Josh Modaberi of Cult of Whatever recently interviewed 2017 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Diamond Dallas Page, here are a few of the highlights:
On his WWE Hall of Fame induction:
I guess I really summed it all up on the inside of the Hall of Fame ring, WWE ask for an inscription on the inside of the rings and I just wrote, “Work ethic equals dreams! DDP”
All of the hard work and not ever listening to all the people who told me I could never do it. It wasn’t really that I wanted to prove them wrong as much as it was wanting to prove myself right. When you look back at my career and the way I got to the Hall of Fame, it started at WrestleMania VI driving Rhythm and Blues (Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine) down to the ring in a pink Cadillac convertible, that was my car and the car got the gig not me, I was just a driver.
On Eric Bischoff inducting him:
WWE wanted a couple of names from me because they have certain things that they’re doing and it’s their TV. I put down five names, guys I would have loved to induct me because of the relationship we have and one of those was Eric.
Jake Roberts and Scott Hall were also on the list, along with Steve Austin and Mick Foley. Any of those guys doing it would have worked for me, the WWE picked Eric and I thought it was a great pick. Eric and I go back to the AWA days, I actually met Eric in a bar brawl fight with each other, we both had quite a bit to drink that night! As time went on we became close friends.
If Dusty Rhodes was still alive he would have been the guy to induct me into the WWE Hall of Fame, he knows that and we had actually spoken about it. He was supposed to induct me into the Cauliflower Alley Club which is a big deal for us as well, of course the top of everything is the WWE and Dusty was going to do that and he would have done this
On Goldberg:
Goldberg is there at the age of 49-years-old but he hasn’t had a match yet. A bit like Taker’s slot, Goldberg is going to deliver for that one match at WrestleMania against Brock. As soon as a saw the finish of their first match at Survivor Series I knew that everything was building to this match at WrestleMania. As far as I’m concerned it is awesome booking, some people may not like it but then they don’t really understand wrestling because that match was not a Royal Rumble match or Backlash, there was only one place that match was ever going to take place and that’s at WrestleMania. They have done a tremendous job building the match and Brock has done an amazing job with the business, Brock kills guys, that’s what he does but he has built Goldberg.
Brock v Goldberg is the match I’m most looking forward to at this years WrestleMania. I’m hoping that Bill can be the athlete that he is and I hope that he doesn’t get hurt out there with the beast. For me Brock Lesnar is as tough as it gets from A to Z.
All WCW will be loving this match, that is how Goldberg should’ve been brought into his original WWE run, that is how we all should’ve been brought into the WWE from WCW.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
