Diamond Dallas Page was one of those Time Warner contracts Scott Steiner had after WWE bought WCW, and had the chance to stay at home and earn money by simply doing nothing. However, DDP wanted to work, and more specifically, he wanted to be famous. In June 2001, he revealed himself as the man who had been stalking The Undertaker’s wife Sara, begging “The Deadman” to make him famous.

Right from the moment DDP unmasked himself, declaring to the world that he was a massive creep despite being legitimately married for 10 years, it was clear that his run in the WWE was never going to go down well. Granted, he was one of the bigger names for The Alliance during the Invasion storyline, but DDP went from being one of the most organically over babyfaces in the history of WCW, to some guy who liked The Undertaker’s wife, and at less than two months into his WWE run, the former WCW World Champion who could bring an entire crowd to their feet whenever he hit the Diamond Cutter, got injured and was quickly moved down the card when he eventually returned as a motivational speaker.

DDP would end up retiring due to a serious neck injury in May 2002, less than a year after his WWE debut. He sacrificed a summer of no worries due to his love of the business and a chance to make something great, but a wretched storyline and mounting injuries left him in the worst possible shape imaginable. He is now seen as one of the true nice guys of professional wrestling thanks to how many lives he has gotten back on track through his DDPYoga program, but his WWE debut is one of the biggest flops in company history.