10 Things We Learned From DDP On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Podcast

10. His Original Wrestling Name

It's a little-known fact that DDP tried to break into the pro wrestling industry as a youngster. Three matches in, he hurt his knee and had to take some time out to heal - that's when he fell into the bar business, things snowballed from there and he thought he'd never look back.

Page wasn't quite a 'Diamond' back then however.

He told Austin that he was actually known as 'Handsome' Dallas Page during that all-to-brief run in a few local territories pre-injury. Later, he'd go on to map out a fantasy journey as Diamond Dallas Page. During shifts managing clubs, Page would envision what it'd be like to run his own "Diamond Exchange", be flanked by the "Diamond Dolls" and more.

In other words, he predicted the first few years of his wrestling career before they even happened, and he didn't even think he'd have a hope in hell of making them a reality. Eventually though, 'Handsome' gave way to DDP.