10 Superstars who never reached their full potential

#8 Diamond Dallas Page

Diamond Dallas Page

A veteran, Diamond Dallas Page came into the wrestling scene rather late. Most wrestlers start rather early in their life, but such was not the case for DDP. Starting wrestling at the age of 31, DDP did not let that deter him. After three years in other independent promotions, by 1991 DDP was signed to WCW. There he started slowly but surely, to make an impact the likes of which was not really expected from him.

Immensely charismatic, he did not really let age ever become an issue, as he put aside his relative inexperience to wrestle some of the best competitors in the world. He would soon become the World Television Champion and have an epic feud with ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage. He did not really stop there.

Never really known as a top wrestler, he was still loved by the fans and made his mark in WCW history. His matches against Bret Hart, Karl Malone, Randy Savage, and the Fatal Fourway match he had against Ric Flair, Sting and Hulk Hogan are particularly memorable.

This all came to an end when WWE bought WCW. They did not really put over any WCW talent, and poor DDP was just another victim. Put into a dead end feud as a heel stalker, with the Undertaker he never had a chance. One of the most beloved babyfaces had turned into someone who was just stalking Undertaker’s wife.

Undertaker wiped the floor with him, and DDP would never really recover from the angle. He faded slowly from television and was never really a big factor on WWE television before his retirement, robbing him of all the obvious potential that he had.