately attacks Hager.

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* MidBattleTeaBreak: In the middle of the Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing 2020, Jake Hager finds Page at the stadium bar and just casually just sits down to have a whiskey with him. Of course, when Hangman finishes his drink, he immediately attacks Hager.



* OneSteveLimit: The reason why Page dropped the "Adam" from his name in NJPW. Page and Adam Cole joined the Bullet Club at roughly the same time and NJPW management felt having two Adams in Bullet Club would confuse the japanese fans who were largely unfamiliar with both of them.

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* OneSteveLimit: The reason why Page dropped the "Adam" from his name in NJPW. Page and Adam Cole joined the Bullet Club at roughly the same time time, and NJPW management felt having two Adams in Bullet Club would confuse the japanese Japanese fans who were largely unfamiliar with both of them.



* PowerStable: The Decade, Bullet Club, The Elite

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* PowerStable: The Decade, Bullet Club, The EliteElite.



* RedBaron: Hangman

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* RedBaron: HangmanHangman.



* SmugSnake: During his rivalries with Andrew Everett and ACH Page proved their equal in agility but not in sense or finesse. His shooting star shoulder block was pretty much the definition of AwesomeButImpractical.

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* SmugSnake: During his rivalries with Andrew Everett and ACH ACH, Page proved their equal in agility but not in sense or finesse. His shooting star shoulder block was pretty much the definition of AwesomeButImpractical.



* WeUsedToBeFriends: Decade came after both he and Cedric Alexander. Alexander resisted, Page, not so much. Unlike [=TaDarius=] and ACH there was no make up, Page remained loyal till Decade crumbled from within.

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Decade came after both he him and Cedric Alexander. Alexander resisted, Page, not so much. Unlike [=TaDarius=] and ACH there was no make up, Page remained loyal till Decade crumbled from within.
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** 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.


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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Progressively becomes this during his time in AEW throughout 2020. His own feelings of inadequacy drive a wedge between The Young Bucks and himself, culminating in him sabotage his friendship with them, which resulted in Kenny Omega breaking away from him after the two lose the tag titles. He's self-aware of how much he's burned bridges with the others and filled with self-loathing when he's not drunkenly lashing out at others.


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** Subverted. He was this until the vitriol overtook the best buds, resulting in The Young Bucks telling him off for screwing them out of a tag title shot and kicking him out of The Elite. Kenny Omega would distance himself as well afterwards, having grown tired of his actions and wishing to focus on the single division again going forward.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Dead Eye, 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.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Dead Eye, 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.



* FinishingMove: Buckshot Lariat (a slingshot somersault lariat), the Dead Eye (a kneeling back-to-belly piledriver).

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* FinishingMove: Buckshot Lariat (a slingshot somersault lariat), the Dead Eye Deadeye (a kneeling back-to-belly piledriver).
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In episode 149, Brandi and Cody Rhodes are trying to shoot a promo at the Jacksonville Jaguars practice facility for AEW's Fight For The Fallen pay-per-view. Hangman Page is running up and down the football field as part of his "Full Gear Challenge". A few seconds later, Cody and Page are shooting their own promo while Brandi is trying to take a 360 photo.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In episode 149, 149 of ''WebVideo/BeingTheElite'', Brandi and Cody Rhodes are trying to shoot a promo at the Jacksonville Jaguars practice facility for AEW's Fight For The Fallen pay-per-view. Hangman Page is running up and down the football field as part of his "Full Gear Challenge". A few seconds later, Cody and Page are shooting their own promo while Brandi is trying to take a 360 photo.
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* FinishingMove: the Buckshot Lariat (a flipping slingshot lariat), Deadeye (an axe guillotine driver).

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* FinishingMove: the Buckshot Lariat (a flipping slingshot somersault lariat), Deadeye (an axe guillotine driver).the Dead Eye (a kneeling back-to-belly piledriver).
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** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finishing move.

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** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finishing move.move who had a successful run in Japan.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Dead Eye, 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.
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* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Hangman, despite being established as one of the top wrestlers in AEW, did not consider himself worthy of being in The Elite with Omega, The Bucks and Cody.
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* 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.
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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 [[formed their own faction WebVideo/BeingTheElite]] 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.

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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 [[formed [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite formed their own faction WebVideo/BeingTheElite]] 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.
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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 formed their own faction [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite 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.

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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 formed [[formed their own faction [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite WebVideo/BeingTheElite]] 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.

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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 formed their own faction called [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite The Elite]]. 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.

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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 formed their own faction called [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite The Elite]].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.

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* CrowdChant: Cowboy Shit!

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* CrowdChant: Cowboy Shit!''"COWBOY SHIT!"''
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Adam Page (born Stevie 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 formed their own faction called [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite The Elite]]. 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.

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Adam Page (born Stevie 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 formed their own faction called [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite The Elite]]. 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.
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Adam Page (born Stevie 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, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla. 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 formed their own faction called [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite The Elite]]. 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.

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Adam Page (born Stevie 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, Wrestling/RingOfHonor Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla.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 formed their own faction called [[WebVideo/BeingTheElite The Elite]]. 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.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With the rest of The Elite. Despite their constant bickering and Hangman's attempts to distance himself from the stable, Page always has his friends' back when they need him the most.
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** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finisher.

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** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finisher.finishing move.

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* {{Expy}}: 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.

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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.him.
** People have also drawn parallels between Page and Wrestling/StanHansen. Both are big, surly southerners decked out in cowboy paraphernalia who use a lariat as their finisher.
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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/YoungBucks). He was also the winner of the first ever Casino Battle Royal in AEW.

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

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As of this point, Page has only held two championships, the AEW World Tag Team Championship (with Kenny Omega) Wrestling/KennyOmega) and the ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Championship (with The Young Bucks).Wrestling/YoungBucks). He was also the winner of the first ever Casino Battle Royal in AEW.
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* CanonName: His fellow wrestlers continued to call him by his {{kayfabe}} first name Adam despite NJPW billing him as Hangman Page during his run there.


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* {{Expy}}: 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.


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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "The Hangman".

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* RunningGag: The text above Page's nameplate being changed to various silly things, much to his frustration. Examples include, "Drank a bottle of whiskey at home alone last Wednesday", "IDK make it say something like Happyee Hawlidays", "Has been drinking" ([[https://twitter.com/theAdamPage/status/1214536322402131969 which got popular enough to make it onto a shirt]]), and, "Not gonna pay Private Party that $12".

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** Hangman Page wearing "full [wrestling] gear" in situations where the rest of BTE is wearing casual or dress clothes. Cody and the Bucks insist that he lose weight prior to AEW's Double Or Nothing pay-per-view. The "full gear" gag was written into the Episode 141 intro. The same episode featured Page's "Full Gear Challenge". [[spoiler: It finally pays off in Episode 152.]]
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The text above Page's nameplate being changed to various silly things, much to his frustration. Examples include, "Drank a bottle of whiskey at home alone last Wednesday", "IDK make it say something like Happyee Hawlidays", "Has been drinking" ([[https://twitter.com/theAdamPage/status/1214536322402131969 which got popular enough to make it onto a shirt]]), and, "Not gonna pay Private Party that $12".

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