On a recent edition of the “Under The Ring” podcast, Swerve Strickland vowed to humble Hangman Page this Sunday at AEW WrestleDream 2023.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Hangman Page: “His style — it’s almost barbaric if you look back at a lot of his historic matches. The death match with Jon Moxley, then with Lance Archer, which is probably one of the most underrated, brutal matches in the company’s history. You look back at just those two, you can see how barbaric and dangerous this dude can be. And somewhere along the lines, I feel like he hasn’t shown that in such a long time, so leave it to me to be the agitator and bring that out of him.”
On his promo duels with Page: “It wasn’t easy at all. For me, I feel like the toughest part of this industry is being able to just speak, you know? Like speak in a believable way, speak in a way that’s original, speak in a way that is not so cliche and formulaic.”
On Page developing himself over his career: “I knew he was talented. But when he started … venturing out and really becoming the ‘Hangman’ Page persona, that’s where I was like, ‘Okay, this guy’s definitely on the next level.’”
On a recent edition of the “Perched On The Top Rope” podcast, Lance Archer revealed that AEW considered Vickie Guerrero to be his manager when he first signed with the company.
Guerrero eventually went on to manage talents from the women’s division while Archer was paired with Jake Roberts.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Guerrero being considered to manage him: “I’m trying to remember specifically. They were bringing Vickie [Vickie Guerrero] in at the time. I think Vickie was one of the possibilities. Ultimately, it was decided Jake and I together, especially with his style and character and my style and character, it fit well together in comparison to…not that Vickie and I couldn’t and wouldn’t have worked, it would have just been such a difference between who she is and what I was. She fit very well with Nyla [Nyla Rose] and the same when they decided Jake and I would be paired together.”
On the pairing with Roberts helping him: “Some people were like, ‘You don’t need to be with Jake.’ Jake was amazing for me, not only on-screen, but behind the scenes, because he helped me find a voice for the Murderhawk Monster. I knew how to be when I walked out that curtain and got in the ring and had really come into my own as far as the character was concerned. The US market is much more driven with promos and talking and speaking, that part I hadn’t really nailed down in any capacity. Jake was really helpful in helping me learn to speak. I haven’t done a lot of speaking in AEW, but we did a lot of promo stuff back on Dark and there were a few opportunities to have promos on Dynamite. That’s where I think Jake helped me the most. He’s been invaluable to me in my career and also a really good friend.”
