#DDP and Kimberly Page

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Love, Pro Wrestling Style

Brian Damage If my wrestling storyline senses are accurate, it looks like there is going to be an eventual split between Rusev and the ‘Ravishing Russian’ Lana. Lana is receiving loud reactions and chants and she is starting to acknowledge them. Not really a big deal on the surface…but a deeper look into the history of love and pro wrestling might tell a different story. Especially for those…

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diamond dallas page and kimberly page

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WRESTLING ALL STARS: Heroes and Villains : JUNE 1996

A LOOK AT THE LADIES! Female Managers are the New Trend in the Sport.

By George Napolitano

[Woman is rumored to be returning to WCW as we go to press. That would put her right smack in the way of Miss Elizabeth.

Will Miss Elizabeth’s surprise return establish her as the First lady of Professional Wrestling?]

Have you noticed how many female managers there are these days? It’s absolutely mind boggling. What was once a profession dominated by men has now been overrun by women! 

Heading the list in Sensuous Sherri. Sherri has been managing much longer than her counterparts, and in her illustrious career Sherri has guided quite a few men to super-stardom! Sherri began her managerial career in the AWA, and men under her influence have won titles in the AWA, WWF and WCW. Sherri was the first person to notice that Shawn Michaels had what it takes to be a champion. And even though her “Boy Toy” didn’t win a title while under her guidance, Michaels credits Sherri with instilling in him the moves, style and attitude that have catapulted him to the top. 

Goldust, the bizarre character who is the new WWFIntercontinental champion, didn’t get to be the champion on his “gay” mannerisms and good looks. The Director, Marlene, had quite a bit to do with directing the bizarre Goldust to the #1 position. It’s believed that Marlene orchestrated Goldust’s entire look and persona, even going as far as directing Goldust’s intimidating “Crush” on Razor Ramon. Now that Goldust has the IC title his Director must be given due for orchestrating the entire thing. 

[Sunny’s gym attire drives males nuts. Whenever she keeps the opponents from concentrating, she helps the Body Donnas: Skip & Zip]

The person emulated by many of the new breed of women managers is the sexy, alluring, beauty known as Woman. Woman has been around for quite a few years. Before maturing, she was known as the Fallen Angel. She was brought into the sport in the mid eighties by Kevin Sullivan. Later, she became known simply as Woman, and she was instrumental in taking Doom to the top. After her success with Doom, Woman gained notoriety as Ric Flair’s manager, and this arrangement lasted a couple of years. After a short time in retirement, Woman returned to the scene and she immediately helped the Sandman win the ECW heavyweight title. Although she is still with the Sandman, there is a strong possibility that Woman could soon be Macho Man’s new lady. 

[Bad Girl: Miss Alexandra is a real hell-cat who is part of Damian Kane’s Bad Crew.]

No one can deny that Sunny of the Body Donnas is the driving force behind her team’s success. Although the Body Donnas have yet to win a title, Sunny has created quite a bit of excitement in the WWF. RIght now Sunny wants to help her team to the WWF tag team title, but if Skip and Zip are unsuccessful in their title quest, look for Sunny to dump them and hook up with someone who will produce a championship. 

Kimberly, the Diamond Doll, began her career as Diamond Dallas Page’s main squeeze but after a falling out with DDP, Kimberly wound up in the corner of his arch-rival, Johnny B.Badd. If Page ever changes his evil ways, KImberly could be back in his corner. 

[Freaky Francine loves leather, as does the tag team she manages, the Pit Bulls.]

Beulah and Francine from ECW are two of the new breed of women managers. Both are young, beautiful and daring. Each has a tag-team title to their credit. Beulah with Raven and Richards and Francine with the Pit Bulls. Both of these ladies would think nothing of jumping in the ring and lending their men a helping hand. Using this approach, however, both Francines and Beulah have suffered broken bones and bruises, but this hasn’t stopped them in the least from helping their men. 

[The lovely Miss Patricia has taken the Warlord and Rick Martel to championships. Can she do the same for The Border Patrol.]

The “Brooklyn Babe” Miss Patricia is another relative newcomer to the managerial ranks. Although PAtricia hasn’t been around that long, she still has two championships to her credit. The Babe was in the corner when the Warlord won the USA heavyweight title, and she was also in Ric Martel’s corner when he won the USA belt. Presently, Miss Patricia is doing her thing in the USWA where she is managing the Border Patrol. 

[Sherri was the first person to notice that Shawn Michaels had what it takes to be a champion.]

Bad Girl: Miss Alexandra is part of Damian Kane’s Bad Crew. She’s a real hell-cat who’s been known to do anything imaginable to assume that her Crew comes out on top. With Bad Crew now a part of ECW you can bet that it won’t be long before Miss Alexandra gets the recognition that she craves.

