Diamond Dallas Page Reflects on his Hall of Fame Career

Former WCW and WWE superstar Diamond Dallas Page recently sat down with ESPN to discuss a number of topics. Among them were how he got his start in the business, his mentors, the reaction when he heard that he was going to become a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, and more.

Although he had a brief run in WWE in 2001, Page is most known for his lengthy career in WCW. However, to say that his rise to the top is an underdog story, would be a huge understatement.

“How could I not be the underdog, starting at 35 and a half and going from a manager and a fourth-string color commentator to being a wrestler?” Page said. “I got my ass kicked. A lot. But I learned from all of the mistakes that I made.”

Anyone who has great success in their field had mentors who helped them along the way. Who was that for DDP?

“I always say that without Dusty Rhodes, there is no Diamond Dallas Page,” he said. “But without Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, there’s no three-time world champion, and there’s no Hall of Fame.”

Diamond Dallas Page vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage: Spring Stampede 1997

When talking about the call that let him know that he was going be a hall of famer, Page said that it was a complete shock. He also said that he was overcome with emotion upon receiving the news.

“They hand me the phone and say, ‘The boss wants to talk with you,'” Page said. “I realized it’s Triple H [WWE executive Paul Levesque] and said, ‘Paulie, what’s up, man?’ I had called him a couple of weeks ago so I was expecting his call.”

“He was down there with me at the Power Plant; he was Terra Rizin down in WCW,” Page said. “We rode together, we hung together. He’s talking about, ‘I never thought you could do it. This guy was like 35 and a half. What were you thinking? But you did it.’

“He put me over to such a degree that I said, ‘Hey, wait a minute. Is it that call? I started getting choked up and I couldn’t even talk.”

Page also talks about “DDP Yoga,” and the impact that it has had on people all around the world, among other things.

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