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12.20.2008

Hey Guys, This picture here is with me and my girls wishing you a very Merry Christmaskunanzika and a Healthy Happy New Year! A lot of you guys have been asking me how I got invited to the Red Carpet Premier of The Wrestler and also participate in the Roundtable discussion. I got a call from a buddy of mine, Scott Epstien, who said he was putting together a legends panel with Piper, The Hammer, Lex, Beefcake and asked me if I wanted to be a part of it. The funny part is I was trying to get an invite to the premier and now it is been handed to me along with being on the panel for The Wrestler with Fox Searchlight Pictures. Fox Searchlight has done pretty much every successful Indy movie you have seen so I knew it was going to be a first class act. The Red Carpet premier was at Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science in Los Angeles. I was supposed to meet Lex at the Red Carpet but his flight was delayed due to weather. While I was on the Red Carpet I got to meet Marisa Tomei, she is a sweetheart. When I got to the top of the stairs I ran into Beefcake and Valentine. I did not know this at the time but they had a lot to do with the behind the scenes research that went into The Wrestler. Brutus told me that he has known Mickey for years and was a close friend of his. Mickey spent a lot of time with him and Hammer in Florida getting the reel scoop on how it was back in the day…and they would know…J Brutus commented to me later the this movie is only the tip of the iceberg…we both laughed and in the same expression sighed…. Ahh wresting. Click for More Photos I also ran into Ernest "The Cat" Miller who plays the Ayatollah that ends up being the arch rival of Mickey Rourke's Randy "The Ram" Robinson. I gotta tell you, Ernest did a hell of a job in and out of the ring. On a side note, Ernest will be playing a George Foreman in an upcoming HBO movie. As you will see he has already put on a bit of weight for that part as well LOL. Before the movie started Darren Aronofsky got up in front of the audience and talked about the making of the movie. He introduced the leads of the cast and then told the story of one of the screenings that was the highlight of all of the screenings. It was one when Hot Rod Roddy Piper was there and Piper said something like I don't know where you did your research from, but this is a story that needs to be told. It was very emotional for Roddy. What he said was way more elaborate and impactful than that but you get the idea. He then ask Roddy to please stand up "take a bow if you will". The crowd was very gracious. He then individually introduced Hammer, Brutus, myself, Flair and Lex….who wasn't there yet because of the flight delay. We all got a warm response. BTW Lex's journey makes Randy "The Ram" Robinson's journey a walk in the park...more on that later. So what did I think about the movie…I thought Mickey Rourke was outstanding. He is truly one of the boys. I mean look at his checkered past. Take actor out and put wrestler anywhere along there. I actually went to a screening of the movie before I went to the premier because I wanted to go and hear the Q and A with Mickey. For starters, I was a huge Mickey Rourke fan coming into this. From the Pope of Greenwich Village, Diner, Angel Heart to 9 1/2 weeks…this guy was the man. Then he fell from the grace of Hollywood, which he talked about in the Q and A. He talked about how wild and crazy he was and how he blew every unbelievable opportunity laying at his feet. He talked about all those years of not being able to find work and how grateful he was to have the opportunity to get back to work….I love the fact that this guys second chance came in the role of playing a wrestler. Which by the way, going into this movie he had no respect for wrestling at all…his words, not mine. You have to understand Mickey was a Pro Boxer. A lot of people thought he was nuts when he quit acting and started boxing. The back story is the Mickey was a Pro Boxer before he was an Professional Actor. There is a segment of boxers, Ali, Frazier, Tyson who love wrestling. And there is another sector of boxers who look down on it. Mickey was one of the latter of the group. That is until he stepped into the ring his first time as a wrestler. Click for More Photos Once Mickey