Destiny is another in the long line of beautiful and daring female managers. Destiny has been guiding the career of Damien Storm in the NWA and she is also Jerry Lawler’s female attendant whenever he wrestles in New Jersey for the NWA. 

Last, but certainly not least, is the latest addition to the managerial ranks, the lovely Elizabeth. On January 24, after more than five years away from the wrestling scene, Elizabeth returned to the sport at the Clash Of the Champions in Las Vegas, Nevada. Elizabeth was at ringside to manage her former team “The Mega-Powers”: Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage in their battle against Ric Flair and the Giant. 

[Sister Sherri (left) had her wedding to Colonel Park disrupted by the colonel’s “cupcake-on-the-side”: Madusa!]

In the early eighties Elizabeth was all the rage! She was instrumental in helping “Macho Man” Randy Savage become the star that he is today. The two eventually married in center ring at Madison Square Garden during a Summer Slam card, but their story book romance eventually crumbled. Afterwards, Liz left the sport, while Randy continued on to even greater heights. 

Elizabeth’s appearance at the Clash caught the wrestling world completely off guard. Although it had been rumored for months that Elizabeth was going to return, no one really believed that it would ever come to pass. Now that Elizabethe has climbed back into the ring, everyone is wondering if that was only a one-time thing or a sign of things to come. 

From this it is obvious that the female managers are giving their male counterparts a run for the money. With the success that these female managers have enjoyed we should be seeing even more join the ranks in the coming months.

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this outfit is so cute wtf!! its like the madoka magica pink girl dress but i’m kinda obsessed with the shoes

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DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE AND KIMBERLY enter the Superbrawl Arena on Nintendo 64′s nWo/WCW Revenge.

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WCW Halloween Havoc 1999

Date: October 24, 1999.

Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Attendance: 8,464. 

Commentary: Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. 

Results:

1. WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match: Disco Inferno (champion) defeated Lash LeRoux. 

2. Street Fight for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship: Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The First Family (Hugh Morrus and Brian Knobbs) (with Jimmy Hart) and The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Konnan) to win the titles. 

3. Eddie Guerrero defeated Perry Saturn via disqualification. 

4. Brad Armstrong defeated Berlyn (with The Wall). 

5. WCW World TV Championship Match: Rick Steiner (champion) defeated Chris Benoit. 

6. Lex Luger (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Bret Hart. 

7. WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sting (champion) defeated Hulk Hogan. 

8. WCW United States Championship Match: Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious (champion) via TKO to win the title. 

9. Strap Match: Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly) defeated Ric Flair. 

10. WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match: Goldberg defeated Sting (champion) to win the title. 

My Review

WCW was rapidly spinning out of control by the time of Halloween Havoc 1999, but a new beginning seemed to be on the horizon. Vince Russo, the man who spearheaded the Attitude Era in the WWF, joined the writing team right before the show, with hopes he’d add a spark to a product that’d become convoluted and stale. Russo certainly did bring a spark; the only problem is that he wound up burning down the whole house with it. Halloween Havoc 1999 may have only just been the start of this new era, but it’s got Russo’s fingerprints all over it and, holy shit, does it go off the rails in a hurry.

In a way, Halloween Havoc and Russo’s swerve-laden booking seem like the perfect match. If there’s one event where he could go balls to the wall with crash TV and gimmickry, it’s gotta be Havoc, and heavens knows the depths of absurdism WCW reached at the event in the years before Russo anyway. Unfortunately, the ‘99 Havoc features one of Russo’s worst booking caveats⏤the worked shoot. This would happen several times throughout his tenure in WCW, each more embarrassing than the last, but his obsession with “going off the script” starts here.

The show starts conventionally enough, but it takes a hard left turn into near indescribable chaos. Midway through, we have a match between Hulk Hogan and Sting, a main event match that’s bound to draw no matter how many times it happens. But, alas, there’s a twist: Hogan “lies” down for Sting and the match ends in 3 seconds. It’s then given zero explanation or follow-up for the rest of the show, leaving the audience confused and downright angry. Even when you look past they just pissed away a match people were paying money to see, it feels like a desperate attempt to create controversy just to pop some interest in the next night’s Nitro. I don’t think Hogan “lying down” was ever explained on WCW TV though, which just makes the whole thing worse.

