Major update about the 2025 AEW Owen Hart Tournament winner.
Earlier this month, on 25th May at the Double or Nothing PPV, Mercedes Mone defeated Jamie Hayter to win the women’s Owen Hart tournament, while Adam Page defeated Will Ospreay in the main event of the show to win the men’s Owen Hart tournament.
However, just a few days after the PPV, a new report has emerged about the eventual winner of the men’s tournament. As per Fightful Select, Hangman’s victory was perceived as a shocker by many. The report further notes that while the winner of the tournament was kept under wraps, Page and Ospreay found out about it earlier in the weekend.
It was further noted that while Page rooted for Ospreay to win the tournament, the Aerial Assassin wanted Adam Page to come out victorious. Sources who spoke to Tony Khan also relayed that even the promotion’s president was “non-committal” throughout the process when talent asked him about the winner. Page’s victory was a shocker since many people present backstage believed Ospreay to be the eventual winner.
It has also to be noted that World Champion Jon Moxley wanted Adam Page to win, although it is unknown if it influenced the tournament’s outcome. Page will now face Jon Moxley at All In 2025 on 7th July, 2025.
Adam Page Has Opened Up On AEW’s Origin
Ahead of his Double or Nothing 2025 bout, Adam Page appeared in an interview with Lauren Coates of Variety and reflected on how the Jacksonville-based promotion would not have existed without the popular YouTube show, ‘Being The Elite’.
“When I start talking about my career and what I’ve been through, I can’t talk about it without mentioning Being The Elite, what it meant for wrestling, and how really, AEW wouldn’t have existed without it. That was the real vehicle that created a connection with fans, and started a movement, a following. For me personally, B.T.E., in its entirety, was probably the most fun I have ever had in wrestling.
It’s hard to imagine that at the end of the day, it will always be the most fun I have ever had in professional wrestling, because these guys are my best friends, the people that I’m spending as much or more time with every week than I am with my own family. We all love the same thing. We’re all creative people. Getting to do that together never felt like work.
I guess it wasn’t work, but it never felt like it either, it was always fun. And it was something we were passionate about. A lot of times, we would be up in the middle of the night. For the cruise Halloween episode, I didn’t sleep for a couple days trying to do it, and that was never a burden. It was just like, wow, I haven’t slept at all, I’ve been working, but it was such a fun thing to do, such a privilege.
The longer it went on, the more we started to recognize the fruits of our labor; we would do Ring of Honor or New Japan shows, and it felt like the crowd was there to see B.T.E. a lot of times. The crowds were bigger, the viewership was bigger, and ultimately it ended up being All Elite Wrestling. But at the same time, you had the sense that us goofing off, us having fun is changing the landscape of wrestling and in a very positive way. It’s such a cool thing to be a part of.”
In other news: A promising wrestler has quit the WWE ID program.