Why Diamond Dallas Page NEVER Stood A Chance In WWE
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Diamond Dallas Page was one of the few home-grown WCW stars during the Monday Night War period, along with Goldberg and Booker T. So when he signed to come to WWE, it should have been a big deal. And based on the crowd reaction the night he debuted on Monday Night Raw, it was... but stalking The Undertaker's wife and being embarrassed by Undertaker in the ring doomed him to fail. Solomonster rants on why DDP never stood a chance, how he should have been booked, takes Undertaker to task for his burial and Bruce Prichard to task for his nonsensical attempts to justify the company's terrible. booking.
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Not doing Rock vs DDP "peoples champ vs peoples champ" was basically the equivallent of throwing money down a river...
More like tossing money into the septic tank.
Your right that would have been awesome
“Why make billions when you can make millions?”
Seems to be Vince’s m.o.
More like "not taking a big sum of money out the bank, slamming it on a table and saying, 'Here's the $$$- now, go make it happen'!"
Because the only thing that is bigger than McMahon's greed is his ego.
Stalking Sara when he’s married to Kimberly? Coming from a company that “doesn’t want to insult our intelligence” 🙄
Hahaha I remember Fin Martin saying that at the time.
Not to mention Kimberly was ten times hotter than Sarah was.
@@lukethomas6900 Probably still is too
Definitely, and how ironic since Undertaker and Sara divorced later.
Lancun BINGO !
Undertaker deserves to be called out for burying DDP. So does WWE, I also think the WCW guys really could've been something very special if WWE took the time to put them over. They could've made a lot of money which is why it's so frustrating to hear stories like this.
I've heard that Vince says you have to do what's best for business. With WCW he was vindictive and did not do what was best for business. He left money on the table by screwing over whatever WCW guys he got his paws on. And he is rarely called out for it.
@@ryanvannice7878 well that just goes to show you that at the end of the day Vince McMahon will always be his own worst enemy.
@@ryanvannice7878 yep. They had an opportunity to do that with Booker T, because unlike Sting, Goldberg and DDP, Booker T was a top guy in WCW's dying days, so he was fresh in the eyes of WWE fans. And then they pulled the racist angle.
I don't think Taker does. Cause he, even now, is all about doing what WWE asks. He even said if Vince came to him now, he'd do another match. He dropped the streak, came back time after time to make up the numbers for WWE and that's not something you can say he changed in this one instance. Vince and WWE creative told him what to do, he did it. It's that simple for Taker.
@@megamanxhunter I remember that, that was so frustrating. Especially when Booker T lost at WrestleMania 18.
the amount of stories, angles, characters, matches and money they just flushed away during that Invasion era is crazy
There's was lots of money flushed away with that Invasion
"why make billions when you can make millions? "
@@XombieLejon66 LOL
Among all of the major WCW players who went to WWE, DDP got the worst out of all of them.
That is true. Him and Kanyon.
Don't forget Buff Bagwell
@@davidbrian8336 Yeah, Buff had the makings of a top guy in the WWF. He had the look, the charisma, and wasn't bad on the mic. Sure, he wasn't as great in the ring compared to the other guys, but it could've worked.
Raven
I think Triple H's comments on Booker T was very bad too.
And you can't even say that... *"Oh, this was done without the benefit of hindsight...They would have done things better if given the oppurtunity now..."* ...because they did the exact same thing when Sting came to WWE, and his WM match was him getting a sledgehammer to the face and thanking HHH for it afterwards.
DDP vs. Undertaker (In a real program)
DDP vs. Stone Cold
DDP vs. The Rock
DDP vs. HHH
DDP vs. Any WWF mid carder who later became a Star.
Hell yeah they drop the ball
Not to mention they do the "WCW only" show in Tacoma, when they were in Atlanta the next week. Page was married to Kimberly, who had been in playboy! But we are supposed to believe he was obsessed with Taker's wife?
Lol yes sara looked like a crack head
From what I've heard, the reason Undertaker buried DDP was due a big misunderstanding. DDP is known for scripting & planning out his matches & fueds down to the wire, so apparently he tried to do that with this one but Taker probably misconstrued it as Page trying to control the fued. As Bob Holley once said "Unless your Vince, You don't tell Taker what to do Ever" hence his unfortunate burial.
Also Fun Fact: DDP himself said he wanted to fued with The Rock when he came in to the company but he was talked into the Stalk angle unfortunately.
