11 Things You Didn't Know About Diamond Dallas Page

5. His Managerial Work

We've seen many times over the years that when a wrestler's career starts to wind down, they switch over to the role of a manager. Bobby Heenan, Mr. Fuji and Lou Albano all followed this route. Others start out as managers, and have no plan of ever stepping into the ring. Not many break in by guiding the careers of others, and then turn into a full-time wrestler. Diamond Dallas Page followed that unique path.

He wasn't bad in the role either, and his clientele is pretty impressive. Starting in the AWA, Page became the manager of Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka in Badd Company (known as the Orient Express in the WWF). The team captured the tag team titles, and Page later moved on to manage Curt Hennig and Madusa.

After that, he moved to WCW and saw a big boost to his profile when he managed The Fabulous Freebirds. Later on he formed his own stable with The Diamond Mine, which featured the future Raven and Kevin Nash. During his time in the promotion, he was informed that his star client, The Diamond Studd (Scott Hall), was going to be taken away from him, so under the advice of Magnum T.A. Page decided to train to become a wrestler himself, to improve his chances of staying in the wrestling business.

DDP struggled for the next couple years to catch on as an act, but moving from manager to wrestler was the best move of his professional career.