got into the ring he realized what everyone realizes.. you can't fake gravity. After hearing the detailed stories from Beefcake, Valentine and others he realized what we do in the ring is an athletic art form. At the Q& A he said he had so much respect for those of us who made our living in the squared circle. From what I could see he really got it in so many ways. And those of you who are the biggest wrestling critics will see it not only in his acting but in the ring. I was amazed by how good the wrestling is in this movie. There were no stunt double for Mickey Rourke. He did things that made me pop. They even came up with his own finish that I have never seen done before…the Ram Jam…see the movie to see this move. The coolest part was that Mickey really cared what the boys thought of his performance. The Wrestler, the movie, is a heart wrenching tale of Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Rourke could be a number of guys, dead or alive that continue to go to the squared circle for the smell of the popcorn and the roar of the crowd. The Director Darren Aronofsky gives the brawler of his movie exactly the no BS honesty that it needs. Having worked some of the independent scenes watching the locker room scenes was a trip for me. I have to throw a flag though on the one scene with the Locker room steroids....that would never have happened. I am not saying it didn't happen but it would never have happened like that. But overall Aronofsky did a phenomenal job with this movie. Marisa Tomei plays an aging stripper, who by the way was smoking hot in this movie was dead on…I have always seen strippers a lot like wrestlers…once you get a taste of the money you can make in it, it is hard to walk away from it. That is one of the reasons why you see so many guys stay in the business for so many years….where can you go and make grand a night in the real world? You can't. Overall, the way I see it, Aronofsky legitimizes what we do not just as an art form but as a sport... showing the blood, the sweat and the tears. Click for More Photos After the movie I walked up to Mickey and waited as one fan after another came up and congratulated him. He was very gracious and made everyone feel important. When he finally finished he turned to me and I introduced myself and he said "I know exactly who your are, what'd you think?" My response was "I thought you nailed it bro" … and he gave me a big hug. We talked for a bit about the movie and the round table Q and A that I attended. We took some pictures of my signal for the Diamond Cutter and his signal for the Ram Jam. As I walked away from Mickey I caught Lex out of the corner of my eye. I snuck up behind him and gave him a huge hug. It's phenomenal to see Lex up and walking again. Of course he's taking baby steps with his cane but he's taking steps when all the odds where stacked against him that he'd never walk again. I'm going to get into detail on Lex in my next email but for now if you want to know where he's at read this article, it's very powerful. Click for More Photos The next day I went to Fox Studios to meet the boys for a roundtable discussion that was hosted by sports anchor Damon Andrews. Damon was a total pro and asked each of us individual questions so he kept the conversation going so that no-one stepped on each other. Beefcake, Hammer, Piper, Lex.. each one was powerful with their presence and what they had to say. This is an interview you don't want to miss. It was a very professional three camera shoot and will be seen on Fox Searchlight "The Wrestler" website (www.foxsearchlight.com/thewrestler)… I will let you know about it once it's up there.. It's definitely worth the watch! For now you may want to go to the site and check it out. It'll let you know when The Wrestler is coming to your town, or close to your town. It also has some great interviews and footage on it. In closing, we have had such a great response to the Holiday Pricing for the YRG Workout that we are going to keep the site up through the holidays and hold off on redoing the site for now. We just added another special, if you buy any 2 DVD sets you get Free Priority shipping (they tell me that means it gets to you in 2-3 days.) You can see the store at www.YRGWorkout.com Happy Holiday, Stay Strong and Be Unstoppable BANG! – DDP www.DiamondDallasPage.com YRG 4 Life!

