Diamond Dallas Page on Not Being in WWE Hall of Fame

One of WCW’s biggest stars during the “Attitude Era,” Diamond Dallas Page, recently sat down with NotInHallOfFame.com. In accordance with the website’s domain, one of the topics that “DDP” talked about was not being in the WWE Hall of Fame, in addition to a possible induction down the road. Additionally, the three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion reminisced about past moments from his career during wrestling’s heyday.

DDP would state that he believes he will in fact be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame one day:

NotInHallOfFame.com:”Backtracking a bit, you mentioned the two Halls of Fame that you are going into. I have been an advocate, and so have others who have visited our site, that your body of work more than qualifies you for the WWE Hall of Fame. Is that something that you would like to be part of, or are you the mindset that if it happens, great, if it doesn’t, it doesn’t take away from what has been a great career?”

DDP: “I think at some point it will happen. Steve Austin said to me the other day ‘No one ever did it the way you did it at such a success level’. He said to me that he was waiting for me to go in, and when it happens it happens. I’m honored that the CAC and National Wrestling Hall of Fame inducted me, and I would be honored if the WWE put me in their Hall of Fame.”

Continuing, the business guru behind DDP Yoga hit on his close relationship with Austin, recalling a funny moment from 1999:

NotInHallOfFame.com:”I remember watching you on the main event of a Nitro in Toronto against Hulk Hogan.”

“I remember Steve Austin calling me the next day and saying ‘How did you pull that match out of him?’”

NotInHallOfFame.com: “Really?”

“Yeah, he called me the next night. Me and him have always been tight. In 1997 and 1998 the number one pro wrestler in the world from Pro Wrestling Illustrated was Steve Austin. The number four wrestlers in both years was Diamond Dallas Page. So, surely, I was in the top ten. From nowhere to top ten. Obviously, the people who didn’t believe in me or were trying to hold me down were wrong.

When I first became a wrestler at 35 people laughed. Michael P.S. Hayes fell down laughing. He also called me up in 1996 after a matchup with Sting and said he was never happier to eat crow in his entire life.”

Be sure to read the entire piece, here. Page also talks about how special it was for him to see Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Scott Hall inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014.