Ethan Page began working for Impact Wrestling in 2017 and would twice hold the Impact World Tag Team Championship with Josh Alexander. He’d finish up with the company in November 2020, but at last night’s Hard To Kill pay-per-view, a pre-recorded match of him vs. his alter-ego Karate Man would be broadcast. The match took place in front of a green screen and ended with Karate Man ripping out Page’s heart and saying, “I guess you’re not hard to kill.” It was done for pure comedy, and you can watch an excerpt below.
After the match aired, Page would criticize the presentation by calling it “dog sh*t” on Twitter but would delete the tweets shortly afterward. Now he has written in a wrestling action figure group that he wasn’t happy with the finished product and will be taking a break away from social media. He’d reveal he asked Impact not to have the Karate Man character on television and that he was lied to and disrespected by them.
I’m going to take a full-blown break from social media. I’ll be staying active on my personal Patreon as much as I can & probably in this group too cuz I love the fig life & u guys. Xoxox. But man …. last night sucked. I’m so embarrassed with how IMPACT! lazily edited that segment last night & forced it to be a joke. I felt the thought of the same guys fighting each other was comedy enough & the more serious we took it, the better the reaction would be. But cuz I left the company, they lied to my face & just did what they wanted the whole time. I’m sorry if any of my fans paid for that PPV & felt cheated. I honestly feel the free version I gave away was made with more love, care & attention to detail. Sadly I had no control over the creative or the final product & the editor refused to send it to me before hand …. so I saw it live with you guys & was surrounded by family. All scratching their heads at that high school project level delivery on a PPV. I pray ppl know I didn’t edit that hot garbage. I actually begged IMPACT! Not to even have Karate man on tv. I only wanted it for my YouTube channel. But … we don’t write the shows. We just get the scripts & do our best. Idk what else to say. Breaks my heart this company refuses to respect its talent or it’s fan base on a regularly basis. I tried. Oh well! Life goes on. That door is closed. Now let’s focus on what’s next. Hope you’re all well. I love all of you for supporting me & helping promote my projects. Because without you guys, karate man wouldn’t have been anything haha. I’m gonna just focus on the good that came of him for my social media & my personal channels. He’s gone now & May he live on in GOOD videos edited by the person who created him. Not stolen by a greedy company trying to capitalize on someone else’s hard work & creativity. Sorry if this comes off so negative. I know I’m usually a positive light for my fans … but today, I need to just be honest. I was lied to. I was hurt. I was disrespected. And I need a break from it all.Ethan Page
What the future holds for Ethan Page now he is no longer with Impact Wrestling remains to be seen. The belief is he has spoken to both WWE and AEW, so perhaps he’ll be returning to television shortly. However, it’s unlikely it will be as Karate Man.
James is a pro wrestling blogger as well as the webmaster and YouTube manager for
Chris Jericho &
FOZZY.
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