Hangman Page Realized Wrestling Was An Actual Career For Him When He Started To ‘Actually Make Money’ Wrestling

Hangman Page discusses when he realized wrestling could be a possible career move.

Hangman has become one of the main character’s of AEW programming since the companies inception in 2019, however, he has not always been just a pro wrestler, being a former teacher. Now, Page has explained when he realized he wanted to be a full time professional wrestler.

While speaking to WXII News 12 in a new interview, Hangman Page was asked about the beginnings of his wrestling career and when he realized that it could become one.

“So I started wrestling, boy, wow, 10 years old on the trampoline, I think. I started training in an actual wrestling ring when I was 15. I was traveling all around North Carolina, doing little independent shows, started wrestling when I was 16. I went to Virginia Tech for college, finished there, came home, got a job at the high school, was still wrestling every weekend there and then at some point, I was about five years into teaching. I started to actually make money at wrestling, which was kind of unusual and I figured, you know, I think I can make a career out of this and have managed to since then.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Hangman spoke about the origin of his ‘Hangman’ name. You can read more about that here.

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