03.26.2007

Hey Cutters... I'm gonna be starting off each email with a different video clip that we have posted on YOUTUBE... if you would go by and check it out and give us a rating (and you better make it a good one... just kidding) and a comment. I would really appreciate it... and of course you can send it off to your friends if you thinks they would like it... The first clip I am sending out is my favorite... it is from the filming of the YRG workout where I get challenged to do 10 seconds pushups contest by Ted Evans... Btw this clip is entitled 71 year old man kicks DDP's A$$... this YOUTUBE clip is must... to really appreciate it... watch it to the end to hear Ted's comments... totally Classic... To watch the Challenged hit this... CONTEST NOTE: Want to hang out with Diamond Dallas Page and get fit Here's your chance. If you're in the LA area send an e-mail to: X@AM570RADIO.COM Tell us why you should com in-studio to meet Diamond Dallas Page and learn his new program the THE YRG WORKOUT program Yoga For Regular Guys/GALS. We are taking all entries through March 23rd. 3 lucky names will be picked and the winners will be brought in-studio to meet DDP and have him personally introduce you to his YRG program. As usual things have been crazy busy the last couple of weeks... I want to start off by telling about one you one of the coolest happen to me in quiet some time. My girl Angella reunited me with some old friends... the Page's... I first met the 5 Page's back in 1996... Diamond Dallas Page the television character and the Dallas Page the man (who we all know is also a character...lol)... was just getting ready to take on the ride of a lifetime... But before that wild ride started I was spending lot of time at home on the my computer learning how to type with Mario Teaches Typing and sometimes going online. I was actually the first wrestler to have his own website thanks to my webmaster Rich Schmick and later to Brian Bentley... Kimberly was the one who was online the most... mainly because she could type and READ way better than I... Kimberly would always bring to my attention different people who she would meet online that were way cool... She is the whole reason Rich and I ever hooked up and she also introduced me to 5 Page's... Rob Page was a happily married man who had 3 great kids ages 2, 3, 4... they were young but they were still huge wrestling fans... This picture was taken in 1997... Tyler age 4 (with the home made DDP t-shirt) and Christian age 3 with Kim laughing in the back round... I was wearing an other classic DDP t-shirt... which says... I have a positive attitude and I'm positive you suck... funny... Click for More Photos I stayed close with the Page's for a few years and then an unfortunate accident happened and their mom died... of course it was the hardest on the family... I did what I could to help the Page's out but my schedule got crazy and I lost touch with one of my favorite families that started as fans and became friends. Well that all changed when Angella got an email from Tyler some time last month. Tyler had written Angella on her myspace account... myspace... funny right... I would find out later that he saw Angella's picture and read her story on the Transformations section of our YRGworkout.com site ... Tyler had also read one of these emails that I send out to UDC members (Union of Diamond Cutters) Team YRG and you and realized that Angella and I were together... so he sent me an email though her and asked her if she would forward his message on to me which obviously she did... Tyler wrote me a very thoughtful email letting me know just how much he appreciated having me in his and his family's life... It was very powerful... It just goes to show you never really know how much you touch someone's lives until it comes full circle... Now all the Page's are back together again and we are all doing YRG... Talk about a great way to bond with your family... I will keep you posted on their progress. Last week I was in Atlanta and while I was there I stopped by Deep South Championship Wrestling to see my good buddy and mentor Jody Hamilton ... Jody was the first to ever believe in me as a wrestler and he knew before anybody that I had IT because he worked on top for 30 years as Assassin # 1 ... Jody drew HUGE money... while I was there I spoke to about 30 of the boys about how important it is to keep a positive attitude as they continue their journey to try to get to the show and about how important work ethic was... Afterward we all got a YRG workout in which a lot them really dug... they have a lot of talent down there in Deep South Championship Wrestling... If you're in the Atlanta area check it out ... Keep and eye on G-Rilla and Bradley Jay their Champion right now... both of these two young men have IT ... I will enjoy watching their careers grow as time goes on ... After Atlanta I was off to Charlottesville Virginia to do a speaking gig for the kids from Piedmont Virginia Community College. The young man who brought me in was Danny Waylon. I very respect nice young man. I came in the night before and the next morning Danny and I were up 6:30 am to do a round