Ethan Page Recalls His Segment With The Rock at WWE NXT New Year’s Evil, Advice The Rock Gave Him

WWE Superstar Ethan Page sat down with Insight with Chris Van Vliet recently to discuss his career, appearing in a TV segment with The Rock in WWE NXT. The Rock appeared with Page in a backstage segment in at NXT New Year’s Evil in January 2025.

Page also spoke about some advice The Rock gave him about never second-guessing himself. Below are some highlights from Insight:

Ethan Page on If He Conversed With The Rock Before or After Their WWE NXT TV Segment

“Honestly, both. That whole experience was fantastic. I would say the best part was getting to be able to tell him, ‘Hey, when I started all this, the number one goal was seeing what I created on screen with what I admired.’ He was the absolute pinnacle of what I admire from professional wrestling. So he’s, to me, the best. So to get to see what I cultivated in wrestling on screen with my number one wrestler. I mean, there’s nothing else that I need to do, unless he wants to have a match with me.”

On If He’s Calling The Rock Out and Some Advice Rock Gave Him

“Sure, why not? I’ll get you some clicks. Come on Rock, put your little underwear on. Let’s do it. Everybody wants to see your hamstrings. Anyways, that was an unreal experience. So I got to tell him that it was very, very good experience. I’m very happy that I could actually share that with him, and just be like, hey, I’m very proud of this. I wanted to say thanks, it was very great. But there was an interaction we had when we were going through everything and the situation is very interesting. So I ended up putting my hand up like I was in school because they were debating on like how to handle something, so I was like, ‘May I make a suggestion?’ They’re like yeah sure go ahead. So I say what I say, and they go, ‘Yep, that’s good. We’ll just do that.’ So after the interview, Rock’s like, ‘Hey, don’t ever second-guess yourself ever again. If you think it and if you feel it, say it. Worst is we say no.’ I was like, oh, okay. So I’ve definitely taken that with me going forward through the rest of my career in WWE, and it’s definitely helped me.”

You can view a video of The Rock’s appearance at New Year’s Evil and confrontation with Ethan Page below: