Hey Guys,
Before I tell you about my trip to Booker T’s event and the
WWE Hall of Fame event--I gotta start off by telling you that the
long awaited brand new YRG Fitness System is finally here…check
it out at www.YRGFitness.com.
I have to tell you I couldn't be any happier with it and there is
still more to come. This is your first chance to get the NEW YRG Fitness System. If you have been doing YRG and like it then you
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movements and, of course, you can still make YRG your own.
You can modify the workout so you can ease into it or challenge yourself
right from the start! None of the people featured in the YRG DVDs
are professional fitness models; they are all people who changed
their lives with YRG. Many of the people in the DVDs are on the
website and in the infomercial. And yes, you will even see the
one and only Arthur in the DVDs doing the most challenging YRG
positions.
It's pretty amazing. With this program you really get everything
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monitor, which is the same heart monitor I have used for years.
The infomercial launches this weekend in a bunch of different markets
and on some cable networks as well. If you happen to catch the
infomercial let me know what you think. You can also see it on
the site.
Now about my
trip to Texas a few weeks ago…I went to see my
buddy Stone Cold get inducted into the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame and
it was way worth the trip. When I showed up to the hotel where all
the WWE superstars were staying, I immediately went up to Steve's
room to surprise him. His lovely lady Kristen let me in and when
he walked out of his bathroom he was truly surprised... Ha! I've
always felt you have to support your boys. I congratulated him and
told him I would hook up with him after the ceremony. Then I went
to check in and find my other buddy the Yoga-doc who had gotten in
the night before. I went to the Green Room to get my tickets and
room (Thank You NIC... you're the best) and ran into Cowboy Bill
Watts, one of the HOF inductees that night... Cowboy (who is the
dad of one my closest friends, Eric Watts) came up to me with a big
smile and shook my hand. While doing so he gave me some of the best
complements I have ever gotten. Bill was running WcW when I tore
my rotator cuff and was let go, so he saw DDP is the infancy... He
also got to see the journey as it developed week to week, year to
year after I returned to WcW... He said so many nice things it actually
choked me up a little... Basically he let me know that he really
enjoyed watching me defy the odds and that he admired my undying
perseverance ... He actually said I had some of the best work ethic
he's ever seen. And if you know Cowboys that's really saying something.
COWBOY BILL WATTS
AMERICAN DREAM AND MENTOR DUSTY RHOADES
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Next I ran into
Edge who I hadn't seen since I left the WWE back in 2002. I always
really
liked Edge and have really enjoyed his rise
to the top of our profession. He was genuinely happy to see me, as
was I to see him. After that I had sushi with my friends Jim and
Chris Click... You may remember the Clicks from when I went to do
my inspirational talk "Live Life at 90%" for his 15 car
dealerships last year. Then I came back to get ready for the HOF.
Yoga-doc and I took the buses over from the hotel to the arena. You
had to see this to believe it... These were the buses for the friends
and families of all the WWE. They had 7 HUGE black executive buses,
5 limo's and at least 15 cops giving us an escort to the arena to
beat the traffic. Yoga-doc looked at me at one point as we were driving
down the interstate and the cops were blocking off the intestate
and the exits... It was really surreal... Yoga-doc starting doing
the instrumental to The Empire Strikes Back... The funny part about
that was it really did feel like that... Ha! We entered the building
and were dropped off where all the wrestlers go in... It was a door
to door operation... The WWE does not do anything small... When we
got to the building all 500 of us got off the bus and headed in a
stream down the halls to get to our seats on the floor of the arena...
Along our path I started to see all my brothers from the Hall of
Famer's to the new young talent coming up... I talked with Roddy
Piper, Eric Watts and family, The Big Show who I got to take pictures
with were Eric’s kids, Noah and Sydney. It was really important
for Watts to have this shot since he has pictures of him with Andre
the Giant. Other guys who I got to see include Ric Flair, Christian,
Steve Regal, the Funks Dory and Terry, my mentor Dusty Rhoades and
his young buck son Cody Rhoades... if you've listened to my inspirational
audio book, Own your Life, you may have heard me talk about Cody...
I was very happy we got to spend quality time together. I've know
Cody since he was about 7 years old now. The buck is truly making
his own way and making his own name. I'm very proud of him.
