03.06.2007 |
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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... 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
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007
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