Didn't DDP learn that from Macho Man?
That could've been money, though. They were both loved and either could have been the heel (though I'm sure DDP would've been the heel.)
@@sonicheroxd5767 Yes, apparently Macho planned a lot of his matches out. Best known cases were his matches against Ricky and Warrior.
@@austin31697 DDP never called himself the People's Champion. The crowd & the commentators did
DDP was the peoples champion before the Rock was. 97 was a hell of a year for him.
I think it is safe to say that Solomonster is not a fan of Bruce Prichard. Dang 🤣
Tell you the truth, Solomonster wastes his time listening to Pritchard's podcast (unless he's listening for Conrad). Bruce just feeds you the WWE company line.
Self high five
Using Bruce's logic the WWF should've changed Flair's gimmick when he came in 1991, after all, if " Nature Boy Ric Flair" was such a star why did JCP go out of business?
Bruce Is a joke and should never be taken seriously.
Bruce still defends the Red rooster gimmick and says it would have worked if Terry Taylor did it properly enough said.
@@GreatOneProductions23 typical ass kissing yes man
Travis Murell Bruce will be back with Conrad full time in due time.
@@GreatOneProductions23 Bruce probably knows better than anyone, what old man Vince wants to hear, only reason he is back or in that position.
Imagine at SummerSlam 2001:
• Austin vs. Goldberg
• Rock vs. Hogan
• Taker vs. Sting
Taker vs Sting would not have been mystery then because Taker was the american badass in 2001
@@watersandblue6001 Agreed. Taker would've had to revert back to deadman in order for the feud to have the maximum impact.
Why would they have all of those at SummerSlam instead of waiting and having them at WrestleMania?
Austin vs Goldberg could be a good feud. But only if Austin is willing to make Bill look strong and not incompetent like what HHH did to Steiner.
Wow that card would have been Fantastic Wwe really drop the ball with the Invasion
Why didn't Undertaker protest any of this? This sage locker-room leader didn't exactly speak up when he was the one beating the snot out of DDP and making him look like a jabroni while having his wife pin him. Taker deserves just as much blame for this burial as HHH gets for his own.
Rumors were going around that the Undertaker did not like DDP. Plus,why would Taker protest it? He and his now ex-wife came out looking like a million bucks.
@@dawnclark4635 if this was triple h everybody would be tearing him apart
But since its taker and he can do no wrong apparently
Story goes for their match DDP gave Udnertaker a script of stuff he wanted to do in their match, and taker took it as DDP trying to tell him what to do and trying to control the feud.
When of course in reality DDP is just the guy that likes to prepare things in advance and not call things in the match itself.
Douby taker cared about people from a company that tried to put him and hid friends out of business at the time.
@@mitchie2267 Boohoohoo, the boss of the guy I have to work with now wanted to run me out of business. So the employee, who had no control over his boss, is now going to be punished. Fuckin stupid. Marks and carnies. Every WWF guy who talked like the WCW wrestlers had fuck all to do with Bischoffs big mouth. Their egos killed good money to be made.
undertaker really bodied ddp i never understood why he got a pass for doing ddp so dirty
Hated him as soon as I seen what they were doing to DDP. I instantly stopped giving a damn about him
Because for all the bad Taker has done he’s never occupied the top spot for long periods of time. So his mistakes aren’t as magnified as others
Braxton’s Life that’s a valid point
@Crazy Eights DDP just wanted to have good to treat matches but they didn't even give him a bit of chance to shine. That pop he got during that idiotic stalker storyline was insane
@@braxtonslife7779 facts
Could you have imagined the backlash Hogan would have gotten had he made a top star lose to Linda? I was furious with Taker when they did that.
That storyline was stupid. Made DDP looked like a jabroni.
Exactly! DDP didn't deserve that type of booking! If I can turn back the hands of time..... I would of told DDP to not go to WWF, or took a bat, and broke Undertaker legs so DDP could of won his debacle with Undertaker and not look like a jabronie🤔! Period😕
DDP was so popular. Other than Sting and NWO shirts DDP merch was everywhere. He was all over TV and Jay Leno back then. The Diamond Cutter was the hottest finisher also.
I recently listened to that episode of Something to Wrestle With and god it pissed me off. For Prichard to completely deny reality is frustrating. The crowd popped when DDP took off his mask, people were throwing up the diamond. Clearly the audience was aware of who he was. Prichard is so far up Vince's ass he just repeats whatever he believes and says.
