10 Best Wrestling Storylines Right Now
2. The Simmering Kenny Omega Vs. Hangman Page Tension
The question many fans are asking is 'When is Hangman Page going to turn heel?'
Counter-question: Why should he?
Hangman Page cut a forlorn figure at the immediate conclusion of All Out, at which he failed to become the inaugural AEW World Champion. He lost an excellent series to PAC, and, no longer feeling worthy of the Elite, attempted to leave the stable. Kenny Omega, who also struggled for form in the singles division, empathised with his friend and took him on a reluctant - but successful - journey to the World Tag Team Championship. Throughout it, Omega incapacitated their opponents in awesome showings, but Page secured wins with his explosive hot tag death-blows. Page with his wild celebrations has taken the credit for their triumph, and taken also to over-celebrating with alcohol in skits that intersect a sense of both banter and pathos that creates fun episodic TV with a real, emotive substance to it.
In the meantime, Omega is also torn. He is intent on wrestling in the tag team division, but PAC has convicted him to singles obligations by attacking those closest to him. Page is in the right to question Omega's commitment to their team, just as Omega is right to question Page's increasingly dire recreational activities. Both men are sympathetic in this situation, which should at some point result in a conflict as agonising for them as it is for their shared fans.
This is an excellent, funny story driven by skits and exhilarating pro wrestling matches - and with its shades of grey, it's a new breed of wrestling storyline that does not require an old, binary dynamic.