10 Best Wrestling Gimmick Changes Of 2016

8. Hangman Page

Hangman Page
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Back to New Japan Pro Wrestling and in particular Ring of Honor for number eight, but 2016 will be looked back upon as the year in which Adam Page woke up and began to stand out somewhat as a professional club. Much like Captain New Japan it took aligning with Bullet Club, but rather than becoming just another face in an overcrowded bunch Page seemed to gain an aura along with a new persona.

Simple old Adam Page transformed into Hangman Page, and if you weren't aware of what that meant he would walk around with a noose and literally hang battered bodies after his match. It all makes for a shocking visual, and has helped Page get over as a truly bad man.

He's also upped his game in between the ropes too, pulling off the biggest victory of his career at ROH Death Before Dishonor by defeating Jay Briscoe clean as a whistle in a street fight. 2017 may well be a big year for the Hangman.

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