5 WWE Superstars who love Chris Benoit and 5 who disliked him

#1 Don’t Like Benoit: Diamond Dallas Page

DDP and Benoit didn't approach matches the same way.

Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit rose to prominence in WCW in a similar time frame. While Benoit bumped his head against the glass ceiling, Page became an unlikely top-level star. Despite wrestling in his forties, DDP’s charisma and hard work earned him a spot at the top of the company, eventually winning a world title.

DDP and The Rabid Wolverine did clash in the ring on their way up the card. Page had taken a page from The Macho Man Randy Savage’s book in his tendency to want to plan every match in detail rather than call it in the ring. Benoit rejected this style, in favor of working in a more improvisational style in reaction to the crowd.

According to Chris Jericho’s comments on his podcast, Benoit really rattled Page, and got on his bad side, by consciously hiding from Page in the arena the night of one of their matches. In not interacting, they had no opportunity to pre-plan anything, and thus were forced into working Benoit’s style.