of radio shows and some TV. After that it was breakfast and off to PVCC. Now PVCC is a small school so I wasn't expecting much of a crowd. I was basically speaking in a lounge area that the kids hang out in before going to the next class ... you could call it half lounge half hallway... lol... So I have this 20 minute speech ready expecting maybe 5 or 6 kids to talk to. When I get out there I see a little more than a hundred scattered in the seats and bunches hanging in the halls... immediately I switch to the as long as they are listening I'm going to inspire them mode... I believe it was my best speaking gig so far... It lasted a little over a hour with a Q and A to follow. All in all it was a great experience and I even got some great email send to my site the next day so I know there were a few people moved to action... One would be a woman named Valerie but I'll keep you posted on her. Wrestling note... did any on catch TNA's last PPV... all I can say is you missed the Championship match with Champ Christian Cage and Samoa Joe... GET THAT PPV and WATCH THAT MATCH ... SPECTACULAR !!! I actually jumped out of my seat on the finish... Team YRG note... Each week I'm gonna bring you one or two members of Team YRG and give you an update as to where they are and how they are doing... the thing I love the most about what I'm doing right now is getting to watch so many of my close personal friends of mind inspiring other people that they have never met... Like Smokey and Terri two of the original members of Team YRG... they have been the inspiration for two great stories I'm going to share with you... don't worry this is the short version... This Linda the mother of my God daughters on day one of her journey she was 248 lbs... Now I have known Linda since she was SMOKING HOT bartender for me 25 years ago... Like a lot of single moms Linda basically gave up her life to raise her two beautiful daughters... but finally Linda is back on track to Own her Life as well and since she has started the YRG workout and has been doing Dr. Fred Bisci's eating lifestyle called food combining (notice I didn't say DIET because diet's don't work) in one month has lost 22 lbs the healthy way... Fred's way... pictures below... Terri has been her inspiration... Linda 5' 10'' 248 lbs. You've got to love the pictures being taken in front of the VEGGIES Linda 5' 10'' 224 lbs The next is a guy named Arthur who I never even knew was alive until about two months ago. I first met Arthur because he answered an email that I send out to any and everyone who buys any of the YRG workouts. In the email I welcome them to Team YRG and ask them if they mind answering 12 questions. I could tell by his emails that Arthur just might need a little more than just the YRG workout to truly Own his Life. So I asked him to send me some pictures to be sure... Below are the before and 30 day after pictures... to see more you going to have to go to the site and trust me you want to see them because they are unbelievable. When I saw Arthur I knew he needed more than just DDP and YRG so I sent him Dr. Fred Bisci eating program and Arthur took to that eating style like duck to water. Arthur started at 5'9'' 297 lbs... the truth is Arthur was so inspired by what Smokey had done before him that he took his YRG workout to the next level. Arthur set a goal to eat exactly the way Dr. Fred says and do the YRG 50+ every morning... that's right every morning ... 7 days a week... the last two weeks he has actually done YRG 5 nights a week as well... What a YRG Warrior... Talk about inspiration combined with work ethic... As you will see from the pictures on my site Arthur has his limitations... but that's today... You see Arthur doesn't believe in excuses... his motto is "I WILL WALK AGAIN"... now that's strong... he told me today that over this last month he has fallen down so many times... but to quote DDP it is not how many times you fall down that counts it how many times you get up that matters... everyday Arthur gets back up and modifies his YRG 50+ and now the Fountain of Youth (yes he does them both now) ... he modifies the YRG workout where ever needed so that he can get that much closer to not having to use those damn canes anymore to help himself walk around... Arthur will make you believe there are NO EXCUSES...??? Arthur 5'9'' 297 lbs Arthur 5'9'' 297 lbs Arthur 5' 9'' 263 lbs If you want to see the way Arthur was walking around before YRG click and watch this clip... If you want to see how well he is doing after 6 weeks of YRG click this clip... I wanted you to see the beginning of the their journey with DDP and YRG because this is only the beginning. Hollywood note... went by to see co-star Reilly Smith and his band play last Friday night check pictures on site. Stay Strong... Do... Your YRG! Become Unstoppable... "Own Your Life!" D. Dallas Page

03.06.2007

