Tag: Diamond Dallas Page

  • WWE Polls Fans On Elimination Chamber, DDP Talks Upcoming U.K. Tour (Video)

    – WWE is running a poll on their official website asking fans who they would like to see come out of the Elimination Chamber match victorious. At last check, Daniel Bryan was leading the pack, followed by John Cena, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Christian and Antonio Cesaro (in that order).

    – Diamond Dallas Page has added a new video to his official YouTube channel talking about his upcoming U.K. tour. You can check that out below:

  • CM Punk COMING BACK To WWE Already?! + New WWE HOF Inductees REVEALED!
  • WWE Still Selling CM Punk Merchandise, DDP To Appear On “Shark Tank”

    – Former WWE Superstar Diamond Dallas Page will be appearing on the ABC series “Shark Tank” to pitch his DDP Yoga in an attempt to get investors to invest. The episode featuring DDP is scheduled to air on February 21st on ABC.

    – According to live fan reports, WWE was still selling CM Punk t-shirts and other merchandise at their non-televised live events this weekend.

  • Major WWE Star In Trouble, Huge Plans For Daniel Bryan + WMXXX Updates
  • Who Has Most Momentum Going Into The Rumble?, DDP In Nerdist Parody (Video)

    – The official WWE website is currently running a poll asking their fans who they feel has the most momentum heading into tonight’s WWE Royal Rumble. At last check, WWE Superstar Batista was in the lead by a wide margin.

    – Former WWE Superstar Diamond Dallas Page is featured in a new parody video from Nerdist. You can watch that below:

  • You’ll NEVER Guess Who’s Returning At The Royal Rumble Tonight — CLICK HERE!
  • Extreme Rules 2014 Date & Location, DDP On Austin’s Podcast, Snitsky Update

    – The 2014 WWE “Extreme Rules” pay-per-view will take place at the Key Arena on May 4th in Seattle, Washington.

    – The official WWE website has a new “Where Are They Now?” feature on former WWE Superstar Gene Snitsky. You can check that out at WWE.com.

    – The latest “Steve Austin Show” has been added online, which features Austin’s interview with Diamond Dallas Page. You can check that out at PodcastOne.com.

  • BIG WWE Returns Coming, News On SURPRISE Royal Rumble Entrants — CLICK HERE!
  • Update On “Legends House” Filming, DDP/Jake Roberts Movie News, Piper

    – As previously reported, the cast of the WWE Network original series “Legends House” were in Orlando, Florida filming additional footage for the show last week. While in the area, the “Legends House” crew also paid a visit to the WWE Performance Center.

    – Speaking of “Legends House,” due to the extra filming the crew shot last week, WWE Hall Of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper had to drop out of a feature film called “Baxter’s Dozen” that was set for filming at the same time. Piper reportedly suggested Tommy Dreamer to replace him.

    – Speaking of “Baxter’s Dozen.” former WWE Superstars Diamond Dallas Page and Jake “The Snake” Roberts have roles in the film and have spent the last few days in Ventura, California working on the project.

  • BIG WWE Returns Coming, News On SURPRISE Royal Rumble Entrants — CLICK HERE!
  • DDP Suggests Sherman-Crabtree WrestleMania Match, Schiavone Blogs On Subject

    Diamond Dallas Page has landed on the TMZ website for his idea to match NFL stars Richard Sherman and Michael Crabtree at WrestleMania following Sherman’s already-infamous post-game promo on Sunday night.

    You can check out the TMZ story TMZ.com.

    Speaking of the Sherman promo, former WCW announcer Tony Schiavone weighed-in on the story. Schiavone wrote about the pro wrestling influence on major sports, especially the NFL.

    “So before you spit on the ground when someone talks about the WWE or professional wrestling, realize they have been at the forefront of what you see now from the NFL, the NBA, Fox, and ESPN. They have probably also been at the forefront of the decline in sportsmanship by fans,” Schiavone wrote on Monday. “And that is one of the reasons I always loved it so much.”