12.06.2008

Hey Guys In my last email , I talked about the movie "The Wrestler". I also talked about how I did a round table with Lex, Piper, Beefcake and Hammer for the DVD . Well , if you wanna actually see the that round table discussion, just go to the bottom of this email and click on the link . Also, if you haven't heard , Micky Rourke won the Best Actor Golden Globe last week for his killer performance. The film opens nationally this Friday on January 23rd so check it out. I would love to hear what you guys think about it. Click here to watch the round table discussion about The Wrestler Ya know I'm often asked who inspires me, DDP, the guy who Lives Life at 90% . Well I would have to say Arthur Boorman would have to be at the top of that list.. Watching Arthur accomplishments over this last year and a half is pretty damn Powerful. The next person on my list would be Lex Luger. The people who inspire me are the people who lead by example. 14 months ago Lex was a quadriplegic. The only part of his body he could move from his neck down was his right pinky. While everyone around him was in a panic, Lex remained calm . His faith in a God is unshakable, and I believe it is the main reason he was strong that fateful day and continues to get stronger as the days go by. It's that inner strength he has that inspires me. He doesn't just talk the talk.. Lex Walks the Talk. Over the last 14 months , Lex and I have become closer than we we've ever been.. But it wasn't always like that. As a matter of fact , I think its safe to say that Lex thought I was a bit of a joke when I first got in to the WCW back 1990 , but to be honest he wasn't alone:) It actually took me years to earn enough of Lex Luger's respect before he would ask me to even ride on the road with him. Click for More Photos Today , Lex Luger is one of one the most Amazing individuals I have the pleasure of spending quality time with.. He is a total inspiration to everyone around him.. To really appreciate that statement you have to know the old Lex.. Back the day Lex had it all. He was a Main Event guy from the day he started in our business. As a matter of fact, he was the first wrestler to ever get a multi year million dollar guaranteed contact. Toward the end of his career , he had the multi million dollar home on the 18th hole on one of Atlanta most prestigious country clubs. He was the first to have the tricked -out base -banging Suv and a slant - nose Porche , which was also tricked out to the max. He had real money in the bank, he owned plenty of real estate , and 2 state of the art gyms (Main Event Fitness). He had a beautiful wife and two great kids who he loved , and who he always made time for no matter how busy he was. He also had the best body in professional wrestling. I called him the Cyborg - It was like he wasn't even from our planet. Lex Luger truly was the "Total Package". He had it all and he knew it. To say he was a bit of prima donna would be an understatement. The WWE didn't give him the gimmick "The Narcissist " by accident. He worked hard and played harder which is really saying something. I could never understand how Lex could come off a 14 day road trip, wrestling all over the country, party just about every night, and still make his 6 am flight home. He'd head right to the Main Event gym, workout like a mad man.. Example... I once spotted him doing squats and I'm talking full squats where your butt hits the floor. He had 405 pounds on the bar and I never ever needed to spot him till he got to his last rep which was # 25... Ye s , I said 25 reps with 405 pound on the bar ! . That's one of the reasons I called him the Cyborg. After a workout like , that he would play 18 holes of golf and then catch hi s son ' s basketball practice and his little girl 's dance recital. At the time I had no idea how he did it. But that was then and this is now. Today- It's as if God has stripped Lex of everything , including his perfect body , to rebuild Lex from the inside out. And by the way those are Lex's own words , not mine. Click for More Photos Today's Lex's life is much simpler and grounded but he's still as busy as ever. In my follow up email, my buddy Marlon will be doing an interview with Lex about where he is in his life today. I promise you it will be an interview you will not want to miss. The last time I saw Lex was a week ago and we did what I am calling the embryonic stages of YRG. It's the third time we did YRG together, and it was mind blowing to me how much he improved from one session to the next. I remember Lex asking , "So what are we going to do , Dallie ?", and I just smiled and said , "To tell you truth , Lex , I don't know because I don't know what you can or can't do. Let's just play and see where we end up. " A friend of ours , Steve Yu , filmed the entire workout to track Lex's progress. I put a few shots up on the site. Talk about inspiration. After hanging with Lex in Atlanta , I headed to Oklahoma City to speak to some of the troops for the second time in 2 weeks that were coming back home after 15 months from Iraq . This is the second time I made this trip to Oklahoma City in the past 2 week. I spoke to the troops about Living Life at 90%. . Both of these speaking engagements were set up by the Army as retreats for the soldiers and their families to help them reconnect with a positive