When Did Tony Khan Know Adam Page Would Dethrone Jon Moxley?

Tony Khan stuck to the plan.

After an emotional two-year-long quest that saw him go to war with Swerve Strickland, “Hangman” Adam Page finally found his way back to the light at All In.

In a blood-soaked Texas Death Match, Page finally defeated Jon Moxley to become the AEW World Champion for the second time. The win not only marked the end of a lengthy story for Page, but also a long storyline centred around the Death Riders and Moxley’s domination of AEW.

Tony Khan Lifts Lid On Long-Time AEW Plans

In a new interview with Q101, Tony Khan sat down to discuss AEW’s recent success and the crowning of a new World Champion at All In.

When asked about the moment that he decided Adam Page was the man to beat Moxley, Khan said the idea had been in his mind for a long time. He added that the entire story around Moxley had been building since All In 2024.

In that main event, Bryan Danielson famously defeated Swerve Strickland to become AEW World Champion.

“A long time ago. A long time ago. Certainly for a long time. All In has been building to be the culmination of everything that’s happened in the past year since All In technically was 11 months, when we saw Bryan Danielson win the AEW World Championship and then surprisingly here in Chicago, Jon Moxley betrayed him setting up their match and Jon Moxley taking out Bryan Danielson, putting him out of the sport for the past almost a full year, and Jon Moxley reigned with the championship for about nine months.

Across pro wrestling, Jon Moxley was absolutely a dominant world champion. Beat down every challenger he faced, and along the way, certainly… Hangman Page had stood very tall against him. Hangman Page had been involved in a rivalry with Jay White, who’s been out injured.

Jay White’s somebody who’s really important to AEW, who we hope gets well soon, who certainly is a big part of our plans also, and that certainly did change things in AEW in a major way when Jay White gets injured. So things happened along the way that changed the flow. But certainly Hangman Page… Hangman was always the guy.”

Following their bloody war at All In, Jon Moxley will get a small shot at revenge on AEW Dynamite. It’s been announced that on the show, Moxley will team with Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta to face Page, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Mark Briscoe.

H/t to Fightful