Former WWE champion to turn heel at AEW Winter is Coming and betray Hangman Page? Exploring the possibility

Hangman Adam Page [Image via AEW
Hangman Adam Page [Image via AEW's YouTube]

We are just hours away from the 2025 edition of AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming, and the stage is set for Hangman Adam Page, who is scheduled to face a major match against the Opps. However, there is a chance that the Anxious Perennial Cowboy will be betrayed on the night by a former WWE champion who might turn heel in the process.

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At AEW WrestleDream 2025, the then-AEW World Champion Hangman Page defended his title against Samoa Joe. The Cowboy successfully defended his title against the Samoan Submission Machine, who, after the match, turned heel along with the Opps and attacked Page. The incident ignited a major rivalry between Page and Joe, with the latest chapter happening at Full Gear, where Joe dethroned the Cowboy in a steel cage match to become the new World Champion. The night also saw the return of Swerve Strickland, who, until then, had been away from AEW programming for months due to injury. The Mogul came to the aid of Hangman Page, saving him from further attacks from the Opps after Joe's win.

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What makes this saga even more intriguing is that Hangman and the Realest Star were the fiercest rivals in Tony Khan's promotion, but they now seem to have put their past differences behind them. However, the possibility that the former WWE NXT North American Champion might betray Page cannot be dismissed, as there is too much bad blood between them. At Winter Is Coming, Page and Strickland will team up to face Opps members Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata in a highly anticipated tag match. On that night, the Mogul might turn heel and attack Page, kicking off the next chapter in their legendary rivalry in the Jacksonville-based promotion. That said, this scenario is purely speculative, and it remains to be seen what will happen later in the match.

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AEW star Swerve Strickland on his tenure in WWE

In a recent appearance on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Swerve Strickland addressed his time working in WWE and what led to his departure from the Stamford-based promotion.

“I would explain it to somebody like this. It’s like, you can have a talented quarterback drafted number one, if he’s not in an organization that allows him to be a franchise quarterback, he’s not going to play like a franchise quarterback...I felt like Triple H wanted me to be LeBron in the [Miami] Heat, scoring, not passing the ball." said Swerve [H/T: chrisvanvliet.com]

It will be interesting to see if Hangman Page and Strickland can get one over the Opps at tonight's Dynamite: Winter is Coming.

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