Ethan Page won the Intercontinental Championship from Chad Gable on the Nov. 2 WWE Raw at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Gable had held the title since Night Two of SummerSlam on Aug. 2, when Penta tapped out to the Ankle Lock at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The reign lasted 92 days, and the belt is the first championship Page has won since joining Raw after WrestleMania 42.
Ethan Page Carried A WWE NXT Resume Into A Raw Feud With Chad Gable
Page debuted in NXT on May 28, 2024, and captured the brand’s top title at Heatwave on July 7, 2024. Trick Williams hit Page and Je’Von Evans with the Trick Shot in a fatal four-way, and Page fell on top of Evans for the pin. Williams won the belt on Oct. 1, 2024, after 86 days.
Page won the NXT North American Championship from Ricky Saints on May 27, 2025. A record 273-day run followed until Myles Borne took the belt on Feb. 24, 2026. On the main roster, Page got an Intercontinental Championship match at Saturday Night’s Main Event on May 23 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but Penta retained.
On the June 8 Raw in Paris, Page and Rusev attacked Penta and Rey Mysterio after Penta retained the Intercontinental Championship against Mysterio. Gable ran in with German suplexes and trapped Page in the Ankle Lock until Rusev broke the hold. Page entered last in a seven-man gauntlet match for a SummerSlam title shot on the July 13 Raw and tapped out to the same hold from Gable.
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce later let Gable choose the challenger for a Sept. 14 defense in Mexico City. Page objected when Dragon Lee got the pick on the Aug. 31 Raw, and Page and Lee met in a No. 1 contender’s match. An exposed top turnbuckle nearly got Page the win, but the official caught it and stopped the count. Lee finished the match with Operation Dragon.
Gable retained four times before Brooklyn, beating Mysterio on Aug. 17 and Lee in Mexico City on Sept. 14. Rey Fenix beat Page with a roll-up on the Oct. 5 Raw in St. Louis. Gable then made Fenix tap to the Ankle Lock in a title match on the Oct. 12 Raw in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Page attacked Fenix backstage after that match during an interview with Cathy Kelley. Gable ran in to help Fenix. One week later, Mysterio and Lee challenged Gable in a triple threat on the Oct. 19 Raw in San Diego.
Gable retained with a roll-up on Mysterio. Page and Big Cass attacked all three men after the bell, and Cass went after Lee on the floor. Gable was left laid out while Page posed with the belt.
Gable and Lee faced Page and Cass in a tag team match on the Oct. 26 Raw at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. Late in the bout, an Ego Plex from Page on the arena floor hurt Gable’s neck, and referees checked on the injury. Gable did not return, which left Lee alone against both opponents. A big boot from Cass stopped Lee, and Page hit a second Ego Plex for the pin.
In Brooklyn, Page tore the cover off a turnbuckle early and went after the neck and shoulder Gable injured in Fresno. A bridging Chaos Theory from Gable nearly ended the match, but the injured neck gave out before the three-count. Near the finish, Page kicked free of an Ankle Lock and sent Gable into the exposed turnbuckle. The Ego Plex followed for the pin.
End Of My Ethan Page Rant
Page did not stumble into the Intercontinental Championship. Five months of chasing the title, a gauntlet loss, a turnbuckle trick that failed on Aug. 31, and a floor Ego Plex in Fresno all led to Brooklyn. In November, the bare steel finally worked. Patience and cruelty paid off.
Gable deserved better than a 92-day reign. Lee and Fenix both tapped to the Ankle Lock, and each got a raised hand from the champion after the bell. A hurt neck and a bare turnbuckle took the title, not a better wrestler. A rematch is where that argument belongs.
Gable deserves that rematch once the neck heals, and Page should have to beat a healthy opponent to silence the doubts. Fenix and Lee belong in line too, since Page has already attacked both men. Winning gold on Raw took months. Keeping it will be harder.
