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Ethan Page has revealed his plan to establish himself as one of IMPACT Wrestling's top stars after committing his future to the company.

The Canadian signed a two-year contract extension with the American promotion this month, which will see the fan favourite form an integral part of its roster.

After debuting in late 2017 as Chandler Parks, the cousin of IMPACT Wrestling Hall of Famer Joseph Parks, aka Abyss, he was forced to take some time off TV last year because of Visa issues.

He wouldn't be seen on IMPACT programming again until October, when he re-emerged as his well known independent wrestling character, 'All Ego' Ethan Page.

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Since his return, the 6ft 2in, 240lb star has worked alongside the likes of Matt Sydal, Rich Swann and Trevor Lee in the company's acclaimed X Division.

And the grappler, real name Julian Logan Micevski, went on to compete for the X Division Championship at Homecoming in January, in an Ultimate X Match.

Page spoke with Mirror Sport's Tony Quant about how he now intends to show his bosses he belongs in IMPACT's upper tier in this exclusive interview.

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You've signed a new two-year deal with IMPACT. Were there other offers on the table and if so, what was it about IMPACT that helped you make your decision?

At the time there were no other offers on the table - it was more like a contract extension. Technically, I was already a year in on my contract. I originally signed when I was doing Chandler Park stuff. I signed for two years, then a year passed and I re-debuted with Matt Sydal.

One of the biggest factors to signing was the help it gave me with the Visa process [required to work legally in the United States]. When it first came through it was only for six months, but with the new contract, it was a huge deciding factor.

How have things changed backstage from when you first joined the promotion to now?

I mean the locker room is a lot smaller now, but it is a lot more organised to be honest. It's easier to know what you are doing and what is going on. The roster is definitely shortened and there is a lot more focus on local talent. Like when we were in Las Vegas for TV tapings, we had local Vegas talent and we do that everywhere we go. It makes things easy to look at talent that they are interested in signing.

You have a great presence on social media. How important is this self-promotion to being a wrestler and do you feel it's easier to do now with the access to social media you have compared, to when you broke in to the business?

Yeah, when I first started in the business it was a lot more message boards and forums and stuff. Then things slowly started to progress to online promos and stuff. For me personally, I think promoting and touting for promotions is more important than the skill you have between the ropes. There are athletes all over the world, but when it comes to wrestling, you need to be able to be an athlete but also promote. You have to be able to do both.

It seems as though since debuting as Ethan Page you have been aligned to the X Division. Is your primary goal in Impact to win the X Division title?

To be honest at this moment I am not worried about a title belt, I am looking to convince IMPACT about my values and marketability. I'm trying to keep reminding them to think of me before others. I want them to be like 'right, these are our top guys… Johnny Impact, Killer Kross and Ethan Page'.

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So how do you manage to make yourself stand out?

I mean that is part of the reason why I bought back my vlog. It gives me the chance to show fans a more personal side of me. I haven't really been given the opportunity to speak or any meaningful storylines, I have just been having matches every week. That is not my strong suit, but it's kind of funny to me that I am excelling with it.

So my vlog gives me up to 15 minutes to convince people of my value. I have already had some compliments from people in the office about it, which is good, and I was shocked that they had watched it so quickly.

Were you a big fan of IMPACT when you were younger?

I was a huge IMPACT fan when I was young. I was the perfect age to be an IMPACT fan when guys like Samoa Joe, Abyss, AJ Styles were at the top. I was in my teenage years and it was a great alternative to WWE. I thought I was the coolest guy around. But that is why it was such a big deal for me to do the Ultimate X during the Homecoming pay-per-view in The Asylum, Nashville. That was a huge thing for me.

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Touching on the pay-per-views, how important do you feel they are to the current IMPACT business model?

I honestly don't know because now pay-per-views in the typical sense are dead. Especially with the internet, you can watch everything on there and then all the shows are on Fite.tv as well. The model is definitely changing. But I am not going to lie, telling my wife that I am wrestling on a pay-per-view has been fun on both occasions!

I think that IMPACT are getting smart with the markets that they approach and they are not going to places they shouldn't, or reaching out too far. They are past the stage of throwing money everywhere to try and sign the big names and bringing IMPACT back to where it once was.

The UK is a market that IMPACT has visited in the past, but not for nearly three years with a full tour. Have there been any rumblings about IMPACT returning to the UK anytime soon?

I would love it. I haven't heard anything, but I know anytime they say anything about the UK, people talk about those shows they put on at Wembley and how full they were and what a great following they have in the UK. IMPACT has a big international viewership right now and I feel that a show in the UK would be such a great idea, given how hot the scene is over there right now.

UK fans can watch IMPACT every Friday night at 11pm on Spike (Sky Channel 150, Virgin Media Channel 154, Freeview Channel 31).