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DDP had been one of the biggest stars of WCW during the 90s, and he had also been a three times WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He was one of the biggest attractions of WCW throughout the Monday Night Wars, and he remained in WCW until the very end of the promotion in early 2001.
After WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon, a lot of WCW stars transitioned to WWE, but most of the major stars were out of the reach of Vince McMahon. DDP was one of the few major Stars from WCW that McMahon was able to bring to WWE. However, he has never been promoted as a top star in WWE.
DDP played a stalker character on the Undertaker's then wife Sara when he made his WWE debut
He was introduced in front of the WWE fans as a stalker who kept on harassing Sara, then the wife of the Undertaker. He used to hide his face behind a mask, which kept his identity a secret until it was finally revealed that the stalker was none other than Diamond Dallas Page. He received a huge pop from the audience after he revealed his face.
DDP made his WWE debut back in 2001
Such storylines may be very uncommon these days, but back then, it was not a big surprise. But how did the Undertaker feel while being in such a storyline? DDP recently appeared on “The Ariel Helwani Show,” where he explained if the Undertaker was fine with such a storyline. Here is what the former WWE European champion had to say;
“And we’ve had such an amazing moment up till then, and I could see Mark Calaway [The Undertaker] just going, ‘Don’t they realize this must stop? I’m not the booker. This is not me. This is not me!’ And I just reached across his arm, and I put my hand on him. I said, ‘Take, we’re good bro.’ Let me tell you what good thing.
He was a main eventer when he was in WCW
"Let me tell you what positive thing that came out of that. And this is how I look at it all the way around. Would I have loved to have had a real run would Taker later? Would have loved that. Would I have loved to have had a real row with People’s Champ [The Rock] versus People’s Champ? Absolutely.
"But the thing that it taught me was you can’t be afraid to walk away from the table when you have something that you know they want. What I should have done [laughs] when he said that, I should have just done my inner voice, which would have laughed out loud and said, ‘Vince, are you looking at my wife? Seriously?! And of all people, I’m gonna go after Taker’s wife? Like, no!’” said the former three times WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
