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Ethan Page claims previous wrestling companies tried to push him out

Posted: Nov 13th 2026 By: Shounak Chakribarti

Current WWE Intercontinental Champion Ethan Page recently talked about how previous wrestling companies he worked for tried to push him out.

Speaking on Ringer Wrestling, Page shared that the previous promotions he worked at undervalued him because his skills and potential made others uncomfortable.

“Well, yes, because my locker room history is also very extensive. I have always reached a point of knowing my value is not being appreciated in the company that I am currently in. Not the one right now. I’m very appreciated.

“But I will say every company before did not appreciate who I was and what I brought to the table. And I actually think that my skill set and my potential made people very uncomfortable, and they didn’t think that they could hold up against me. I was a real threat,” Page said.

“So they essentially tried to push me out of everywhere that I was. And I happily watched them open the door and saw success on the other side. And I upgraded every company that I left from.

“And now I am in the company and I started at the bottom and I have now upgraded in the only company left to be in. And I promise I will reach the top of the WWE and I will exit at the top. I am at this part of my career right near the end. We are about there. Not much more. Not much more to go in this last little climb. You are about to see the greatest stuff of all time,” he shared while speaking in his heel character.

He further added that he listened to too many unsuccessful people in the industry rather than the veterans.

“I listened to too many broke, unsuccessful people. I did. And the irony of them being the loudest people in my career is hilarious because once I run into legends, always giving me my props. Anyone that’s had real success in wrestling, always giving me my flowers to my face.

“These are the people that have always helped me or opened doors for me or saw me struggling and told me to leave. The greats, the best of the best, the richest of the richest. These are the men telling me I’m doing great.

“You think I give a rat’s ass what everyone else thinks? No. That’s silly. I’ve never been given my flowers ever, especially by the actual industry. But you can’t take flowers to the bank. They get bad and they die.”

Before joining WWE in 2024, Page, 37, had been a part of Impact Wrestling, ROH, Evolve, PWG, and even AEW. Page jumped from AEW to WWE NXT in 2024 and has been on the rise since then.