Ryan Nemeth Recalls Being Trusted To Improvise With Jon Moxley After Hangman Page Concussion

Jon Moxley and Hangman Page battled for the AEW Championship on the October 18, 2022 episode of AEW Dynamite. 

Unfortunately, the bout came to an abrupt ending after Page suffered a concussion. The match was stopped and Moxley got on the mic to address the crowd before he was confronted by MJF to close the show. 

After the show went off the air, Ryan Nemeth came out to chastise the crowd. He was eventually sent packing by Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli. 

Speaking on Drop The Mic with Daron Jenkins, Nemeth reflected on the trust Tony Khan had in sending him out to the ring. 

“Anytime there is an interview, promo, or in-ring talking, I think Tony Khan feels very comfortable to put me out in the ring with a microphone with no warning, which I love. There was a time about a year ago where a heavyweight champion was unfortunately knocked out in the ring during the main event. The TV show had a weird ending where they couldn’t finish the match. I was standing nearby the entranceway backstage and Tony sent someone over and said, ‘Nemeth, here is a microphone, go out there, cut a promo, and get beat up by Jon Moxley.’ As soon as I’m hearing this, I hear my music start and go, ‘Okay, cool.’ I have to think of something to say to the Cincinnati crowd, and on the way to the ring, I start mouthing off and doing my schtick. The guys in the ring, they didn’t get any warning I was coming out, so credit to them also, Claudio and Jon Moxley for just playing along. We did a nice little thing, they beat me up, all hit their finishers on me, and the crowd was happy to see the bad guy get beat up. I felt very proud. Alright, that can be my role. If there is ever an emergency and things go off the rails, send me out to get boo’d and beat up. When I was a kid, going to Raw or a house show, that was my favorite part of the night. When someone would come out to the ring, piss everyone off, and every good guy comes out and beats them up. I love that stuff that happens off-camera, just for the people in the arena, that was always my favorite,” he said.

Nemeth has been active on ROH television teaming with Peter Avalon. 

He also has a role in “The Iron Claw” as Gino Hernandez. Fans can read his thoughts on how he thinks Aaron Dean Eisenberg did as Ric Flair by clicking here.  

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