Tony Khan Says Hangman Page Is the Superman of All Elite Wrestling and MJF Is Lex Luthor

Tony Khan was asked to cast AEW wrestlers as DC Superheroes and Villains.

While speaking with Dirt Sheet Radio, Tony Khan was asked who he would cast in his world of DC Superheroes and Villains if they were AEW’s men and women who step into the squared circle and Khan didn’t disappoint with his answers for each wrestler.

“It’s a great question because I think if you had to cast those roles, I think Jon Moxley, Batman. Jon Moxley, Batman, the blue collar hero is very different than Bruce Wayne, the white collar hero. But still, these guys, they work so hard. They have a different approach. Sometimes their methods could be questioned, but I think they’re both so consistent and they’re both the all-around top people in their profession. So Batman and Jon Moxley I would think is a great comparison. For Wonder Woman, certainly Timeless Toni Storm is somebody that would be very consistent with that. Actually I took Timeless Toni Storm along with a group of AEW wrestlers to do a shoot with the actors from Superman, and Timeless Toni Storm and Lois Lane, fittingly enough, had a great scene together and Rachel Brosnahan was really cool. Rachel Brosnahan and Timeless Toni Storm shot a video together.”

When asked who Hangman Page would be in his world, this is what TK had to say.

“For Superman boy, that’s a hard one to pick and I could think of many people that would fit the bill. Certainly the AEW World Champion, the top of the profession right now is Hangman Adam Page. So I think you would give him that red cape, but, certainly over AEW’s history, a lot of people have been the great champion, including Samoa Joe, and Hangman Page versus Samoa Joe is coming up very soon at WrestleDream. They’ll be fighting for the world championship and that metaphorical Superman red cape that has also been held by Kenny Omega, one of the top people in the profession, and a lot of other top people. Somebody more akin to maybe Lex Luthor, who also shared a screen with Nicholas Holt when we did that DC shoot is MJF, who’s one of the top villains and a schemer, a rich jerk, a lot like Lex Luthor, a manipulative person, a lot like Lex Luthor. So a lot of similarities there, I think. Darby Allin is somebody who also flies through the air, does crazy things. Will Ospreay, one of the great heroes in a W who were excited to get back from injury, uh, who is like a comic book hero himself and a lot of great names that would fit this bill for sure.”

Hangman Page is set to defend the Men’s AEW World Championship at WrestleDream against Samoa Joe.

(h/t to Fightful for the quotes/transcriptions.)

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