Ethan Page finally made it to Monday Night Raw, but the dream job is already beating the hell out of his sleep schedule. After wrestling on Raw every week for nearly two months, Page admitted the nonstop grind has left him exhausted, emotionally drained and barely able to process what is happening.
Speaking with Denise Salcedo, Page said his main roster run has been everything he wanted, but it is moving so fast that the entire experience has turned into one giant blur.
“I will say I have wrestled on Monday Night Raw every single week for the last eight or nine weeks, and we’re on a bit of a streak right now. It is a blur, but also a dream come true—both somehow simultaneously at the same time.”
There are moments when Page can actually stop and realize he made it. Then reality hits, and he is back to worrying about sleep, flights and getting to the next city in time to wrestle again.
“There are moments where it kind of all clicks in. You get the realization of like, ‘Oh wait, no, it’s all happening. Everything I’ve wanted to happen is happening.’ But then there are also moments where you’re like, ‘Oh no, I’m on two hours of sleep. I have to get to this city because I have to wrestle tomorrow against so-and-so.’ And yeah, it’s a big tornado.”
When Page was asked whether life on the main roster had been what he expected, he did not try to dress it up. He said the schedule is so packed that he sometimes feels like he is just moving through it without feeling much of anything.
“Yes, but also no. It’s so busy that you kind of don’t feel anything. You’re just emotionlessly going through this never-ending work schedule while you’re trying to remind yourself how cool it is.”
Page then caught himself and made it clear he was not complaining about finally getting the opportunity. He is happy to be on Raw. He is also completely wiped out.
“You know what? I’m not doing a good job at telling you guys how happy I am. I’m exhausted, okay? I’m really hoping this coffee helps me out during this interview.”
Page spent years trying to reach WWE’s biggest weekly show, and now he is finding out exactly how brutal the job can be once the cameras stop rolling. The matches may happen under the bright lights, but the real fight appears to be surviving the travel, lack of sleep and nonstop pressure that comes with staying on Raw every week.
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