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Ethan Page just made a shocking appearance that proves why you never say never in the professional wrestling business.
TNA Wrestling has two major pay-per-views coming up this month. On April 17th is the Unbreakable pay-per-view and on the 27th is the Rebellion pay-per-view. During this week’s episode of TNA iMPACT, fans saw the surprising return of former NXT Champion Ethan Page.
During iMPACT, Frankie Kazarian announced that he will challenge TNA World Champion Joe Hendry at the Rebellion pay-per-view. Kazarian also vowed to dethrone the Prestigious One. But as he was talking, he was interrupted by a familiar face, Ethan Page.
Ethan Page showed up and claimed that he had pinned the TNA World Heavyweight Champion before. Page revealed that he had spoken with TNA’s Director of Authority, Santino Marella, and that he will also be challenging Joe Hendry at Rebellion. TNA then confirmed Hendry will be defending his title at the Rebellion in a three-way match.
Why was Ethan Page’s return to TNA so surprising?
Ethan Page moved on from TNA in 2021. However, he was not happy about the way his departure was handled on television.
Page worked for TNA (then IMPACT Wrestling) until 2021. His tenure ended due to his contract expiring. This was expected after the two sides were unable to come to terms on a new agreement. In anticipation of Page’s departure, the company broke up Page and Josh Alexander (The North). Page also had a final storyline against his alter-ego, The Karate Man, who “killed” him in a cinematic match at the company’s Hard To Kill pay-per-view.
Ethan Page later expressed his frustration about how his final storylines were handled and accused IMPACT Wrestling of lying to him. Page said that he not only didn’t want the Karate Man segments on television, but wanted to keep it as a YouTube feature. He also criticized the poor editing of the segment, claiming that the company did what it wanted and ignored his feedback because they knew he was leaving.
“I’m sorry if any of my fans paid for that PPV & felt cheated. I honestly feel the free version I gave away was made with more love, care & attention to detail,” Page wrote at the time. “Sadly I have no control over the creative or final product & the editor refused to send it to me before hand …. so I saw it live with you guys & was surrounded by family. All scratching their heads at that high school project level delivery on a PPV.”
Can The Prestigious One successfully retain his championship at the pay-per-view?
