5 things learned from WWE Hall of Famer DDP on Broken Skull Sessions

#2. DDP talks how WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes helped his career

WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes mentored some of the biggest and best professional wrestlers in Sports Entertainment history.

A large section of both the AEW and WWE rosters cite The American Dream as a huge influence on their careers. DDP is no different.

Dallas credits Rhodes with giving him the breaks needed to become a wrestling manager and later an in-ring performer.

When explaining The American Dream's influence on his career, DDP explained that he wouldn't have got to the Hall of Fame level without Rhodes:

"I may have created stuff up to here, that's nothing. Getting to where I was going to get to, I needed that guy [Dusty Rhodes] and Jake Roberts. Those two people put it on a different skew for me."

Dusty Rhodes passed away in June 2015 at the age of 69 years old. His legacy in the world of professional wrestling is immortal, however, and will forever be remembered.

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#1. DDP discusses his move to WWE in 2001

Diamond Dallas Page was one of the biggest names under contract with WCW when it was purchased by WWE in 2001.

Unlike many other WCW stars who waited for their guaranteed contracts to expire, DDP joined WWE just months after Vince McMahon purchased his competitor.

Page revealed that names such as Dusty Rhodes and Kevin Nash advised him to wait before signing with WWE. However, due to his age at time, DDP felt like his window of time was closing:

"You know, I thought going in, this is a no-brainer because first of all I don't think I have any heat with anyone. I didn't realize how much heat WCW had. But I didn't really think about that at the time."

"Dusty told me, and Kevin Nash told me 'D, dont walk away from that money. Get paid, we'll all come in together.' And I said, 'If I wasn't 45 at the time, I would have listened. But I wasn't. I wasn't 35 or 38 or even 40. I was 45. And I knew I still had a run, a good run in me. But I didn't know how long it was going to last, not with the schedule WWE's got. So I really felt like the timing's there."

Diamond Dallas Page debuted in June 2001 as the "stalker" of The Undertaker's then-wife Sara. He would remain with the promotion for a year before leaving and briefly retiring in June 2002 due to injuries.