10 Most Exciting Young Prodigies In WWE & AEW Right Now
4. Hangman Page
AEW saving Hangman Page's lagging fortunes early in the promotion's run will go down as one of Tony Khan's shrewdest moves once the hard-drinking Tag Team Champion is amongst his promotion's biggest money-drawers.
Page was on the verge of exploding before the world shut down. His popularity was going through the roof as the global health crisis took hold, live fans were banned, and viewerships began trending downwards, and it sucks. Having worked so hard to overcome those early misfortunes, the babyface megastar-in-the-making was put on ice.
This will be picked up again as soon as things go back to something closer to "normal," though Page is still a world away from the failed vanilla face that floundered against Chris Jericho, whose Fight for the Fallen ambush had people popping, not jeering. This highlighted the need for change and after losing to the future 'Le Champion,' Page's personal journey saw him cut loose and find himself. Now, with Cowboy Sh*t, reliability, and in-ring fire his selling points, he's as big a sure thing as any other up-and-comer in the sport.