Ethan Page On How The Pandemic Helped Him Create the Karate Man

In an interview with DAE on Demand (via Fightful), Ethan Page spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic led to him creating his gimmick of The Karate Man in Impact Wrestling.

He said: “If you’re going to go look for one of those matches, make sure it’s mine that I shot and edited on my YouTube page. Check that one out of the two. It was honestly out of necessity. I wasn’t really making that much money during my time during the pandemic, things were rough. So, I decided to create an alter ego to create a feud with myself so I could have dueling merch and someone would buy a Karate Man shirt or an Ethan Page shirt and pick their favorite. It was more out of survival and that’s when the best ideas come when you need them.“