Hey Cutters... It’s been a long time since my last mail so I’ll here’s some bullet points on what’s been happening in the world of DDP. But first I want to wish a fond Farewell to another one of the boys... Mike Awesome... Damn... Anybody that knew Mike knew he was like the kindest, nicest guy on the planet. I first met Mike, like Bam Bam, when he was a kid in Florida Championship Wrestling... He was long and lanky (considering how big he would eventually become) kid, green as grass and just wanting to learn how to wrestle... The next time I would see Mike was years later when he had his run in the real ECW... He was huge, powerful and strong... I would see pictures of him from time to time while he was learning his craft in Japan... Later he would come to the WCW and I would actually get to work with him which I must say was a treat... A treat in the way that whatever Mike would do to me, he would take the abuse... In other words, when that huge 6’4’’285 lb monster came off the top rope with that intense frog splash you NEVER felt a thing... He would somehow defy gravity... I know because I took that frog splash off the top rope 3 times in a row on night... It literally blew my mind that he didn’t hurt me... He really was one of the sweetest guys in the business and I was really sad to hear that he had taken his life... God bless you, my brother. On a more positive side, I just finished up three weeks of Master classes of my YRG workout at Equinox in Santa Monica, Cali. They were so successful that the head of that department at Equinox, Amy Dixon, has asked me if I would like a regular night. She actually offered me any night I want, which was very cool. So, of course, I took the best night, Mondays, starting in April... Equinox is a very cool place... they will let you in for the first couple of classes to see if you like the YRG workout, so please feel free to come by and check it out. You will also see that Equinox is one sweetest gyms in L.A. Details are at DiamondDallasPage.com site, just click the Appearance page. On Thursday night, Rob Zombie called Tim Sullivan (Driftwood director) to ask Tim if he and I wanted to come down to the set of Halloween which, of course, we did...  The set looked awesome... Very creepy... As Tim and I walked up on the set, this officer ran up to us and asked if he could help us... In other words ... What the hell can I do for you boys...  We told him we were here to see RZ... So some guy ran back and told Rob there were two HUGE guys out front here to see him... Rob came out, noticed us and started to laugh... He said I was hoping that you two were the two HUGE guys who were looking for me. As we were hanging out, RZ shared his vision for his version of this HalloWeen... all I can say is it’s very f---ing cool... But, then again, what would you expect from one of the coolest guys on the planet who also just happens to be a great writer and director. While I was on the set I also got to see one of my Devils Rejects buddies Tyler Mane. Tyler played Rufus who was in the shootout scene in the beginning of Rejects... Rufus was one of the brothers that got killed. That shootout scene to me is one of the best shoot’em up scenes ever ... Anyway, you may remember Tyler from X-MEN where he played Sabertooth and if you really know your wrestling you will remember him as Big Sky who partnered with Kevin Nash back in 1992... I find it amusing that both Tyler and I both tagged with Nash and were both in Rejects... You know I had to get a picture with Mr. Myers aka Tyler Mane doing the Diamond Cutter... Tim and I got great picture of Mr. Myers laid out with DDP on the cold cement with Sullivan over us to check our pulse in front of the Myers family dwelling ... Of course were both dead... But you’ll have to the site to see the rest of the pictures. Speaking of Tim and Driftwood, we have some great new clips and reviews of the front page of DiamondDallasPage.com one of the videos you can watch is from Toxic Shock Tv and YouTube video of Doing Hard Time at Driftwood... This YouTube video is one of the segments that will be on the behind the scenes part of the Driftwood DVD.. We also have a new review from LA’s the Place on Driftwood, as well... But the best news of all is that Driftwood will actually be get a small theatrical release in about 13 theaters around the country, then go to TV and then a big DVD release... which is really great because Driftwood was only supposed to be released as a direct to dvd movie that cost all of a million dollars to make and we shot in only 15 days... Driftwood is Indy movies at it’s best... I will keep you posted. Earlier in the week, I was invited to an Awards dinner for the one and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... This was a huge thrill for me since I grew up a B-baller... It was so cool to see the best big man of all time be awarded his lifetime achievement award... While there, I got a picture with an other legend James Worthy who of course was caught doing the Diamond Cutter with DDP... The last time I saw James I got a picture of him wearing the United States Title that I just happen to be holding at the time. Last wee,k the WWE was in town for their PPV called No Way Out... This is something some of you will find amusing... I talked to Dusty Rhodes earlier that week and he asked me to come by to see him... Now being that Dusty is my mentor and one of my closest friends, and the fact that I finally