8 Wrestlers Who Did Better Things In Retirement

1. DDP

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Diamond Dallas Page is a three-time former WCW World Champion and WWE Hall of Famer who briefly reigned as one of the industry's top babyfaces, headlining a string of PPVs opposite legitimate legends of the business (and Dennis Rodman). There's no question he did a lot of great things in his active career, the likes of which most journeyman superstars can only dream of.

However massively popular though DDP was in his heyday (his brief, stalkery run in WWE notwithstanding), it's been his second life as a DVD fitness guru, basically a wrestling equivalent of Beverley Callard, that has seen his stock rise from legend status to godhood. Not only has Page's accessible DDP Yoga programme improved the health of countless people, but his intervention and mentorship may just have saved the lives of two of wrestling's biggest lost souls, Jake Roberts and Scott Hall.

Roberts was a tragic news headline waiting to happen until DDP stepped in on behalf of his buddy. Though there have been hiccups along the way, under Page's tutelage, Jake has went from a hopeless case to a WWE Hall of Famer and a regular, winning presence on AEW Dynamite. That alone is worth far more than any amount of championships.

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