Hangman Page Clarifies Comments About Accepting Advice

AEW star 'Hangman' Adam Page has sought to clarify previous statements he made about his willingness to listen to and take advice from industry veterans.

Posting to his Instagram stories, the former AEW World Champion wrote:

"The reports that i 'don't take advice' have been greatly exaggerated, perhaps by no one more so than me. advice and feedback, particularly from those who have come before, have always been and always will be welcomed and appreciated. my self-deprecating and dry insistence otherwise just comes from a place of being more personally interested in wrestling as an art than a sport. it would've been hollow for Picasso to try to paint a mona lisa.

"i kinda thought i'd have been asked about it by now and could've clarified. i just wouldn't want any of the older generation, especially those whose work with us is vital and unknown to fans, to feel that their wisdom is dismissed. 

"i am also still in search of the cheese puffs. let me know if you find them. thank you".

The 'cheese puffs' line is a reference to this week's episode of Being the Elite.

At Galaxycon 2022 Page was asked about taking advice from veterans and said:

"Oh boy, I don't know, I'm stubborn, I don't take advice. It's a good question and that's probably the honest answer. I listen to people say things, but very rarely do I listen hard. I was part of the movement that created the entire company and I'm a world champion. I don't know that I need their advice. I'll certainly listen, but there is something to be said about trial and error and doing it on our own. I take more pride in that".

CM Punk famously referenced those comments during his now-infamous post-All Out media scrum, describing Page as an 'empty-headed idiot'.

H/T Fightful