To DDP’s credit, he got the Positively Paige character over towards the end of his WWE run.
WWE could’ve made a lot of money but their ego had to get in the way
This is so sad n true. Buff Bagwell is another guy who took a paycut to wrestle in WWF n got buried.
Wasted opportunities basically defines the entire Invasion era. Such a waste of time. I can't understand what was going through WWE creative's head. DDP vs Undertaker could have done good business. Just left a lot of money on the table.
I got to see my dream match at the time Jeff hardy v rvd but other then that it was a complete disaster
@@craigoneill2216 man I agree with you. Jeff Hardy & RVD had incredible chemistry. All their matches were freakin amazing
As much as I like Taker he did DDP wrong in this situation and he doesn't get called on it
I always said Hunter vs Sting at Mania was to throw salt in the wounds & say, "Hey, remember we beat WCW in the Monday Night War?"
Undertaker also steamrolled brock Lesnar momentum at Unforgiven 2002, and cm punk at hiac 2009: point being undertaker has HISTORY
Wrestling fans are hypocrites if this was triple h they would never let it go but when shawn and taker buried people they say "it was in the past"
Hulk Hogan was way worse but i agree Taker get always praised for always being so nice to young talent and not having such a big ego, which is not always true like we saw.
@@weekendwarrior5732 It was shocking that Taker buried. Didn't thought he was that kinda guy. HHH and HBK are no different. It took Taker to threaten HBK if he didn't put Austin over at Wrestlemania 14.
@@victorspell1 Taker didn't threaten HBK, he was just waiting with his hands taped at gorilla if HBK didn't do the job. If Taker outright threatened HBK he would have cried to Vince about unsafe work environment like he pulled with Bret and dropped the belt the week later due to "injury".
@@AnsticePalo So true. HBK was beaten up by several people at the time. Doesn't need Undertaker on that list
4:11 I was a junior in high school when I attended that RAW in Tacoma. I had no idea wtf was going on, it was an absolute shitshow
I was also at Spring Stampede at the same arena in 99 when DDP won his first world title in a 4way with Sting, Hogan and Flair
Again, shows you the creative will bury you if you get over by yourself.
Like Zack Ryder
Loved every minute of this. I remember being beyond pissed when they did this to Page. Initially, when he took off that ski mask on his WWF debut, that crowd erupted and went into "DDP!" chants with alot of people throwing up the Diamond Cutter sign (But of course, Bruce Pritchard claims no one knew who he was). This whole storyline could've been salvaged with DDP not only revealing that he was just playing mind games with Taker in stalking his wife, but then he brings out Kimberly for even more proof.
On kind of a side note regarding the Invasion angle, the WWF could have pulled it off even without the big-time WCW stars not showing up until November 2001 and on. They still had Booker T. and DDP, who should have been the first two WCW wrestlers to kick off and lead the Invasion, rather than starting with Lance Storm and Hugh Morrus.
i dont why i have a feeling vince will book adam cole like ddp
stalking mandy
At least Mandy is attractive but its still a bad story line no matter what
I never watched WCW because I didn't have cable. I only watched, and was a big fan of, Smackdown and WWF. A lot of us admit WWF/WWE fucked up the invasion angle. And it's messed up how the people who sat out, Sting, Goldberg and the NWO, got back in and with favoritism. They're 100% allowed to do that, but WWF/WWE could've done a variety of things, including hold out until all of them were allowed to show up at once or threatened those who held out by saying, "we're not bringing you on this show if you hold out." Or, he could've paid out their contracts. There were options.
I still remember watching DDP when he was just an obnoxious, rich manager. He and The Diamond Studd were fun to watch. DDP’s voice was as abrasive on the ears as his attire was to the eyes. When he transitioned to wrestler, I thought he was completely out of his element. He proved me wrong and became one of my favorite WCW stars. What Vince McMahon and his team of jackasses did to DDP was a travesty.
DDP cut hair prior in WCW.
Didn’t he cut after he came come back in mid 2000’s
that's what his move was the cutter
Yeah they should had, book DDP as the people's champ character from '97 & '98....The Rock and that version of DDP would had been Iconic no matter who put who over.
In retrospect, DDP should have just gone to TNA with Sting.
DDP vs Taker could have been a dream match, if they actually cared about WCW
I know everyone likes to praise The Undertaker, but this is one of those things that makes me not like the guy.
