12 Awesome Wrestling Gimmicks WWE Didn’t Know How To Handle
8. Diamond Dallas Page
Before The Rock was a people's champion, before Randy Orton hit RKO's out of nowhere, and before Steve Austin 'didn't trust anybody', Dallas Page was a fan serving, Diamond Cutting lone wolf, bringing down the New World Order all by himself.
Accusations of favouritism due to his friendship with WCW head honcho Eric Bischoff may have merit, but Diamond Dallas Page had established an innate connection with the crowd for bravely pushing back the dominance of the nWo.
Via his public rejection of the group in segments with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, and a lengthy feud with Randy Savage, DDP was a rare WCW success story, and barely suffered a loss of sheen during the company's woeful final years.
That did not, however, prepare audiences for his June 2001 introduction to WWE screens. With anti-hero hard-working babyfaces overflowing on WWE's bloated roster, Page was way down the pecking order for receiving a similar fascia.
All summer, WWE fans had been awaiting WCW superstars to re-appear in some fashion following the March buyout, but Page's unmasking as a creepy stalker of Undertaker's wife was a massive disconnect from 'The Master of the Diamond Cutter'.
Though eerily close to his next real-life move, a follow-up gimmick as a motivational speaker couldn't turn momentum around. Page was sunk.