attitude . The response from the first talk was so positive that they brought me back this Saturday to talk to about 30 of the single soldiers . After I finished my talk , I do a Q&A and then took them all through a YRG workout. I've got some of the pictures up on the site. Click for More Photos By the way here's something out of the vault by buddy Eric Pankowski sent me... You wanna laugh... Check it out - Back about 10 years ago I did this bit with the cartoon network. Check it out. http://www.ffwd.com/videos/228425 You may get a kick out of it... Lastly- This is your absolute last chance to get your first edition YRG dvds at www.YRGworkout.com . The present YRG site will be "closed for remodeling" in the next couple of weeks but we will be relaunching in March with the all new YRG Fitness System. I made all the new YRG workouts different so that you could interchange them with the originals ones. The Wrestler (official site) As Usual , it's been your pleasure as well as mine. Happy New Year! Now Get Healthy... Stay Strong... Be Unstoppable! and Do your YRG or else! DDP

12.06.2008

Hey Guys In my last email , I talked about the movie "The Wrestler". I also talked about how I did a round table with Lex, Piper, Beefcake and Hammer for the DVD . Well , if you wanna actually see the that round table discussion, just go to the bottom of this email and click on the link . Also, if you haven't heard , Micky Rourke won the Best Actor Golden Globe last week for his killer performance. The film opens nationally this Friday on January 23rd so check it out. I would love to hear what you guys think about it. Click here to watch the round table discussion about The Wrestler Ya know I'm often asked who inspires me, DDP, the guy who Lives Life at 90% . Well I would have to say Arthur Boorman would have to be at the top of that list.. Watching Arthur accomplishments over this last year and a half is pretty damn Powerful. The next person on my list would be Lex Luger. The people who inspire me are the people who lead by example. 14 months ago Lex was a quadriplegic. The only part of his body he could move from his neck down was his right pinky. While everyone around him was in a panic, Lex remained calm . His faith in a God is unshakable, and I believe it is the main reason he was strong that fateful day and continues to get stronger as the days go by. It's that inner strength he has that inspires me. He doesn't just talk the talk.. Lex Walks the Talk. Over the last 14 months , Lex and I have become closer than we we've ever been.. But it wasn't always like that. As a matter of fact , I think its safe to say that Lex thought I was a bit of a joke when I first got in to the WCW back 1990 , but to be honest he wasn't alone:) It actually took me years to earn enough of Lex Luger's respect before he would ask me to even ride on the road with him. Click for More Photos Today , Lex Luger is one of one the most Amazing individuals I have the pleasure of spending quality time with.. He is a total inspiration to everyone around him.. To really appreciate that statement you have to know the old Lex.. Back the day Lex had it all. He was a Main Event guy from the day he started in our business. As a matter of fact, he was the first wrestler to ever get a multi year million dollar guaranteed contact. Toward the end of his career , he had the multi million dollar home on the 18th hole on one of Atlanta most prestigious country clubs. He was the first to have the tricked -out base -banging Suv and a slant - nose Porche , which was also tricked out to the max. He had real money in the bank, he owned plenty of real estate , and 2 state of the art gyms (Main Event Fitness). He had a beautiful wife and two great kids who he loved , and who he always made time for no matter how busy he was. He also had the best body in professional wrestling. I called him the Cyborg - It was like he wasn't even from our planet. Lex Luger truly was the "Total Package". He had it all and he knew it. To say he was a bit of prima donna would be an understatement. The WWE didn't give him the gimmick "The Narcissist " by accident. He worked hard and played harder which is really saying something. I could never understand how Lex could come off a 14 day road trip, wrestling all over the country, party just about every night, and still make his 6 am flight home. He'd head right to the Main Event gym, workout like a mad man.. Example... I once spotted him doing squats and I'm talking full squats where your butt hits the floor. He had 405 pounds on the bar and I never ever needed to spot him till he got to his last rep which was # 25... Ye s , I said 25 reps with 405 pound on the bar ! . That's one of the reasons I called him the Cyborg. After a workout like , that he would play 18 holes of golf and then catch hi s son ' s basketball practice and his little girl 's dance recital. At the time I had no idea how he did it. But that was then and this is now. Today- It's as if God has stripped Lex of everything , including his perfect body , to rebuild Lex from the inside out. And by the way those are Lex's own words , not mine. Click for More Photos Today's Lex's life is much simpler and grounded but he's still as busy as ever. In my follow up email, my buddy Marlon will be doing an interview with Lex about where he is in his life today. I