Diamond Dallas Page to be Inducted Into the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame
The WWE Hall of Fame is about to feel the BANG! I am personally so happy that Diamond Dallas Page is going into the Hall of Fame because he deserves it so much. DDP proved that it’s never too late to pursue your dreams. He did not make his debut in pro wrestling until he was 34 years old. He started managing a year before he came an active competitor and managed the likes of The Fabulous Freebirds and Diamond Studd(Scott Hall). My earliest memories of DDP were in the mid 90’s when I first started watching WCW. He had the Diamond Doll by his side and feuded with the likes of Johnny B. Badd, Dave Sullivan and The Booty Man. He was always great in the middle of card but thankfully Kevin Nash and Scott Hall thought otherwise. They believed in him and that led to the fans believing in him.
In 1997, DDP was being courted by the n.W.o. and after a huge buildup he turned them down with a Diamond Cutter. His rivalry with “Macho Man” Randy Savage really put him on the map as a main event player. DDP also got to work with Karl Malone and Jay Leno when he feuded with Hulk Hogan in 1998. All of these events finally led up to DDP winning the WCW Heavyweight Championship in the spring of 1999. This was the first of his three WCW Championship reigns. WCW shut down in 2001 and DDP was an initial part of the the invasion when ECW and WCW feuded with WWE. During is time in WWE he was a Tag Team Champion and European Champion. DDP’s injuries caught up with him in WWE and never reached the heights that he did in WCW. However this wasn’t the end of DDP because he made much more of an impact once his in-ring career was over.
DDP started doing yoga during his prime in WCW and founded a program called “Yoga for Regular Guys.” It eventually became DDP Yoga, a program that has saved so many lives. Some of the people who have benefited from DDP Yoga include AJ Styles, Dustin Rhodes, Lex Luger, Edge, Chris Jericho and many others. However the biggest story involving Page and DDP Yoga are the lives of Scott Hall and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. The documentary of “The Resurrection of Jake the Snake Roberts” showed the heart of DDP. He helped saved the lives of two men that fans loved and adored. His hard work has been rewarded the surprise appearances in the Royal Rumble and the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
I am so happy that one of the hardest working men in wrestling is going into the WWE Hall of Fame. He brought Jake and Scott out of obscurity and into the WWE Hall of Fame in the same year. Now DDP will rightfully join them and be celebrated for all that he’s done. Congratulations to Diamond Dallas Page for being the newest member of the WWE Hall of Fame!
