5 WCW stars who didn't get over in WWE

#1 Diamond Dallas Page

DDP - His WWE career was a short lived bust

The WWE Hall of Famer did not achieve his stardom in WWE. The glory days of Diamond Dallas Page's stellar career exclusively came in WCW.

DDP is a fascinating story. He did not begin training to become an in-ring competitor until the age of 35, when many superstars begin to glance at retirement plans.

However, it wasn't until five years later that he really got over with the audience in the best feud of 1997 with Randy Savage.

Establishing him as a player, that feud launched him to super-stardom, and he was a focal part of WCW's mainstream expansion, as he was involved in storylines with major celebrities such as basketball mega stars Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman, as well as Tonight Show host Jay Leno and movie star David Arquette.

DDP won three WCW World Championships in WCW, and such was his passion for the industry he willingly gave up his huge money AOL Time Warner contract to sign with the WWF when WCW was bought out.

DDP arrived in the WWF to much fanfare in mid 2001, as the first member of the fallen WCW to surface on WWF television.

However, DDP was doomed from the start after he was inexplicably given the role of stalker of The Undertaker's then wife Sara.

Completely at odds with his character, DDP was further damaged by the fact Undertaker, the very embodiment of WWF company man, gave his colleague nothing in the ring, and continually hammered him in matches until DDP's main-event aura was erased in record time.

He became an opening match guy, with a comedy self help gimmick. During the last few months of his career, DDP regained a modicum of self respect as European Champion, as he contested exciting matches with several opponents, most notably Christian, before a neck injury ended his career in April 2002.

His WWF tenure had lasted less than 10 months, but it very nearly eroded the legacy of his earlier career.

DDP's story has a happy ending, as WWE decided to induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017, and celebrated his pre WWE career.