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Tony Khan: Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson Is One Of The Best Matches We Can Offer

Coming out of AEW Full Gear, many fans are looking forward to a buzzworthy clash between Hangman Page and Bryan Danielson. Page won the AEW World Championship at the pay-per-view, and Danielson emerged victorious in the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament, so he’ll challenge Page at some point soon.

Some fans have argued that having a beloved star like Danielson take on Page could be detrimental to the champion’s status as a top babyface. But in a post-show mdia scrum, AEW President Tony Khan stated that fans know to focus on the wrestling, rather than the tradtional face/heel alignment. For this reason, he called Page vs. Bryan one of the best matches he can offer right now.

“I don’t think so,” said Khan. “I think the fans are conditioned, whether it was like CM Punk and Darby [Allin] or CM Punk and Eddie Kingston or Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston, the fans right now are conditioned to great wrestling matches, so Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson, I think is one of the best wrestling matches I can possibly give the fans. And especially because Bryan Danielson wrestled the prior champion to a 30-minute draw, I think there’s nobody with a better résumé.

“He’s been in the company for just over two months, but in the time he’s been here, nobody has outwrestled him and furthermore, nobody has wrestled more than he has. He’s taken on everybody and then some. So I think it’s the logical challenger, based on all the wrestling we’ve seen from Bryan Danielson since he came in. And now with Hangman Page as our world champion, you want to have the best number one contender possible. So I think Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson is a dream match.”

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Bryan was subsequently asked to share his first impression of Page, and he explained how it’s hard to specifically call someone an “extra special talent” in AEW because the company is loaded with promising young stars. Still, he quickly saw how fans rallied around Hangman, and he could tell that the man who now holds the title has taken the next step. “The American Dragon” then noted that carrying a company is an entirely different challenge, and he went on to tease that he’ll cut Page’s reign short when they face off.

“…When you look at these guys and you say, Oh, who’s the standout guy,’ it’s hard to choose until somebody grabs the ball and runs with it,” said Danielson. “And then all of a sudden, you’re watching and Hangman Page is just, crowds are going nuts for him, and he’s starting to catch that…there’s something that changes in your mind, like if a performer, when you go from being like, okay, I’m here, and then when you take that next step. And you can see in his performances and in his attitude, the way he can carried himself, he took that next step. And you could see he was gonna a star.

“Now being the champion and carrying the company, that’s a completely different ball game, and we’ll see how he does with that. I don’t think he’s gonna be champion for very long, to be honest. And I know I can be the champion and carry the company.”

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