promise you it will be an interview you will not want to miss. The last time I saw Lex was a week ago and we did what I am calling the embryonic stages of YRG. It's the third time we did YRG together, and it was mind blowing to me how much he improved from one session to the next. I remember Lex asking , "So what are we going to do , Dallie ?", and I just smiled and said , "To tell you truth , Lex , I don't know because I don't know what you can or can't do. Let's just play and see where we end up. " A friend of ours , Steve Yu , filmed the entire workout to track Lex's progress. I put a few shots up on the site. Talk about inspiration. After hanging with Lex in Atlanta , I headed to Oklahoma City to speak to some of the troops for the second time in 2 weeks that were coming back home after 15 months from Iraq . This is the second time I made this trip to Oklahoma City in the past 2 week. I spoke to the troops about Living Life at 90%. . Both of these speaking engagements were set up by the Army as retreats for the soldiers and their families to help them reconnect with a positive attitude . The response from the first talk was so positive that they brought me back this Saturday to talk to about 30 of the single soldiers . After I finished my talk , I do a Q&A and then took them all through a YRG workout. I've got some of the pictures up on the site. Click for More Photos By the way here's something out of the vault by buddy Eric Pankowski sent me... You wanna laugh... Check it out - Back about 10 years ago I did this bit with the cartoon network. Check it out. http://www.ffwd.com/videos/228425 You may get a kick out of it... Lastly- This is your absolute last chance to get your first edition YRG dvds at www.YRGworkout.com . The present YRG site will be "closed for remodeling" in the next couple of weeks but we will be relaunching in March with the all new YRG Fitness System. I made all the new YRG workouts different so that you could interchange them with the originals ones. The Wrestler (official site) As Usual , it's been your pleasure as well as mine. Happy New Year! Now Get Healthy... Stay Strong... Be Unstoppable! and Do your YRG or else! DDP

11.06.2008

Hey Guys, So you might be wondering what have I been up to for the last month so… Well, for starters Angie and I are just flying home from Halloween party in Phoenix that buddies the Weisman Brother's Rob, Randy and Joey invited us to. It was a fun party and got to hang my man Ken Foree who you might remember from Devils Rejects. We stayed at a place I recommend called the Feista Resort Inn which was totally relaxing, the people were incredibly friendly and they have Great beds. In other news we finally finished filming testimonies, workouts, photo sessions and footage for the new "YRG Fitness System" infomercial. Which is the new name of our program because it's not just a workout any more it's a lifestyle that has taken took months... No wait make that Years to prepare and I've got to tell you it is all looking totally Awesome. I am so proud of way the whole thing is coming together. Our target date is to test our YRG infomercial around the middle of January... Nina Resnikoff who is our Ex Producer who is know as the "Infomercial Queen" says our only problem is we have so many great testimonies she having trouble figuring out who's going to be in the 30 minute show... If you going to have a problem this is the one I want to have:) I want to thank my partners and Producers Jim Paratori and my main man Eric Pankowski for believing in my vision and making my dream a reality... it just proves if you are really passionate about something... believe in yourself... work your ass off and continue to move forward no matter how many times you fall down or doubt yourself... Anything possible... Here is a great article that came out in the Baltimore Sun about Arthur, YRG and DDP…check it out here and you feel like sending to someone who you think needs to be inspired ... please send it on... http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-to.hs.yoga22sep22,0,3338084.story?page=1 A few weeks back I took my buddies Alan Ludloff and Eric Watts to Knoxville to watch the Tenn Vols beat Mississippi State 34-3. Tennessee Vols strength and conditioning coach Johnny Long has the entire football team doing YRG as part of their practice routine. From what I understand the lady Vols basketball team and volleyballs teams are doing it as well. The picture below is with Watts and Long... we are standing inside the Vols indoor practice field... it must have 60 foot ceilings for kick offs and punts... I popped when Johnny told me that he brings out a projector and speakers and put YRG and DDP on one of the huge walls so the whole team can do YRG right there on the astroturf ... Johnny says he's going to be bringing me in train the guys after the season is over... I expect to give them my talk about "Living Life at 90%"' and then take it right into a kickass Vols workout because you know these players always bring there A Game... which is a good thing because their going to need it... Ha! I'm really looking forward to it. After a tour of the facility... Johnny's wife Misty who is a total sweetheart showed us how to tailgate Vols style. These Guys and Gals can Party... Then Misty hooked us up with sideline passes and one of the coaches even pulled