He also buried Chris Kanyon and gave him the most hardest chairshot i ever saw.
@@watersandblue6001 Good.
@@mitchie2267 good what?
John Covington good that he buried that jobber
The undertake also buried Muhammad Hassan. He is not that different from Hulk Hogan
I could never wrap my head around the idea that they wanted the WCW show to be on Monday. Raw was firmly established on Monday and doing monster ratings in that time slot. WCW was damaged goods... wouldn’t Thursday have made more sense, or even Wednesday if they wanted to retain Smackdown?
It was Bruce Pritchard idea to turn him into a stalker and put him with taker,and I get what he was saying wcw went out of business so what worked then wouldn’t work now,but he should’ve made him the ddp of 98/99 and diamond cutting ppl
Not only tuning into a WCW only product. But giving them that primetime Monday slot? That's always sounded fishy to me. If anything they'd give WCW the Smackdown slot.
It's funny, that 'Nobody knew who DDP was' line from Prichard is exactly what Dunn told Cornette about Terry Funk and Cactus Jack. Seems Prichard is just as much a Vince jocksniffer as Dunn is.
That crowd was hotter than hell when DDP came into that WWE ring...Fans were going crazy jumping up and down and...Undeniable...Unbelievable...
And I love how JR is yelling "THATS THE STALKER...THATS THE SICKO" while the fans are just going crazy for the aging legend...
When DDP rejected the NWO, probably one of the best face turns WCW had
Damn a WCW show on Monday and WWF show on Thursday would've been interesting!
DDP was the Peoples Champion in WCW No doubt. BANG!
Lex Luger was made by NWA/WCW. He went to the WWF for a cup of coffee but his name value was from the early 90s with Turner.
If anyone can name me one storyline,during the invasion,other than Booker T,who didn't wind up looking like an utter chump,from WCW,I'll acknowledge it but to be completely honest I cannot recall one storyline that resulted in that and to be honest the one with DDP was the worst! The absolute,gutter,bottom of the barrel worst! From jump it was flawed. You had a man who everyone knew was married to a really beautiful woman and he was pursuing this other woman,who wasn't half as attractive,and yes,at first it might've been to get in Taker's head but after a while it morphed into the WWE trying to convince people that Page was legitimately obsessed with Sara. To be honest,after the whole thing with Undertaker was over it should've ended right there but nope. Had to humiliate DDP more by having Sara pin him too. I had heard there were rumors that DDP thought he was more important than he was,Something I don't believe.,that Taker didn't like him,and that he came in with too many ideas and to that all I can ask is,"Can you blame him?" They had a chance to get him back to what he was BEFORE the Jersey triad crap and what not and they never did it. They made him look like a goof and for Bruce Prichard to say,"Well,the fans didn't know who he was?" Ummm...yes,they did! They knew who he was when he took the mask off and even all these years later,in AEW,the fans know who DDP is. This is yet another case of WWE not wanting to use a WCW guy unless it benefits them and it's sad. DDP could've been one of the focal points of the alliance and maybe been the leader who turned it around for WCW but one sucktastic match between Booker T and Bagwell and Vince blows it all upl. It really makes me wonder how interested he was in making WCW another bring in the first pace.
The only other guy I can think of from the invasion is rvd but he wasn’t WcW
Booker T didn't look like a chump? After all the racist shit that HHH said and did during their feud, HHH then used his pussy pass to get the finish changed so he didn't have to lose his belt. Booker looked like a chump.
@@AnsticePalo But at least Booker got a good run until that match that made him the most over man in thw roster at that point. Other dint receive a push anywhere near to that level
Truth! This, every single fucking bit of this.
Fucking thank you, Solomonster. I've argued this point with everyone. Undertaker deserves all the shit for burying DDP. I haven't been a fan of his since this.
"Our audience didn't know who he was"? Bull-corn! In my experience, when it comes to wrestling, people aren't 100% loyal to one brand. They just watch what they like and a lot of people, myself included, liked both WWF/E and WCW then just like a lot of people like both NXT and AEW now.
I would've loved to have seen a match between Diamond Dallas Page & The Rock on WWF TV.
Too bad the only way I could see it was in 'WWE SmackDown!: Shut Your Mouth' after I got it as a gift on Christmas Eve of 2002...
"THE CONSORTIUM...WOOOO!"
