All Elite Wrestling has released a new documentary, “The Good, The Bad and The Hangman | AEW Stories,” on its official YouTube channel. The feature provides an extensive and personal look at the career of “Hangman” Adam Page, focusing on his struggles with identity, his fall into a darker persona, and his ultimate redemption, culminating in his second AEW World Championship victory.
After taking time off for the birth of his first child, Page made a triumphant return in October 2021, winning the Casino Ladder Match to earn another shot at the world title. This culminated in one of AEW’s most iconic moments at Full Gear 2021, where he defeated his former partner Kenny Omega to win the AEW World Championship for the first time. Reflecting on this in the documentary, Page says, “beating Kenny for the world championship… was going to end up being the highlight of my career… no matter what I achieve it is downhill from here”.
The documentary heavily explores Page’s subsequent struggles, including his turn to a darker, more violent version of himself during his feud with Swerve Strickland. “I have never really been a full piece of [expletive], I’ve just made some decisions that maybe weren’t the best… I fully recognized the good and the bad in everything that that I was doing. Yeah, I just decided to do the bad”. This path led to him brutalizing his former mentor, Christopher Daniels. “It pissed me off so much because I knew he was right… I did of course make another bad decision and beat the [expletive] out of him as many times as I could… I regret that”.
A significant portion of the documentary is dedicated to his emotional journey through the 2025 Owen Hart Cup tournament. It features a heartfelt conversation with Jeff Jarrett, who compared Page’s life as a young father of two to Owen Hart’s at the time of his passing. Jarrett revealed to Page, “I’ve run into so many guys through this business… nobody was like Owen… until I met you in a lot of ways. And that’s the good that you embody Owen. And so I carry a little bit of Owen and a little bit of Hang with me everywhere I go”.
The film concludes with his redemption at All In, where he won his second AEW World Championship. In an emotional speech to the crowd after the match, Page said, “When I lost this over three years ago, I thought that was it for me. I thought I would never see this again… and you guys, you took me somewhere even better. So thank you. Thank you for believing in me when I didn’t”. Reflecting on the moment, he stated, “I feel fulfilled… this is what I’m supposed to be doing”.