us into the locker room to hear the pre-game speech given by Coach Fulmer. You could really see the players and ass. coaches love Coach Fulmer... I just this minute heard they fired coach Fulmer and I had to add on this to the email I was just getting ready to send out... That is so F'd up to me... Coach Fulmer is a legend... this is a guy went to Tenn and played football for them and was even the captain of the team... He went on to be an assistant coach until he was name the head coach 15 years ago... talk about paying your dues... As head coach... Fulmer record was 150-50... in the SEC... he had one losing season and the SEC the toughest devision in college football... it's a damn shame... I know Johnny and players think the world of the coach and I wish them all the best over these turbulent times... I left Knoxville and headed straight to Tampa Bay. Smokey picked me up at the airport and took me to the hotel where we met buddies Johnny G and Joe Gomez who I consider “the Mayor of Tampa” because of all of his connections. Derrick Brooks hooked us up with sideline passes and 50 yard line seats in the front row. The view doesn't get any better than this... I took this shot from our seat... notice there are no heads in from of us. Tampa defense is tremendous this year and only gave up a TD in the last 2 minutes when the game was already decided. Tampa beat the Seahawks 20-10. The energy was electric considering the Tampa Bay Rays were playing the Red Sox in game 7 in the same city. The place went crazy when they saw the Rays take the lead. After the football game was over they showed the baseball game on the big screen so about 10,000 people who stayed and watched the Rays beat the Red Sox to get to the World Series. So I get back to my Tampa hotel room it was 1:00 am. With the Rays win in game 7 the town was alive and I could have been up all night. But I had to get up at 6:00 am and head to Brooks-Debartolo Collegiate high school with D Brooks. Besides being a 10 time All–Pro linebacker D Brooks is a huge advocate and supporter of education. DB started this own charter high school for kids who wanted to get the best education they can get. These kids actually have to apply to come to this school. I gave an inspirational talk and asked “Who here was going to College”…every kid raised their hand. I've asked that question over years at every school I have talked at and I got to tell you I never saw that kind of response before... After speaking to the kids I took them through a short YRG Workout with D Brooks out there doing it with us. D Brooks does the full YRG workout once a week during the season and in the offseason he does it YRG times a week. DB credits YRG with being one of the key reason he has been able to stay at the top of his game at 35 years Young. Students came up to me afterwards and said they wanted to start a YRG club at the school. Principal Dr. Phildra Swagger emailed me the other day supporting the idea as part of their fitness programs. See more about the school at www.bdchs.org/ After the school event that I went to Steve Kern’s Florida Championship Wrestling which is a Farm league for WWE. I went there to see my mentor Dusty Rhodes and Steve who run FCW. Something cool they are doing now is training seminars. Where anybody with the dream of being a wrestler can come and try out... Guys and Gals who go to these one week seminars have the opportunity to learn from the very best. Steve in the Ring and I can’t imagine someone better to teach microphone skills then the The Dream Dusty Rhoade. To top it off the day I was there these guys and gals got to hear from John Cena and Sgt. Slaughter. The trainers down there are some of the best hands in the business…Tommy Pritchard, Billy Kidman, Norman Smiley. Expect some great new talent to come up to WWE from FCW. So what else…There was so much preparation to create all the new YRG Fitness System…. it was even more than I could ever imagine. We are going to have 9 new YRG workout dvds that take YRG and you to the next level. So if you bought the first ones you will be ready to move forward and will love the next generation of YRG. It is a completely different workout with the same basic principles. We shot for 4 grueling days in a row but I lovedit… I was actually watching a dream manifest right before my very eyes. After 4 twelve hour days, not counting travel, the last day of shooting I finished up just in time to get home, pack and take a red eye to Philly. I was going to a wrestling show called Signamania. There are some great pictures on the site. I can never sleep on a planes so when I got to the hotel I totally passed out for all of 3 hours and then my buddy Robbie Kanoff (the Toy King) picked me up and took me to breakfast before the show. Robbie is the man responsible for the first DDP action figure ever... back when no one thought DDP was going to be anything. By the time this action figure came out it was 1997 and DDP and the Diamond Cutter was on top of the world... Thanks bro... I got to the show and the first person I saw when I walked though the door was man I was hoping to talk to…the Nature Boy Ric Flair. There has been a lot said about the heat between Flair and I over the years and I wanted to address it. I walked up to him and said “Ric, you mind if I talk to you for a second?” Of course he