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I didn't realize
how many people were there till I walked into the arena... The
fans were
going crazy (as only wrestling fans can).
Each WWE superstar emerged from the tunnel with there families...
I was actually surprised how many people started chanting DDP when
I came out... I really didn't think I was that recognizable in my
suit and being off tv for the last 7 years... Ha... I guess I was
wrong... I didn't know it at the time but as you walked closer to
the stage there was a cameraman videoing everyone for the 3 Giant
Big Screens. Not really thinking about it I put my Diamond Cutter
sign into the camera and gave a huge BANG and the arena exploded.
Yoga Doc said, “Man that was great Pop!” I said, “What
was that all about?” He said you were just up on the big screen
doing the Diamond Cutter and the fans popped. I started laughing
and kept walking.
Special moments
for me at the HOF ceremony were listening to Terry Funk, Cowboy
Bill Watts
and of course Steve Austin. The funny part
behind the scenes part was that Steve had all these notes of what
he wanted to say and in true Stone Cold Steve fashion he didn’t
even use his notes and shot from the hip as only he can. Towards
the end of his speech the fans were so loud chanting “One More
Match” that it was almost deafening. But he said there wouldn’t
be one. Wrestling will always be a part of his life but my boy has
moved on to his next field to conquer…the acting world. Steve
got a great break by getting a key part in the Sylvester Stallone
movie “The Expendables” that they are filming right now.
Look for Steve to really shine through in this movie. After the ceremony
Steve and I had a few beers together and signed some autographs as
fans came by. It was amazing how considerate the fans were.
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The night before
I was at Booker’s T’s Legends of Wrestling
Charity Event. His autograph session was all about raising money
for the community and giving back to the less fortunate kids. It
was really like a WcW reunion with guys like Nash, Sting, Nasty Boys,
Jake Roberts, Jimmy Hart and my ex, the Lovely Kimberly. And even
the new blood from TNA Christy Hemme and Samoa Joe were there. It
was great seeing all of these guys.
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I got to tell you that Kevin Nash showed up with his arm bandaged
up after having surgery less then 24 hours early. Just goes to show
what an unbelievable warrior and friend Kevin Nash really is.
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It is times like
this that the old ribbing (practical jokes) stories come out. My
favorite
one was when Jake reminded Nobbs about the
time he had an entire pizza in the sleeves of his jacket. Jake said “Remember
when Nobbs and Saggs were in the main event, their music hits and
Nobbs grabbed his jacket, put it on as he was coming through the
curtain headed to the ring and realized all this cheese and grease
were sliding down his arms. He can’t stop to wipe it off or
anything because his music was playing, the announcer was going and
they had to start the match.” So Nobbs looked at Jake with
a surprised pissed off look and said “I knew that was you”.
Jake said, “It wasn’t me, I was just bringing it up” (said
the spider to the fly). To watch these 2 go back and forth had me
and everyone else pissing in our pants with laughter.
The event was
a huge success and Booker and Sharmel raised over $60,000 for their
charity in
1 day. Sharmel and Booker really worked
their ass off on this one. The next day Booker picked me up and brought
me to the hotel were everyone was staying for Wrestlemania. We got
to spend some really good quality time which was great because I
hadn’t talked to Booker since I left Pro Wrestling. It was
an honor to be able help Booker with this charity event.
Remember to keep me posted on when you see the YRG infomercial on
TV. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Get
Healthy... Stay Strong... Be Unstoppable and Do your YRG or
else!
Live Life at 90%
DDP
I recently met with my architect in Atlanta to discus my YRG
Transformation Center and I have to say that I am jacked to get it up and rolling.
At this moment I don't know if I'm going to do it in LA or Atlanta.
It all depends on what shakes out with the YRG infomercial, but I
plan to make the decision on my birthday, which is April 5th... So
that's 5 months away. In the mean time, I throwing it out there to
the Universe, putting together the curriculum and business plan.
I will give you the details as they come together... Having all the
success I've had with my YRG Transformations, it's going to be great
to have a place to call home base. At some point down the line I'll
be looking to franchise... It's all about setting HUGE Goals and
then working your ass off to achieve them!
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