10 Great Wrestlers Who Never Got Over In WWE

by John Bills

1. Diamond Dallas Page

Diamond Dallas Page WWE Promo
WWE.com

Diamond Dallas Page is one of pro wrestling’s great positive tales. He started late, beginning his training at the ripe old age of 35, doing a whole lot of nothing around WCW's lower midcard before exploding in popularity in 1997. His refusal to give in the nWo was one of the great WCW stories and made DDP one of the most beloved babyfaces on the planet.

So what did WWE decide to do with one of the few major WCW stars that they managed to procure? Book him as a heel, a stalker no less. Not only that, but DDP had the pleasure of jobbing to The Undertaker week after week, as the American Bad Ass continued his reign of terror over 2001 WWE. It is almost as if WWE creative didn’t want DDP to get over.

If that was the hope, WWE was 100% successful. In less than a year, Diamond Dallas Page went from bonafide main event player to comedy geek, an afterthought in an era that he could have played a major part in. Like many great wrestlers that didn’t get over in WWE, DDP can be forgiven for casting a few frustrated looks towards the creative team.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.