WWE: 12 Former TNA & WCW Stars Who Didn't Live Up To Expectations

4. Diamond Dallas Page

Despite starting in WCW as a manager and commentator, Page decided at the age of 35 to learn to become a wrestler himself at the WCW Power Plant, leading to a short reign as Television Champion. After refusing to join the newly formed nWo with his former Diamond Studd cohorts Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, he became one of the group's biggest rivals, entering into a career making rivalry with Randy Savage where he defeated him in the main event of Spring Stampede 1997. Page would also rival with nWo members Curt Hennig and Hollywood Hulk Hogan before he completed his rise to the main event scene when he won the WarGames main event as the leader of Team WCW and became the number one contender. Page finally became WCW World Heavyweight Champion in a four way dance against top stars Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Sting and completed the Triple Crown by winning the Tag Team Championships as a part of the Jersey Triad before returning to the main event scene. He would become World Champion for a third time but would infamously lose it to actor David Arquette. DDP never appeared again in WCW but he moved straight over WWE upon WCW's purchase, where he was put in a storyline as the stalker of Undertaker's wife Sara. Whilst feuding with Undertaker he joined The Alliance and reunited with Kanyon to capture the WWE Tag Team Championships, which they lost to Undertaker and Kane in a steel cage match at SummerSlam. He got injured in the contest and spent his recovery time developing a new gimmick that saw him become a motivational speaker, which he is best known for during his WWE time, before he allowed his contract to expire as a result of injuries and left WWE. Final Assessment: After a late start, DDP had big ideas to debut in WWE straight into a rivalry with The Rock over who was the true People's Champion but instead he accepted the stalker gimmick that the McMahons were high on. This drastic gimmick change failed miserably and whilst he regained popularity after switching to the Positively Page gimmick, he would unfortunately never reach the same heights. Page blames himself for not pushing his proposed angle harder, but the blame must be shared with the McMahons for their terrible idea on how to use 'The Original People's Champion'.