    You can check out Schiavone’s complete blog at WSBRadio.com.

  • More 2014 WWE HOF Inductees, Batista vs. Brock Lesnar Plans, New WMXXX Matches
  • DDP Interview: Ultimate Warrior In The WWE Hall Of Fame Before Jake Roberts & Randy Savage

    Wrestling legend Diamond Dallas Page joined Doug Mortman and Dave Lagreca on this week’s Busted Open radio show, which you can hear on satellite radio on SiriusXM Channel 92. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

    If The Ultimate Warrior is a Hall of Famer: “Are you kidding me? Abso-f**king-lutely. I mean you have to look at how guys drew. And there are fans that don’t like the Warrior. There are plenty of fans that don’t like Diamond Dallas Page. I get that. And the people who don’t like him, really don’t like him. But the people who love the Warrior; they f**king love the Warrior. And that was really obvious when we did in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia–they can be the most critical fans on the planet. Me and Jake Roberts we smoked through autographs while we were there for those couple of days, but Warrior and Hogan came in and were doing the 100 to 150 dollar autograph thing and that line went out the door all day long. So you say what you want about Warrior, but the cat is true. He brought his energy. He brought a dynamic to wrestling at that time that was original. And I wasn’t a big fan of his interviews but people fricking loved them! People loved that guy. I was a Jake Roberts guy back in the ‘80’s, so I skate more that way.”

    His thoughts on Warrior going in before Jake Roberts & Randy Savage: “Well I think in Randy’s case, I think Randy he was pissed. I don’t think he really wanted to go in. That’s just my observation from a far. I never heard that from Randy but I’m sure now that the great Randy Savage has passed on, at some point he will be put in there. But I think there was–you have to accept. You have to go there and show up. And there was some heat there. And I think it was just about to get fixed too, just like the Warrior had a lot of heat there. I think he absolutely would’ve gone in. Maybe this year cause Randy was just coming out–when he died, Randy was just starting to come out. About to do a comic-con and stuff; do some autograph signings and stuff. So I think you would have seen him in there. Right after; not too long after his death, I don’t think it had to happen right away but I would imagine that Randy will be in there. And I believe that Jake Roberts will get in. I think I’ll get in. I think there will be a lot of guys that will get in there from Kevin Nash, Scott Hall. I think a lot of those guys will get in. Sometimes it just takes time and I think that Jake doing his turn around that he’s done over these last 16-17 months–or 16 months I think it is–people are buzzing everywhere about Jake. So I think at some point, it would be awesome if it was this year but who knows? You never know.”

    His thoughts on his involvement with helping Jake Roberts change: “Well you know Jake put all the work in. Jake was at my house today cause he doesn’t know if he’s going to get that call for Rumble. But you know what if he gets it; he’s gonna be ready. If he doesn’t get it, he’ll still be ready. And Jake worked his skin off–he had the flu bad too the last four days. And he came to work out today and I’m like Jake you can come tomorrow and he’s like nope, let’s go. We did about an hour; Jake lasted about 46 minutes. I was proud of him that he fought through it and he’s really done an amazing turn around. And he’s had some serious adversities. When people get a chance to see what we have; the footage that we have for The Resurrection of Jake The Snake. I’ve been doing this documentary for close to 15 or 16 months now. You know that right? We’ve been documenting everything. We put pieces up on DDP TV, if anybody wants to see the trailer that we have for The Resurrection of Jake The Snake. We did that the first three months. We’re about to open up with another one of Jake’s that is coming up right around in the next couple of weeks. And it will really–it’ll give you goosebumps. And there is so much–my guys; I got five guys working. I’m a production company more than anything now. DDP yoga is the center piece but everything is happening around from Scott Hall to Cody Hall, who was rookie of the year according to (Dave) Meltzer’s sheet. I didn’t see that but that’s legitimate as it gets. But Cody got out there because of DDP TV and what we put out there with him and Scott and everything. It’s just been awesome. I got my editors; I’ve got five of them. And there’s two guys that are new and they’re going through our footage like oh my god I can’t believe you have this. This is going to be a completely different movie than Beyond The Mat. This is about the resurrection of a legend.”

