Tony Khan Comments On Hangman Adam Page Withdrawing From World Title Contention
AEW President Tony Khan comments on "Hangman" Adam Page's loss at Revolution and whether or not the believes the former champion will back out of of his verbal title challenge agreement.
"Hangman" Adam Page holds the AEW Men's World Championship high - the first of his two runs with the belt - AEW On March 15, 2026, the "Ides of March," Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) assassinated the chances for "Hangman" Adam Page to ever challenge for the AEW Men's World Championship again in their Last Chance Texas Death Match at Revolution last Sunday. For the second time in AEW history, a top star and founding father of the company will not be allowed to chase nor challenge for the top men's belt for the rest of his career there. Just astounded as the fans were to see Page lose, AEW President and CEO Tony Khan gave his thoughts on the matter, and whether Page can back out of his word for the sake of his popularity, as many would like to see him prevail again for the third time in his decorated and top handed career.
"It's the same thing with Cody [Rhodes]. It was a gentleman's handshake with both of them," Khan noted in the post-Revolution media scrum. "They both came to me and said, 'I want to put this at stake.
' And both of them, I told them, 'That sounds f**king nuts, dude. ' Both of them really wanted to do it. And in both cases I said, 'Are you sure?
' And then they both said, 'Yeah. ' So, it is an agreement we made. Second time it's happened.