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Ethan Page recalls The Rock’s unusual advice from 2013

Posted: Nov 13th 2026 By: Shounak Chakribarti

Over a decade ago, Ethan Page received quite unusual advice from none other than The Rock.

Recently, in an interview with Ringer Wrestling, current WWE Intercontinental Champion Ethan Page opened up about how he had received advice from The Rock. Page recalled that after he won an independent championship in early 2013, he recreated a photo posted by then-WWE Champion The Rock.

Page shared that he tweeted his imitation at The Rock, who then responded that he needed more creatine. “So, I do remember this match. It was a four-way match to crown a championship. This was maybe like Ajax, Ontario or Oshawa, Ontario or something like that,” Page recalled.

“I won a championship. The only reason why I remember this, I’m going to give you a little extra detail here. I won the championship that night. I took a photo around the same time The Rock had become WWE Champion, and I think he had won the Spinner Championship or something like that.

“I just remember visually he had uploaded a photo of him jacked out of his mind. This might have been right after Royal Rumble, actually, and the belt is laying across his knee or his feet or something like that.

“And I had mimicked the same photo winning this independent championship and tweeted it at The Rock joking about, I don’t know, maybe I need to lift more weights or whatever the hell. And he had responded to me telling me that I needed to take more creatine, which was true. Creatine is very good for you,” he added.

“But I remember at the time thinking, ‘Wow, I can’t believe it. My favorite wrestler acknowledging me.’ Just to fast forward to be on screen with that man and to be so charismatic that he slaps you on your tush on the way out, to leave such an impression on The Rock.

Page was thrilled that his favorite wrestler joked that enough creatine had helped him eventually appear on screen with The Rock. Ethan Page had once shared a memorable backstage segment and interaction with The Rock in WWE NXT.