Top AEW Star Appears To Have Suffered Serious Legitimate Injury
By Jason Hall
October 19, 2022
Former All Elite Wrestling World Champion 'Hangman' Adam Page appears to have suffered a serious injury during the main event of Dynamite on Tuesday (October 18) night.
Page, who was facing current champion Jon Moxley in a title match, was seen on the ground for several minutes and receiving medical attention from doctors after taking a hard lariat shot, which resulted in Moxley retaining the title via knockout.
PWInsider reports the match was stopped due to "a legitimate medical issue" and a source backstage said Page "may have suffered a concussion," although the website it didn't "have that 100% confirmed."
Additionally, PWInsider reports that Page "left the venue to get examined at a local hospital" after the conclusion of the main event match.
Several AEW colleagues and others within the wrestling industry sent their best wishes to Page following the scary incident Tuesday night, including former WWE champion Big E, who is currently recovering from a broken neck injury and top AEW heel Maxwell Jacob Friedman, who typically stays in character at all times.
Praying for Hangman.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) October 19, 2022
Prayers for Hangman.
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) October 19, 2022
🤠❤️
— Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) October 19, 2022
Prayers for Adam Page🙏
— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) October 19, 2022
One of the nicest most genuine guys in the locker room.
— Alan Angels (@Alan_V_Angels) October 19, 2022
Prayers for Hangman pic.twitter.com/LNYUkoTpg8
Best wishes, Hangman! pic.twitter.com/5OZxwIJ8fC
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) October 19, 2022
Praying everything with Hangman Page is ok. Dude is legitimately one of the hardest working wrestlers in the business today pic.twitter.com/5F9ew8th7E
— Public Enemies Podcast (@TheEnemiesPE3) October 19, 2022
Absolutely hoping for the best for Hangman. A spot we see fairly often in wrestling going wrong like that reminds me of how crazy this sport we all love truly is. And how much we take it for granted.
— Will Washington 10/26 (@WilliamRBR) October 19, 2022
I just hope Hangman is okay.
All love, Hangman 🙏🏽
— TAIGASTYLE (@theleemoriarty) October 19, 2022
Watching it back, it looks like Adam Page may have gotten hurt on the landing when he took a flip bump, not Jon Moxley's lariat itself. The lariat hit Page in the left shoulder, but taking the bump, Page landed awkwardly on his forehead at an odd angle. #AEWDynamite
— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) October 19, 2022
Page, along with longtime on-screen allies and real life friends Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), was instrumental in AEW's 2019 launch in and defeated Omega to become the company's fourth world champion at last year's Full Gear event, before dropping the title to CM Punk earlier this year.