    Doing DDP Yoga on WWE TV: “Well I got to say first of all; no one and I repeat no one puts anything on Vince McMahon’s TV without his okay. And I’ve had people say to me so what do you think about Vince McMahon trying to ruin your career with the whole stalker thing, blah, blah, blah. Over the years, right? Anything that anyone thought cause I made a lot of those decisions myself and they were stupid decisions by me. Anyone who ever thinks that there has ever been anything between Vince and me or whatever and I’ve always told everyone; no, there’s not. What Vince did for me two Monday’s ago with DDP Yoga was–he couldn’t have given me a better angle. He couldn’t have given me a better spot. He let me go on there for a minute and a half. It was written into the copy! They gave it to me. I didn’t pick up the DVD’s and do that. That was written for me. “Wear your shirt.” Hunter told me do the foot over the head, that always blows people away. You know I was like okay! I expected to be in something but I didn’t expect it to be what it was. And to have Booker T involved too, who is one of my good buddies. Cause he’s the one guy from WCW who really got over. He’s a five time World Champion and he got the strap there. So bottom line is to be able to do it with him and then have Ron (Simmons) come out; it was just–we did so many takes of it, every one was funnier than the next. I had liked the last one the best but there were other ones that were laugh your ass off funny. And we just had a blast. And Ron said (DDP imitating his voice), “Man, Diamond they’re really working you today. This one’s gonna be a shameless plug but you working for that s**t today…DAMN.”

  • DDP Speaks On His Relationship With Eric Bischoff, Says He Won’t Return His Calls

    Former WCW wrestler Diamond Dallas Page recently spoke to the v2 Wrestling Podcast about his relationship with Eric Bischoff and how Bischoff doesn’t return his phone calls these days.

    “Bischoff was a genius. He could be an asshole at times. I had an amazing relationship with him,” said Page. “We don’t even talk today, which is so f—ed up to me, and it’s his fault, because he sucks on the phone. We don’t even have a relationship anything like we had, but at the time, it was a real relationship.”

    DDP concluded, “[Now] he doesn’t even return a phone call, which is so obnoxious.”

    You can check out the complete interview online at v2Journal.com.

  • Update On The Shield Breaking Up, Ultimate Warrior To Wrestle At WMXXX? JR’s Return
  • AJ Styles Added To Another ROH TV Taping, Video Of DDP Appearance On FOX

    – Ring Of Honor announced that former TNA star AJ Styles will be appearing at the company’s television taping on April 19th in Baltimore, Maryland. The event will take place at their new location, the William J. Myers Pavilion. Tickets are already available for the taping. For more information, visit ROHWrestling.com.

    – Diamond Dallas Page added a new video to his official YouTube channel. The video, which you can watch below, is accompanied by the following description: “DDP Appears on the Fox 25 Morning news in Boston with his buddy Gene Lavanchy!”

  • Huge Updates On The WWE Network + More Rumored WMXXX Matches
  • Ric Flair & DDP Comment On Tonight’s Old School RAW

    – WWE Hall Of Famer “Nature Boy” tweeted the following on Monday:

    – Former WWE Superstar Diamond Dallas Page tweeted this one:

  • Returns For Tonight’s Old School RAW + FULL Segment For Tonight REVEALED!
  • Marc Mero Speaks On His Past With Sable, Early WCW Days With HHH, DDP

    The following are highlights from a recent WGD Weekly interview with former WWE Superstar Marc Mero:

    On his ex-wife Sable becoming a star while he was injured: “I had blown out my knee and needed total reconstruction on my knee, I was out for eight months and in that time off was when my ex-wife became very popular, you know going out there and selling merchandise and becoming a diva and so on. Then they came up with the storyline of me being jealous of her and I’m thinking ‘wow, what a great idea.’ I know a lot of wrestlers were saying, ‘That buried you, when a girl beats you up or something your never considered anything again,’ but, you know what, all that didn’t matter. They were backing up the Brinks truck to our house, so you really look at what is really important, its entertainment, its being an actor, and I’m being paid very well for it, and now, she is getting paid very well for it. So, all in all, you look back…I have no regrets…it all worked for us, like I said, there was nothing I would change.”

