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Might be a hot take to some, mild to others, but the more I'm pondering it, the more I have a hard time coming up with arguments against. In my humble opinion, Hangman Adam Page, even in his short reign, has had the best reign and has been booked the strongest. To add to that, since becoming world champion Adam Page has not had a single bad match, in fact, he's put on nothing but bangers.
Some data:
Hangman’s title reign has averaged: (from his win over omega to now)
9.21 on Cagematch
And an of 4.93 Meltzer star rating (rounded up is 5 star average)
I included both metrics since obviously both are subjective, but with the add of Cagematch I believe we get a fairly deep pool of opinions, and all of them trend towards fantastic matches since his crowning moment. His next feud is with Adam Cole, I believe it will be a foregone conclusion we are getting a high quality match there as well. Now Hangman reign could end there, and I still think his reign would have been phenomenal. The feud going forward already is hinting at layers of Bullet Club influence as well, which Hangman was part of , and as they say, BC is FOR LIFE. We should be getting more of that multi layered booking with the history involved that can possibly lead to so many cool things : Kenny's return and who's side will he be on? Will he influence the possible cole hangman showdown at Revolution?What about Jay White? The Bucks? RedDragon? All these things are about to crash together and it's going to be EPIC.
Now I don't want to take away from previous champions either, as they did a lot for the earlier periods of AEW. Jericho was a fine champion and made Mox into a monster babyface when he was dethroned. Kenny's heel turn and run was legendary as well in its own right. But it also was a long period without fans and quite frankly, a different landscape in AEW. With AEW in it's second phase entering it's 3rd year, I feel Hangman Adam Page and his defenses so far have really elevated the World Title scene to a must see level (and so much praise needs to be given to his opponents, who have pushed him into a consistent 5 star performer on any given night) .
Anyways, that's my rant!
Some data:
Hangman’s title reign has averaged: (from his win over omega to now)
9.21 on Cagematch
And an of 4.93 Meltzer star rating (rounded up is 5 star average)
I included both metrics since obviously both are subjective, but with the add of Cagematch I believe we get a fairly deep pool of opinions, and all of them trend towards fantastic matches since his crowning moment. His next feud is with Adam Cole, I believe it will be a foregone conclusion we are getting a high quality match there as well. Now Hangman reign could end there, and I still think his reign would have been phenomenal. The feud going forward already is hinting at layers of Bullet Club influence as well, which Hangman was part of , and as they say, BC is FOR LIFE. We should be getting more of that multi layered booking with the history involved that can possibly lead to so many cool things : Kenny's return and who's side will he be on? Will he influence the possible cole hangman showdown at Revolution?What about Jay White? The Bucks? RedDragon? All these things are about to crash together and it's going to be EPIC.
Now I don't want to take away from previous champions either, as they did a lot for the earlier periods of AEW. Jericho was a fine champion and made Mox into a monster babyface when he was dethroned. Kenny's heel turn and run was legendary as well in its own right. But it also was a long period without fans and quite frankly, a different landscape in AEW. With AEW in it's second phase entering it's 3rd year, I feel Hangman Adam Page and his defenses so far have really elevated the World Title scene to a must see level (and so much praise needs to be given to his opponents, who have pushed him into a consistent 5 star performer on any given night) .
Anyways, that's my rant!