obliged, we walked over to a corner and I said “Ric we both know there has been some heat between us over the years” and before I can say another word, he said “Dallas, I’m alright with everything. None of that matters” I said “Ric it matters to me... because you were someone I admired growing up. Before I got into wrestling... like everyone else I loved the Nature Boy and I want to make sure we have don't have any more heat... whatever has been said, I like to let it all go and just start over” he said “ consider it done... there is no heat between us” We shook hands and of course I had to pull him in for a big hug... Ha! Then who walks in right at that very moment…Piper... Classic... Piper and Flair’s relationship is legendary over the year and Roddy and I have always been cool as well. Hot Rod came up to me and said “Dallas, thank you so much for sending me all the YRG Workouts”' ... Then Terry runnels showed up and we got some classic pictures with Terry me Piper and Flair. Very Cool... If you go to the site... there are 4 pictures in a row of us together and Piper says something to me that was pretty funny and someone from the crowd said a comment to what Piper said and we all busted out laughing... I wish I could remember what he said... The signing went great, one of my favorite parts was sitting next to Sgt. Slaughter he's such a class act ... Actually Sarg was on the first radio interview I ever did before I was even in the AWA as DDP… DDP was only a figment of my imagination at that time. Another unexpected special moment at the show was a little girl who could not have been more than 7 years old came up to me and threw her arms open and said “I Love You DDP”…I am thinking there is no way this little girl could have ever seen me wrestle. Then her Dad holds up the “Ready to Rumble” dvd movie and tells me she has watched it over 100 times. Her eyes light up and she says “Give me a Big Hug!” Here's a review from the show. Wrestlingfigs.com had a good write up on the show…here is what they said about it: DDP: May have stolen the show, even from RODDY!!! He was the last wrestler to be there. Signing for every fan and wouldn't leave until every fan got a photo and autograph. What a great guy. He seemed really thrilled to be there and enjoyed himself. The BigKing and I told him how we always liked him and asked him for a quick photo of him holding The BigKing's US title, while all three of us did the "Positivley Page" faces and Diamond Cutter. Interesting note-One of the big sellers of the show for us was indeed Page, but the BigKing couldn't get an autograph ticket in time, which kinda upset him. So after we get our photo, Page also looked at The BigKing's US Title and said "Do you want me to sign it?" He responded by telling Mr. Page he didn't order a autograph ticket. DDP then pulled out a pen and said "Who the ::blank:: cares?" and proceeded to sign it, leaving a great impression on both us. DDP is truley a "Diamond" worthy guest! I don't know about stealing any show from Hot Rod but it was a good time... I left the Philly show and headed across the state line to my home state of Jersey, where I was booked at an indy wrestling show signing autographs and hitting a few Diamond Cutters before leaving the building with 3 of my closest friends. I have been best friends with this trio since I was about 7 years old Kenny Jimbo and Kevin. I partied with my Jersey brothers until 5 in the morning... that was a tough morning or mid morning or whatever time it was when I woke up... after breakfast I hoped in a plane and headed back to Los Angeles, unpacked, packed and next day headed out to Cabo, Mexico with Angella for 8 days... a long over due vacation... the kind of vacation where I don't go or do anything but eat, drink, read and surf... it was beautiful... the resort was called Me Cabo... the place is sweet check out the pictures on the site... you may want to check it out in person... Another cool thing to happen to me last month was my sister Sally and my brother in law Paulie came out to spend a long weekend with me and Angie in the land of LA... the best part besides spending quality time with two of my favorite people on the planet was they came while we were filming a part of the YRG infomercial at a College gym... It's a really cool part of the infomercial where I take a 100 people through the YRG workout... it came out great and having Sally and Paulie it made it that much sweeter. A lot of you have written me know to let me know that you've seen saw me on the tube a lot lately…the AWA Classics on ESPN 2, Ready to Rumble is being played a lot and another movie is being played now on Showtime called Splinter…if you like CSI type shows then you will dig this movie. You can also see me in 2 Yoga movies coming out. One is Yoga: Enlighten Up ... here is the trailer ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQw0-IlJiY The other is Y Yoga movie. Here is the trailer and link... You can buy this one on line right now if you want... I have quite a few scenes in this movie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cezCLT60Bs And that's finally it... As always it's been your pleasure ... as well as mine... Get Healthy... Stay Strong... Be Unstoppable and Do your YRG or else! DDP www.DiamondDallasPage.com YRG 4 Life! 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