    On leaving WWE, the Sable lawsuit and their relationship: “Unfortunately, the ending of the WWF didn’t go well. My ex-wife had some problems with the company and their was a lawsuit. I had three years left on a guaranteed contract…and I just decided to walk away, it just wasn’t fun any more. It was just a sad part of our lives…so, we left the wrestling arena and obviously the lawsuit was settled out of court between my ex wife and the WWF…its no secret, we got divorced in 2004 and she went on to marry Brock and I married an incredible woman that I have been married to for four years. So, we both went separate ways, but you know something that is amazing, we have never said a bad word about each other. I have nothing bad to say, you think about the good memories you had together. I have never been happier than I am now with my life.”

    On his early days in WCW with Triple H: “Triple H was and is a talented wrestler, he was like a student of the game, you know. I really enjoyed working with him. We wrestled each other hundreds of times, because obviously we would tour for quite a while on the road and we would wrestle each other every night, and not only that, we wrestled in WCW several times. I believe his first belt he ever won was when he beat me for the Intercontinental title. You’ve seen what he has done in his career and the amazing heights he has risen to…but he was really good to work with, very similar to “Stone Cold” in their work ethic…they can make guys that weren’t as talented, I wasn’t as talented as a Triple H or a Stone Cold, and they made our matches look fantastic…my hat is off to that guy.”

    On his friendship with Diamond Dallas Page: “It is no secret that Dallas and I are still great friends today. He is by far one of the hardest working people I have ever met, bar none. Just an incredible work ethic…When we were in our program together…we would go down to the Power Plant and work on our matches and moves…then all of a sudden, I get a call at like three o’clock in the morning…I’m saying ‘oh my gosh, who is calling me at this hour?’ Of course, I pick up my phone and its Dallas and he goes, ‘hey, brother, I wanna run by a spot,’ and I am going, ‘What, Dallas, its three o’clock in the morning.’ He goes, ‘I know, but I couldn’t sleep, I had to tell you this spot I want to do’… I’m thinking, ‘Are you crazy?’ But, that was his work ethic and I will tell you something, if you are ever going to bet on someone, bet on DDP, the guy…he has got that never die attitude and he never gives up…I just have such admiration for Dallas, not only as a friend, but just as a wrestler, as a human being, an entrepreneur…believe me, DDP Yoga is going to be a household word someday, you watch.”

  • Daniel Bryan vs. Santa Claus, Happy Holidays Message From DDP (Video)

    – The official WWE website is currently running a poll asking fans who has the better beard — Daniel Bryan or Santa Claus. At last check, Bryan was winning the poll with 65 percent of the vote.

    – Former WWE and WCW Superstar Diamond Dallas Page has added the following holiday video from his “Accountability Crib” to his official YouTube channel:

  • NEW Photo Of Vince & Triple H Backstage Working During WWE RAW
  • Total Divas Season One Finale Details, Diamond Dallas Page Blooper Video

    – The following is the official synopsis for next week’s Total Divas, which will be the season one finale episode:

    “Ready to Ride: In the Season 1 finale, Bryan pops the question to Brie in a romantic setting; at the same time, Nikki feels uncertain about her future with John Cena after a heated discussion about marriage and children; and the first meeting between Eva Marie’s fiance and her family goes horribly wrong.”