@@youtubemember1115 should've at least been flair leading the charge at the time during the invasion angle, instead if it turning into another mcmahon family drama
Damn i was waiting for this topic to be brought up again!
Basically WCW Guys Never Had A Chance...They Were All Systematically Buried Most Had To Go Get Pinned By HHH First.
I always think DDP should've had Goldberg spot in 03. I think DDP would've done better than what Goldberg did from 03-04
Vader and Rom Simmons, we're also homegrown WCW talent. Rey Mysterio was also.
I never understood the heat between Taker and DDP. I don’t know if it’s just because of Taker HATING WCW or maybe some unknown incident that took place between them when Taker was over there with DDP but he straight up buried him. I always hated that about Taker more than anything. Hey Deadman, or should I say, MARK CALLAWAY, maybe you wouldn’t be in some much pain now or you could’ve extended your career and had better matches in the last few years; if you gave DDP Yoga a chance. I got so much love & respect for DDP. He’s one of the nicest, hardest working guys in the business. Not just with his DDP Yoga helping so many people in and out the business, not just with him taking the time to save some lives (Jake The Snake, Scott Hall) but the fact that at the age of 34/35, he wanted to wrestle and he worked so hard to get better every time he stepped into the ring and became as a big of a star as he could in WCW. Oh and a big FUCK YOU TO Bruce Pritchard. Like some of his podcast episodes but he’s such a Vince ass kicker. I still get goosebumps from seeing DDP’s pop when he unmasked on RAW. He was over at the gate and they ruined him.
hearing Solomonster using Rock as an example is hilarious to me, saying that maybe he could made it work but we already have proof on that thought, Rocky Maivia was an absolute failure he certainly didn't make it work, when you can do shit is hard to get over it doesn't matter if you're the Rock or Stone Cold bad booking, bad writting and limited moves and charisma will hurt you
They really drop the ball with DDP he was such a huge star in wcw it's a shame what they did to him
As much as people respect the Undertaker and as much as I respect his career and his body of work people really shouldn't wear rose-tinted glasses when it comes to the guy because he's no saint. The whole fiasco with DDP, the way he squashed and humiliated a young Kurt Angle on a PPV where the newer guys all went over, the absolutely sickening chair shot on Mr Kennedy, the burial of CM Punk...he's not as bad as Hogan (who is?) but Taker has had some questionable moments as well.
DDP should of debut in WWE giving the Rock the diamond cutter and said I’m the real people’s champion
WCW programming on Monday nights - now you have it with WWE Monday Nitro.
Remember that pop when he took the mask off? He even acknowledged it was his Diamond Cutter taunt. And in that moment he was over. And then he started talking about Taker's wife, and it went downhill from there.
When I think of WCW Stars, I think of Sting, Ric Flair, Goldberg, DDP, Lex Luger, Booker T, Scott Steiner, Rey Mysterio, Juventooth, and Billy Kidman
Thank you so much for saying this.
I wonder what DDP did to piss Undertaker off.
That dumb stalker angle killed any chance he had in WWE.
I think Vince in Creative at the time just didn't see anything in DDP like they did Booker T And in my personal opinion I think Booker T just have more personality .
T paid crazy dues though (if ya think about it). When Soly' said the reason why Sting was hesitant to sign with WWE, it was mainly because how they treated Booker T. He would either be borderline top-card or upper mid-card, and made him a comedy act.
Dumb-ass supermarket brawl with Stone Cold, [from what I have heard] the cringe-worthy racism program with Triple H. Even that segment 15 years ago with VJ saying to Cena "What's Up, my n***a" (with T having this baffled look on his face). He didn't get back up in the top spot until about 06'; then 07' he splits for TNA Impact.
Shit was humiliating how they buried DDP.
I do agree DDP deserve better in his WWE run... do I think he would have been main event? Personally I don't think so... but he would have been a solid upped midcard
I agree in regards to Taker. There's a reason why "I'm not feeling it" was a meme for a while.
I watched it and it was an atrocity. I mean seriously disgraceful....Takers wise was beating him up in the ring. And after the feud with Taker he was done. It was honestly a damn shame what they did with him and booker T as well (in the first year of his career there)
I agree, he should've diamond cut taker over n over n over then have a match with some much better buildup. WWF screwed up with DDP
Can't forget Undertaker and Kane buried Kronik.
“Banging People.” 😂😂😂😂
You're wrong, not sure about DDP's WCW contract but Booker T did not have the gaurantee contracts that Hogan or Goldberg etc had that's why Booker T was available for WWE early on. Bruce Pichard said so!
