Adam Page

Page made his professional wrestling debut in 2008[7] under the ring name Adam Page. His first professional wrestling championship came when he teamed with Jason Blade to win the CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship in January 2011.[11] After losing the championship in August,[12] Page would win the CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship the following year, before losing it to Kamakzi Kid in May 2012.[13] Throughout the following years, Page would win several championships for regional promotions around the United States.[14] In September 2018, Page defeated Joey Janela in a Chicago Street Fight at independent wrestling pay-per-view event All In.[15]

Page made his ROH debut on January 14, 2011, at ROH Champions vs. All Stars in the dark match.[16] In 2013, Page participated in the ROH Top Prospect Tournament, but was defeated on January 5 by Silas Young.[17] Page made his pay-per-view debut at ROH's 11th Anniversary Show, where he participated in a Six Man Mayhem Match won by ACH.[18] At Manhattan Mayhem, Page was defeated by Young in a singles match.[19] At Death Before Dishonor XI, Page defeated RD Evans.[20] At Glory by Honor XII, Page was defeated by Jimmy Jacobs.[21] At Golden Dream, Page had his first title match, but he was defeated by the ROH World Television Champion Matt Taven.[22] At Final Battle 2013, Page was defeated by Matt Hardy.[23]

Page making his way to the ring at a Ring of Honor event

In 2014, Page feuded with The Decade, a stable formed by ROH veterans. At ROH's 12th Anniversary Show, The Decade (B.J. Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs, and Roderick Strong) defeated Page, Cedric Alexander, and Mark Briscoe.[24] On March 7, Page joined The Decade, as the first of the group's recruits, or "young boys." At Supercard of Honor VIII, Page, Jacobs, and Whitmer defeated Andrew Everett and Adrenaline Rush (ACH and TaDarious Thomas).[25] In October 2014, Page became a full-fledged member of The Decade.[2]

After Jacobs left the stable and Colby Corino joined, Page started a feud with ACH. At Best in the World, The Decade (Whitmer and Page) defeated ACH and Matt Sydal when Page pinned Sydal after a Rite of Passage.[26] At Death Before Dishonor XIII, Page defeated ACH; however, Page subsequently left The Decade and feuded with BJ Whitmer, turning face in the process. Page faced Whitmer at ROH 14th Anniversary Show, but was defeated.

On May 9, 2016, during the first night of the War of the Worlds tour, Page became a villain once again when he joined Bullet Club by turning on Colt Cabana, The Briscoes, and The Motor City Machine Guns during a ten-man tag team main event. Page hanged Chris Sabin with a hangman's noose which gave Page his "Hangman" nickname.[27] At Death Before Dishonor XIV Page defeated Jay Briscoe. On November 16, 2016 Page was unsuccessful in winning the ROH World Television Championship where he was defeated by Bobby Fish. On April 1, 2017 Page teamed with Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) as they were unsuccessful against Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) this was for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Page got involved in a ROH World Television Championship match, helping Marty Scurll defeat Frankie Kazarian by hitting him with a chair. Kazarian and Page then battled in a strap match at Best in the World ending with Page submitting while being hanged via leather strap.[28]

On August 20, 2017, Page won his first title in ROH, when he and his Bullet Club stablemates The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), billed collectively as "The Hung Bucks",[29] defeated Dalton Castle and The Boys for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.[30] While Page and The Young Bucks' Bullet Club stablemates Cody, Kenny Omega and Marty Scurll were later allowed to defend the title under "Bullet Club Rules",[31][32] only Page and The Young Bucks were recognized as official champions.[33] At ROH 16th Anniversary Show, The Hung Bucks lost the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships against SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky).[34] Page fought Kota Ibushi at Supercard of Honor XII in a losing effort.[35] Page began feuding with Punishment Martinez when Martinez attacked Page with a chair before a match. Page then attacked Martinez later on, putting him through a table, these two traded attacks until Page challenged Martinez for the ROH World Television Championship in a Baltimore Street Fight at Best in the World 2018 in a losing effort.[36] Page entered ROH's International Cup tournament on the 2018 Honor Re-United Tour defeating Joe Hendry[37] and Jimmy Havoc before losing to Mark Haskins in the finals.[38] Page's final match in ROH was at Final Battle 2018 where Page was defeated by defending ROH World Television Champion, Jeff Cobb.[39] During the December 15 TV tapings, Page and The Elite left ROH.[40]

Page (right) with fellow Bullet Club members Marty Scurll (far left) and Cody Rhodes in 2018

