10 Times WWE Sabotaged WCW Wrestlers
6. Diamond Dallas Page: Stalker
After the demise of WCW, Diamond Dallas Page was one of the few wrestlers that took a buyout to join WWE in 2001. DDP saw the opportunity to join WWE as the best move for his career at the time.
Unfortunately, it was a decision DDP would later come to regret.
Despite being a premier WCW star, DDP was hardly positioned as such. He debuted in WWE as the creepy stalker of The Undertaker's wife Sara, and feuded with the Deadman throughout the Summer of 2001. Despite wrestling in the Inaugural Brawl at the Invasion pay-per-view, Page's star had significantly fallen from his days in WCW, headlining against the likes of Randy Savage, Goldberg, Sting, and Kevin Nash.
Eventually, DDP would be repackaged as a Tony Robbins-esque motivational speaker, a complete goofball of a character that went nowhere fast. Less than a year after WCW collapsed, WWE allowed Page's contract to expire, opting not to renew the 46 year-old wrestler.
When he first joined WWE, Page had the ability to make a difference. In the absence of many notable WCW main eventers, DDP was arguably the biggest star WWE had from WCW, yet they decided to bury him quickly and make him a comedy character.