WWE Hall Of Famer DDP Loses His Cool On ESPN Radio
Positively Page went negatively nuclear on radio host.
2017 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Diamond Dallas Page has made an appearance on ESPN Radio's Dan Le Batard Show, and it's safe to say it didn't turn out quite the way any of the parties involved would have hoped.
Page - who is normally overtly positive to the point that it's contagious (and even borderline obnoxious) - experienced a rare moment of public anger, apparently sparked by Le Batard's continued prods about real life fights within the professional wrestling industry,
The host repeatedly tried to engage DDP on his infamous backstage fight with Scott Steiner, and was met with inevitable resistance from his guest. Undeterred, Le Batard pushed on with the issue, repeatedly talking over DDP, which caused the normally composed Page to snap live on air:
"Hey, monkey! Monkey! Yo, monkey, who the hell do you think you're talking to? Monkey, who the hell do you think you're talking to?”
At this point the audio is cut, and the hosts are thrown off, clearly at a loss for a proper reaction, as DDP adds:
“I'm Positively Page! You think I'm going to flame your garbage? *sshole! F**k you.”
It's hard to decipher anything said beyond that but after cursing again he was cut off for good and the interview ended.
Later on one of the show's producers said she confronted Page and asked if he was joking, adding that his hostile response “just made no sense because he was just yelling", even going so far as to call him "maniacal”.
Le Batard stated that he felt DDP was legitimately angry rather than working his "wrestling character", pointing out that Page "knows better than to curse on Disney radio".
The entire incident was very bizarre and extremely out of character for someone who has made it his mission in life to exude positivity and influence others as a role model, so maybe there's more to this story than meets the eye. It's worth noting that Le Batard has a bit of a reputation for trying to incite guys into losing their cool on his shows in the belief that it "makes for good radio."
Regardless, it's not a good look for WWE to have one of their most recent Hall of Fame inductees behaving in such a manner on ESPN Radio.