In June 2016, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced Page would debut for the promotion at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall under the ring name Hangman Page in a six-man tag team match where he teamed up with Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale to defeat Captain New Japan, Yoshi Tatsu, and Togi Makabe. Page scored the win after pinning Captain New Japan.[41][42] Afterwards, Page also began using the name in ROH.[43] On July 3, 2016, Page competed in a tag team match where he teamed up with Yujiro to defeat the team of Captain New Japan and Yoshi Tatsu at Kizuna Road 2016 event.[44] On G1 Climax 26 Finals Page and Yujiro unsuccessfully challenged for IWGP Tag Team Championship against The Briscoe Brothers.[45] From November 18 to December 10, 2016, Page and Yujiro participated in World Tag League 2016 where they finished second in A Block with record of four wins and three losses, thus failing to advance to the final. On July 1, 2017, at G1 Special in USA, Page took part in a tournament to determine the inaugural IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, but was eliminated in his first round match by Jay Lethal.[46] On August 13, Page and Bullet Club stablemate Cody unsuccessfully challenged War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[47] From November 18 through December 11, Page once again teamed with Yujiro Takahashi (somewhat-jokingly now called "Dick and Balls") for World Tag League 2017.[48] They placed third in A Block with 8 points.

At the New Beginning in Sapporo, after Jay White defeated Kenny Omega for the IWGP United States Championship, Page went to challenge White for the title, but was interrupted by Omega, after which Cody attacked Omega.[49] Page challenged White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship at Strong Style Evolved, but was defeated.[50] Throughout Bullet Club's Civil War, Page was the only member fully supporting Cody and his coup to become leader.[51] Page's first main event singles match in NJPW came against Kenny Omega at Wrestling Dontaku 2018 where he lost to Omega. At Dominion 2018, Page, along with Cody and Marty Scurll, defeated the trio of Jushin Thunder Liger, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Rey Mysterio Jr..[52] Page and Scurll defeated Tanahashi and Kushida at the G1 Special in San Francisco.[53] After Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and King Haku attacked Omega and the Young Bucks at the G1 Special in San Francisco, Page (along with Scurll, Chase Owens, Yujiro, and Cody) attempted to save The Elite only to be beaten down by the Tongans as well.[54] Page participated in his first G1 Climax, G1 Climax 28, from July 14, 2018 through August 12, 2018. He placed second to last (ninth) in the A Block with 6 points.[55] At King of Pro-Wrestling 2018 Page, along with Chase Owens and the Young Bucks, lost to the team of Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and Taiji Ishimori.[56] Page and Yujiro Takahashi (no longer as a tag-team) placed tenth in World Tag League 2018 with 10 points. Page's last appearance in NJPW was on the Wrestle Kingdom 13 pre-show where Page, Scurll and Takahashi were the first team eliminated from the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship number one contender gauntlet match.[57] After their elimination, an argument broke out between Page & Scurll, and Takahashi & Chase Owens leading to Owens and Takahashi leaving The Elite.

In April 2018, Page made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) at the first night of All-Star Weekend 14. Page forgot to pack enough tanning oil and fought then PWG World Champion, Keith Lee in a losing effort. [58]

In January 2019, Adam Page signed with upstart promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[4] Page was scheduled to face Pac at AEW's inaugural event Double or Nothing after a confrontation between the two at an AEW press conference,[59] but the match was later cancelled due to "creative differences".[60][61] Instead, Page was the surprise final entrant in the Casino Battle Royale at Double or Nothing, where he last eliminated MJF to win and get an AEW World Championship opportunity.[62] However, at All Out on August 31, Page was defeated by Chris Jericho in a match to crown the inaugural AEW World Champion.[63] On the premiere episode of Dynamite on October 2, Page was defeated by a returning Pac,[64] but was able to emerge victorious over him in a rematch at Full Gear on November 9.[65]

At Bash at the Beach on January 15, 2020, Page teamed with Kenny Omega to win a four-way tag team match to become the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship,[66] and the two defeated SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) on the January 22 episode of Dynamite to win the championship, marking the first ever title change in AEW history.[67] At Revolution on February 29, Page and Omega retained their title against The Young Bucks.[68] After this, the Elite began a feud with The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz),[69][70] leading to the Elite recruiting the debuting Matt Hardy to oppose the group.[71] At Double or Nothing on May 23, the Elite and Hardy defeated the Inner Circle in a Stadium Stampede match.[72] On the August 27 edition of Dynamite, Page was kicked out of the Elite by The Young Bucks after he had stopped them from winning their match.[73] On September 5 at All Out, Page and Omega lost the tag team championship to FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood).[74] After losing the championship, Page and Omega separated as a team.[75]

In September, Page was inserted into a tournament to determine the next challenger for the AEW World Championship.[76] Page defeated Colt Cabana in the first round and Wardlow in the semi-finals to move on to the tournament finals against Omega,[77][78] who defeated him at the Full Gear pay-per-view on November 7 to become No. 1 Contender. [79] Following this, Page began a storyline with The Dark Order where they tried to recruit him into their group. On the December 16 episode of Dynamite, Page reluctantly teamed with John Silver and Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order in a losing effort to Matt Hardy and Private Party.[80][81]