    – Diamond Dallas Page added a new video to his official YouTube channel featuring bloopers from his recent Black Friday commercial shoot. You can check that out below:

  • Total Divas Star Eva Marie’s New Magazine Photo Shoot (PHOTOS)
  • Budget For WWE Network, WWE Working With MLB TV, DDP Q&A Tickets

    – WWE is working with MLB.tv for their WWE Network to prevent potential problems with their online streams crashing as viewership numbers increase.

    – Speaking of the WWE Network, the annual budget for the project is reportedly in the $50 million range.

    – Tickets are now available online for Diamond Dallas Page’s “BANG! An Audience With Diamond Dallas Page” Q&A events scheduled for the United Kingdom in 2014. For more information, visit Glee.co.uk.

  • Leaked WWE Memo Reveals Stuff That Is NOT Allowed To Be Done On TV

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  • DDP’s Girlfriend Has Breast Cancer, 12/5 NXT Matches, Aiden English Profiled

    – Byron Saxton has published an article at WWE.com profiling NXT star Aiden English.

    – The following matches have been announced for the December 5th NXT live event from Tampa, Florida:

    • Corey Graves vs. Sami Zayn
    • Adrian Neville vs. Bo Dallas

    – Diamond Dallas Page and his girlfriend Brenda announced on Youtube yesterday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer:

  • WWE Diva Pursuing Music Career, DDP Reveals Computer Workout Tips

    – WWE Diva Naomi has been pursuing her music career recently. Her real-life boyfriend Jimmy Uso recently posted the following message on Instagram:

    “Late night session with @trinitymccray …..can’t wait till y’all hear this!!!”

    – Former WWE Superstar Diamond Dallas Page recently posted the following video on YouTube revealing his new computer workout:

  • Guess Which Former WWE Star Has Lost A Ton Of Weight? (PHOTO)
  • Hogan/Cena To Team Up At WMXXX?, Jericho/HBK News, DDP Chat Transcript

    – WWE officials have indeed been negotiating with Hulk Hogan about a return to the company. According to one source, there is at least discussion of having Hogan team with John Cena, presumably at WrestleMania XXX.

    – Former WWE Superstar Diamond Dallas Page recently took part in an “Ask Me Anything” chat on Reddit. Fans interested in reading the transcript from the chat can do so online at Reddit.com.

    – Former WWE Superstars Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels will be appearing together at the Houston Autorama at various times this weekend. For more information, visit Autorama.com.

  • Backstage Update On WWE Attempting To Lure Sting Away From TNA

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  • VIDEOS: Hall/DDP Address Indiegogo Issues, “After Total Divas” For 11/17

    – Following some recent controversy over not fulfilling the required “perks” associated with funds donated to recent Indiegogo campaigns, Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall recorded a message to their fans. You can check that out below:

    http://youtu.be/mshkGEjbfcE

    – WWE added the following “After Total Divas” episode to their official YouTube channel on Monday morning:

  • AJ Styles Receiving International Booking Requests, DDP Explains Why He Left TNA

    – TNA is reporting that AJ Styles is receiving booking requests from wrestling promoters in the UK, Puerto Rico and Canada following his “unsanctioned and unauthorized” TNA World Heavyweight Championship title defense at the Wrestle-1 event in Japan this past Saturday.

    – Diamond Dallas Page recently spoke to the RCWR Show about what led to him leaving TNA back in 2005. DDP said the following:

    “Uumm, money; hahaha. I came back for one reason, to show that I could still go at 49. I was 49 years old when I was bouncing around out there like that in TNA and I wasn’t about the same weight I was at 44, not the same but I wasn’t that far off. I just really wanted to come back for that one year, you know, rack it up, have some fun matches, you know, make some money and then when it came time to renegotiate the contract we just didn’t agree and I was like no big deal, thank you very much, I had a great time. I was really done. I didn’t have the run I wanted in the WWE, obviously. I did have a great little run with Christian, we had a great WrestleMania but you know, two and a half years later I wanted to show that DDP could still go and that was the only reason that I did it. It was more about showing that what was possible with DDP yoga than it was about being in the ring, so I obviously had lived the dream on a whole different level at WCW and I make a lot of money. I wasn’t going back for the money, of course you want to make a lot of money but I’m not going to beat up my body unless I’m making a certain number because for me to risk hurting my knees anymore or for me to risk hurting my back, my hips and my ankles, for me its pivotal that my body be in the best shape that I can be in. I don’t want to be broken down and beat up like so many of my other brothers.”