Your first mistake was taking Bruce Prichard's word for it. Here is Booker in his own words on why he took an early buyout on his WCW deal, which still had a year or so left on it, to come to WWE: ruclips.net/video/G7Ge5hQp29s/видео.html
Just watched DDP debut and Flair's return and Solomonster is on the money...DDP got a mega pop!!
Roy from Bowling Green lives in the same town that Lorne Armstrong got busted in
@8:15 yes and more than just DDP
DDP was starting to get over his with his last gimmick before his injury
Now this, I can agree with. Page got a 'raw' deal, coming in. Lots of guys from Atlanta did.
Nobody really called out Mark for that.....for someone who seemingly never went out of his way to do bad business in his 30yr career & I would still say that he is a man of integrity, it surprises me that he didn't tell Vince that he would participate in doing DDP the way the obviously planned to do him, he had nothing to fear from Vince at that point already 10yrs in but he did his job & helped WWE bury a big WCW star who was very over
1:40 You might want to add The Giant there as well. Is the Big Show that forgotten in WCW history? Probably.
Geez WWE completely shit the bed with DDP!
Such a shame. I always liked DDP and still do. One of the only wrestlers I know of to be booked from the Jersey Shore.
Bam Bam Bigelow, Enzo Amore and a few others are from that area
WWE BLOWS BIG LOADS Yeah they are from New Jersey, but they were never booked “From the Jersey Shore.”
I agree with every little bit of this, including digging on the Undertaker. He did plenty of asshole things to people. As for Prichard, I’m considering giving up Something To Wrestle. I started because of Bruce, now I much prefer Conrad. Prichard was bad for spinning narratives and flat-out lying BEFORE he was right beside Vince again. The DDP excuse is a perfect example and, again, this is 15 minutes of bonafide truth
I gave it up long ago. I really enjoyed Conrad, but not enough to put up with Bruce. I really think Bruce went to the George Constanza reality seminar - "It's not a lie if YOU really believe it."
Should of just brought in DDP booker sting Goldberg and Steiner. All the stars he mentioned. Would of saved money since they aren’t the nwo guys
If by dropping the ball you mean in a trash can then yes they did.
The answer to the question is obvious. No, he never had a shot.
But I appreciate your analysis as always.
Lance Storm also ended up having to sign a new deal if he wanted to work.
DDP Could have EASILY been Intercontinental Champion during the invasion even with big names like aistin, rock, angle, and Jericho around
The 1st wrestler I've ever met up close & in person as a kid...The mullet,the tattoos,the vests😍what a gorgeous man he was & still is to this day
(No homo)
Love WWE and hella respect to
Undertaker but for what they did to DDP in WWE....🖕🏾with a Power pole extended
Someone had to say it.
DDP deserved better.
I agree with everything Jason said about how WWF treated WCW guys but I think this idea that WCW couldn’t create their own wrestlers to get over is kind of ridiculous. Ric Flair, Cactus Jack , Vader, Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Rock n Roll Express, Sid, Luger, The Giant, DDP, Ron Simmons, Goldberg , the Steiner Brothers, Harlem Heat, Midnight Express, …. I mean even guys like Steve, Austin, and Piper and Dustin Rhodes became national stars down south way before they were ever in WWF. Roddy Piper held the United States championship a few times and other championships before going up north. Steve Austin actually held every championship in WCW, except for the world title, Cactus Jack was not some nobody before WWF found him. It goes both ways. Wrestlers have always gone back-and-forth especially during the 80s and 90s. You can’t even say WWF made Hulk Hogan. If you really break it down on who created the only thing WWF really should get credit for is the undertaker.
I mean....he told 2000s Undertaker what to do
DDP will always be one of my favorite wrestlers of all time!
When I think of DDP in the WWE I think of two words character assassination.
A massive drop of the ball by WWE. No doubt on that.
The wrestlers that WCW made were all misused in WWF/E: the Giant, Vader, DDP, Booker T, Steiner, Sting, Johnny B Badd, Lord Steven Regal, etc. WWE had NO idea how to use them. They even gave Jericho and Eddy clownish comedy gimmicks before they pushed them. People say WCW didn’t know how to use Bret Hart. That is nothing compared to how poorly WWE used WCW talent.
Great vid but Raw had moved to TNN by the time WCW went under