Ethan Page Slams Impact Wrestling’s “Lazily Edited” Farewell Match

Can you blame Page? Wrestling is changing a lot at the momenta and a good bit of that is due to having new places for the wrestlers to go. You don’t get to see that very often and it has allowed wrestlers several more options for where they can go and work. That means that some of them will be leaving their long term homes, which is the case with another wrestler. This one did not end so well though.

This weekend saw Impact Wrestling present its Hard To Kill pay per view. The show was the company’s first pay per view event since Bound For Glory in October, meaning they had a long time to set things up. One of the more interesting matches was Ethan Page vs. Karate Man, which was a little more complicated when you remember they are the same person. The match served as Page’s exit from the company and it did not go well.

Page posted on the Major Wrestling Figured podcast group Facebook page that he was unhappy with the way his match was aired. Page said that Impact “lazily edited” the match and turned it into a joke rather than what Page had wanted it to be. He apologized to any of his fans who bought the show as he only saw the final version of the match as it aired live. Page also said that he never wanted Karate Man on television in the first place but had no choice.

It seemed interesting. Check out how the match was set up:

Opinion: If the match was this far off of what Page had in mind, I can’t blame him for being upset. Maybe Impact was unhappy with him for leaving and wanted to put in as little effort as possible, but I would hope that is not the case. Either way, it does not sound as if things went well on the way out and maybe Page can have a better place to go in the near or even more distant future.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!