have a lot of really positive things going on out here in LA, I thought what the hell I would love to go by and see Dusty, Johnny Ace and Michael P.S. Hayes... So I get there around 4pm which is a little late because all the boys are already there since the show starts in an hour... I forgot I was on the west coast and the ppv startes at 5pm... I guess it had been a long time since I was at a ppv... Anyway, I get there and I can’t get in... I guess it really was a long time since I’ve been to a PPV... So... It’s late and I just can’t roll in with everyone else... I get to the ramp and a guy who never watched wrestling won’t let Diamond Dallas Page in... How funny is that? Ok, not funny at the time but it is funny now... So I make a few calls and finally said screw it and a spilt... Nice rib Dusty... About a 30 minutes later I get a call from Ace who says bro are you still outside... I’m like your kidding, right? Do I look like a mark? Of course I’m not outside... I’m almost home... Of course, Ace promised me that if wouldn’t happen again so I’ll let you know what happens next time... The bottom line is I never got to see the boys, but my little brothers Jimmy Yang and Shannon Moore showed the respect to come by my house the next night to see me... Would you let these guys in your house... HELL YEAH! There is a great story in WWE magazine about Jimmy Yang this month entitled DDP Changed My Life... You see back in 1996, my career was just starting to take off big time... So much so that kids were starting to dress up like their favorite wrestling characters for Halloween... That Halloween Jimmy Yang was maybe 16 and his buddies from high school came by my house dressed as DDP, Sting, Rey, Macho and Hogan... I remember Kim yelling to me from the front door... I was back in our bedroom watching TV... She yelled Page come here... You have to see this... When I got to the top of my stairs I saw 6 kids all dressed as wrestling characters one of which was DDP (Ryan) who had a blonde mullet, jeans and DDP t-shirt with his ribs taped... I popped big time and came down and took pictures with the boy... I actually put the pictures up on this very site... Jimmy would later tell me that it made him and his buddies legendary at school... Which, of course, I thought was pretty damn cool... Over the next two years, Jimmy and his crew ... The Diamond Cutter Crew as they would call themselves, would actually come by my house and help me put up and take down my Christmas lights... I guess back then they were always driving by my house I just didn’t know it at the time... I will never forget one day Jimmy said to me, "DDP, do you know why you are our favorite wrestler?" I said, "No, Jimmy, why?" He said "Because we can’t see through your sh*t." Which means they couldn’t see how I was not killing my opponent every time I hit him... I thought to myself ... Wow, that kid really gets it... Later it would be Kanyon who would help Jimmy get his break through me... I was amazed how Jimmy had followed the dream and I was more than a happy to lend him a helping hand... Shannon, on the other hand, I met in 1997. He was maybe 14 at the time and actually wrestling in professional matches... He couldn’t have been more than 130 lbs at the time ... I was actually amazed... He was with Matt and Jeff Hardy and, at the time, they were all just a couple of kids wrestling in little independent gigs for maybe 25 bucks a show... I’ve meet thousands of kids over the years but for some reason those kids stuck out to me... I didn’t know why at the time... today I do... I remember meeting Shannon and his crew at a Waffle House in NC... Just a bunch of good kids reaching for the stars... The thing I love the most about these young men is that none of them are what would be considered a man mountain... Not any of them were in any way a sure thing to ever get a shot in professional wrestling ... They were and are what most people would think to be to small to be a pro-wrestlers but on the contrary they are larger than life men with huge hearts and work ethic second to none ... They had a dream... they followed it... And when everyone said to them they were crazy, they were wasting there time... That it was impossible they believed they could and continue to push on so that they could live their dreams... Continuing that positive note, let me tell you I, Mr. Live Life at 90%, will be speaking... Yes, I will be doing an inspirational speaking gig at Piedmont Virginia Community College at the Woodrow Bolick Center at 12 noon on Wednesday the 14th of March about Living Life at 90%... So, if you have ever wanted to know why I constantly say to Live Life at 90% and Own Your Life come see me speak and trust me you’ll get it... There won’t be any cover charge... it’s a free function that PVCC is putting on for it’s students and members of the community... For information click here... I will be speaking for about an 45 minutes and then be doing a Q and A afterward so come on by and suck up all the positive energy you want ... Trust me there will be enough to go around... Stay Strong... Do... Your YRG! Become Unstoppable... "Own Your Life!" D. Dallas Page