    You can check out the complete interview online at BlogTalkRadio.com.

  • Details On A Major Faction In WWE Changing Their Gimmick Soon
  • DDP Speaks On Status Of Jake Roberts & Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan/WrestleMania XXX

    The following are highlights from a new Busted Open Radio interview with former WWE Superstar Diamond Dallas Page:

    On working with Scott Hall and Jake Roberts: “Jake (Roberts) and I were talking about this when Scott (Hall) was first ready to come up and we knew that Jake is going to go down and get him and have a sit down which was on DDPTV and I looked at Jake and I thought to myself: ‘Can you imagine if you and Scott both get sober in the same house in the same year’ and we started laughing and thinking: ‘Wow, that’s amazing.’ I didn’t do anything and that’s honestly how I feel. All I did was supply my buddies with really a positive place that they weren’t going to be judged and I was going to get them to understand when I talk about my eating place and I’ll never use the word diet because you know what the first three letters in the word diet are.

    They don’t work, lifestyles do. I put movies in front of them like food, Inc. and genetic roulette and then they can see on how the food has been so changed that it will depress you, it will put weight on you that will drag you down emotionally and once they got that out of there system, they start to feel better and they haven’t done anything yet! (Chris) Jericho said it first and he’s really the first who put DDP Yoga on the map and the best part about it and you say: ‘Well, what kind of conditioning can I get with my DDP Yoga?’ and I said ‘How about this?’ Jericho who was completely pain free in three months and headlined WrestleMania two years ago and continues to work a few months, take a couple months off and then goes tours with Fozzy for six months like every night playing out and he is not wrestling, he is only doing one work out and he shows up at the Royal Rumble in the number two spot and wrestles for forty seven minutes and fifty three seconds, unheard of!

    But it gave my program legitimacy on a different level plus there are about sixteen guys in the Rumble that are doing DDP Yoga so it was a really cool thing and he opened up the doors to guys like Goldust and how good is Goldust looking right now and Ryback as well. Then Scott saw Jake when he was laying in his bed when he went through that really tough time where he was in the hospital bed for that week and that one kid, who is almost like an angel, because it said: ‘No visitors!’ But this one kid who is a fan came in and he has it on his IPhone and he says: ‘Scott, look what Dallas did with Jake, maybe he can do it with you.’ Scott’s looking at him like: ‘Oh my God.’

    It was putting my two buddies in an environment that was caring, loving and everyone in my house is positive and you’re not allowed to work for me with a negative attitude and it won’t be tolerated and you work out and eat great food because I only buy real food and our food is delicious. I’m doing a workshop in Atlanta and it’s the only time when I do what is called: ‘The Ultimate Workshop’ and there are only fifteen people that do this but we have a pretty big crowd for the overall workshop where we do three hours and its starting and stopping and it’s not like a three hour workout but you really learn how to break everything down and then we do an hour and ten minute workout at the end and I make it where everyone can do it and after that, those fifteen people come over to my house. We break it down and we have all the food made and we show them how to make everything and they leave with menus. I want people to understand that healthy food doesn’t have to taste bad.”

    On concerns he has for both guys when the leave: “Jake is going to be Jake no matter what. When people say: ‘Man, I love what you did to Jake’, I tell them: ‘I didn’t do anything, Jake did all that’ and Jake Roberts is still Jake Roberts. But I never saw this Jake Roberts. When it came time for him to leave the crib, he made that decision. It wasn’t me because he could have lived with me forever and I told my girl before she moved in: ‘Baby, Jake is Uncle Jake and he isn’t going unless he says I’m out of here’ and always being his little brother in scenarios when I go: ‘Jake, that’s not cool to say things like that’. I got sick of saying that to him because he’s my mentor, he’s one of my closest friends on the planet and he knew it was starting to wear me out a bit. I think he is in the best spot that he has ever been in and he really has a chance, if it’s not this year then next year but it should be this year because he has done so much in his career but he should be in the hall of fame but he should have been in the hall of fame twenty years ago. Then he put it out that: ‘I’m going to be in the Royal Rumble’ and it got a lot of buzz but it’s like: ‘Yo, shut up about the Rumble’.

    No one is going to know. If they are going to put him in the Royal Rumble, he won’t know until its four days out. He will absolutely be the last one to know. There was an article about Bradshaw and Bradshaw has some really good writing on his site and there’s another guy that has done a lot after wrestling and he is an amazing cat and he does so much for kids around his summit and the mountain climbing that he does, its crazy shit to me. He eats it up and it’s the challenge and there was article on his site that talked about how it would really be smart and really beneficial to the WWE to have one guy that is not going to be a surprise because there would be so many fans, passionate fans about just hearing his music and walking out.

    It would make people cry and there would be goose bumps with the twenty-two thousand people at the Royal Rumble and all he needs to do is be real limited and it won’t matter, its Jake. It’s such a tradition of people coming out and people won’t know what’s going to happen. Jake has been clean for over a year, it was October when we brought him in, so it’s a little over a year of being completely cocaine and crack free and that was a big deal! He did that cold, there were no morphine shots and whatever shots they do to get people off heroine or whatever, and we did none of that. We test him once in a while too, it was a surprise test. It was like: ‘Here Jake, we are taking you down to the clinic.’ He said: ‘I got my first passed drug test’, he even framed it and we did it a couple times.”

    On Hulk Hogan leaving TNA in time for WrestleMania XXX: “He’s Hulk Hogan bro. I have offered my services to him before and that’s when I was in Los Angeles. I would help him any way I could because he really helped me when you get to that one spot when you there. Hulk Hogan walks up to me in Germany and this is around 1994 when Kevin is the champ and I’m wrestling Jim Duggan. I get the curtain jerk match, the first match every night. It was the fifth or sixth night and we are in Berlin and when I walk through the curtain and Hogan is there and he grabs me and he pulls me over and he says: ‘How are you doing it?’ I go: ‘Doing what, Hulk?’ He goes: ‘Getting some much better.’ I go: ‘Wow, thanks man.’ He goes: ‘I’ve been watching your matches the last couple nights and I don’t see you on TV that much but when you’re on, you are always doing something a little different and this is the way they are getting you to learn your craft. They are putting you on the road.’

    I said: ‘No, there not. I haven’t been on the road for three months. The only reason why I’m on this card is because my real last name before I changed it to Page was Falkinberg and the crowd loves its Germans and I have a smoking hot wife that accompanies me to the ring. That’s the only reason why I’m here.’ He goes: ‘How are you getting so much better?’ I said: ‘I go to the Power Plant.’ He really didn’t understand that because in his day, you went from one territory to another to another and that’s how you got better and they can camouflage you, change your name and whatever. I figured out and this applies to anyone, this is a lesson in life and I went down to the Power Plant because wrestling is a lot like playing the guitar meaning you can’t get any good unless you play all the time. I went back to the Power Plant and I started to train the young guys and I realized that the more you teach someone, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.

    Hulk goes: ‘However you’re doing it, whatever you’re doing, you need to keep doing it because it may not be today, next year or the year after but somewhere down the line, you have the ability to draw huge money with me’ and he walked away. Let’s manifest that four years later, Hulk is on the stage of the ‘Tonight Show’ with Hulk and (Dennis) Rodman being interview by (Jay) Leno and (Karl) Malone and I walk out with the chairs over our heads. The number two leading scorer of all-time in the NBA, Karl Malone has my ‘Diamond Cutter’ shirt on, we throw the chairs down and throw up the ‘Diamond Cutter’ sign and do ‘The Bang’ and we face off with those guys and shoot our angle which was the biggest angle ever for WCW as far as money, super coverage across the planet in the biggest show in the world and it wasn’t a wrestling show. We are shooting an angle on the world’s stage, the ‘Tonight Show’. It was crazy.”

    Check out the complete interview online at Facebook.com/bustedopenradio.

  • Huge Backstage Update On Negotiations Between Hulk Hogan & WWE
  • Low Attendance At WWE TV Taping, Wade Barrett TV Note, Steiner’s/Hall Of Fame

    – The entire upper deck was said to be tarped off at the WWE television taping on Tuesday night in Manchester, England, so this would be among the lowest selling TV tapings the company has ever done overseas. RAW on Monday night in the same building was legitimately packed.

    – WWE Superstar Wade Barrett met with Preston North End striker Kevin Davies this past week. Their meeting will air on Match Of The Day Kickabout this Saturday, November 16th at 7:45 a.m. on CBBC in the U.K.

    – Both Rick and Scott Steiner will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall Of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa. The Steiner Brothers were announced as inductees for the 16th class inductions on July 18th and July 19th. Another former WWE Superstar, Diamond Dallas Page, will be receiving the Frank Gotch Award during the presentation as well.

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  • WWE Asks Who’s Better: Chris Jericho Or HHH?, RVD & DDP At Bellator Event

    -Both Rob Van Dam and Diamond Dallas Page were in attendance at the Bellator event in Long Beach, California on Saturday evening. DDP was reportedly advertising his “DDP Yoga” program to some of the fighters at the show. Van Dam reportedly received the loudest “celebrity pop” during the show, with many fans even chanting “RVD” when he entered the arena.

    -The official WWE website has a poll up which asks the question, “Who’s better: Triple H or Chris Jericho?” As of late Sunday evening with 78,843 votes thus far, Jericho is in the lead by leaps and bounds with 95 percent of the vote to HHH’s 5 percent.

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  • VIDEOS: Halloween Havoc At DDP’s Accountability Crib, New JBL & Cole Show

    -The official Diamond Dallas Page YouTube channel has added a new video called, “Halloween Havoc At The Accountability Crib.” The video is accompanied by the following description: The Accountability Crib takes time away from doing DDP YOGA to scare a few people! Stay tuned for our other Holiday themed videos! BOO!

    Check out the “Halloween Havoc At The Accountability Crib” video below:

    -Also new on YouTube is episode number 49 of “The JBL & Cole Show,” which is part two of their Halloween special-edition of the weekly web series. The video is accompanied by the following description: “In this edition of The JBL & Cole Show – The Halloween Special continues. We find out where Hornswoggle ended up after being kidnapped, and Wade Barrett has the epiphany of all epiphanies!”

    Check out the “Halloween Special – Part 2! The JBL & Cole Show Ep. #49” video below:

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  • Non-Spoiler SmackDown Preview, Snake Radio Episode Two With DDP (Video)

    -The following is a non-spoiler preview of tonight’s WWE SmackDown:

    -Michael Cole interviews Triple H
    -Luke Harper & Erick Rowan vs. The Uso’s
    -A.J. Lee vs. Nikki Bella [Non-Title Match]
    -Los Matadores vs. 3MB
    -Ryback & Paul Heyman vs. CM Skunk [No-DQ Handicap Match]
    -Great Khali vs. Fandango
    -Daniel Bryan, Big E. Langston, Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose

    -Jake “The Snake” Roberts has added episode two of his new online “Snake Radio” YouTube show, with special guest Diamond Dallas Page. You can check that out below:

    http://youtu.be/49RIzJC5fA4

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