If that weren’t enough, the commentators and performers are constantly bringing up “the writers from up North” and the “powers that be.” It’s deliberately meant to be a wink at the audience, who are likely rolling their eyes so hard that you can practically hear it. It’s all just a way of saying “Get it? This is a bunch of fake shit. You’re watching a bunch of fakers. But this right here? This is real.” The reality is that it’s actually just embarrassing, not that Russo ever caught on. There’s still plenty of other swerves throughout the night, including a surprise Sting vs. Goldberg main event. The crowd in Las Vegas seems to dig it, at least. Too bad it’s practically impossible to connect the dots on how we even got the damn match in the first place!

Halloween Havoc 1999 is exactly the kind of madness you can expect from WCW’s annual schlockfest, but it’s even more confounding and inexplicable this time out. I guess the nicest thing I can say is that the show certainly isn’t boring. The bad part is that the fun often gives way to frustration, filling this Halloween Havoc up with more tricks than treats.

My Random Notes 

On WCW Nitro for Men Cologne: Okay, I’m completely befuddled by this. I can’t imagine a grown ass adult actually purchasing it, let alone a 14-year-old. Beyond that, they have a segment on this show where Medusa and Bobby Heenan basically tell us it’s shit?

Lash LeRoux, in his ongoing quest to carve out an identity for himself, wears a dreadful Lash Vegas shirt to the ring. I’d like to think he immediately discarded it after this show and never wore it again.

Buff Bagwell takes one of the worst guitar shots I’ve ever seen. It just kinda bonks over his head. I do wonder what level of craft goes into creating a gimmicked guitar, though.

The Halloween Havoc graveyard in this outing features a headstone shared by The Boston Strangler and Jack the Ripper. Yes, folks, that’s right: The Ripper was not only identified, but also shares the same grave with another serial killer at MGM in Las Vegas. The more you know!

I haven’t seen enough of them to judge, but Revolution are pretty much like the Radicals just without Eddie, no?

Eddie stealing Ric Flair’s Rolex was a storyline at this time, apparently. It’s another example of Russo stuffing in too many storylines, but I do low-key appreciate it’s not the only documented time Eddie has stolen from Flair, must we not forget the time he stole Flair’s number at Royal Rumble ’05.

We get a quick shot of a Hogan WWF wrestling buddy in the crowd, which reminds me that I have the Warrior and Macho King ones smoldering up in my attic somewhere.

Shoutout to the show’s poster, which gives me strong Animorphs vibes and Scholastic Book Fair memories. There was also the Nickelodeon show I barely watched? I just remember there was some dude named Tobias on it.

In Russo’s obsession with confused sexual analogies, DDP delivers a promo where he winds up landing on him and Flair jerking off together. Um, okay. Not gonna try to unpack that. Happy for you tho. Or sorry that happened.

Pretty crazy to think Bret vs. Luger would’ve been an absolutely money program just five years earlier when both were headlining WrestleMania X, and now they’re here just in this 7-minute drivel of a match. I know I shouldn’t be surprised, as both were at a radically different point in their respective careers by this time, but I find their showing here depressing as fuck.

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66. How To Develop Work Ethic | Diamond Dallas Page

Diamond Dallas Page is an American retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor, motivational speaker, and actor. Page first broke into the wrestling business in 1988, as a manager in the American Wrestling Association, where he worked for nine months before signing with WCW in 1991. There, he continued as a manager until late 1991, when he became a wrestler.

Page developed a yoga fitness program initially called Yoga for Regular Guys Workout (YRG), after discovering the health benefits of yoga through his then-wife Kimberly while he recovered from ruptures to his L4/L5 discs in 1998. Page developed the book into a series of workout videos titled DDP Yoga (formerly YRG). DDP Yoga was featured in a video about Arthur Boorman in May 2012. The story was picked up by the mainstream media, including Good Morning America. The video describes the journey of Arthur Boorman, a disabled veteran who was told by doctors he would never walk again. After spending fifteen years on crutches, Boorman followed Page's yoga plan for ten months and documented his progress on home video. He lost 140 pounds and regained the strength and flexibility to walk and run without his crutches, back braces or leg braces.

On February 21, 2014, Page appeared on the ABC series Shark Tank, where he was seeking $200,200 for a 5% share in the DDP Yoga company. He declined to sell a 50% share for that same amount to Kevin O'Leary. Page had hoped to use the money to develop a mobile app. The other investors were impressed by Boorman's improvement but believed the home exercise market was too competitive and predicted net profits ($800,000 in the previous year) would fall. Page later said he sold more than $1 million worth of products in the first six days after his appearance.

NEXT STEPS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:

1. Find him on Twitter. 2. Find him on Instagram. 3. Find him on Facebook. 4. Go to DDP Yoga on Facebook.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:

[0:32] – Work Ethic. [5:36] – DDP Wrestling Career [6:56] – “Success” or “Purpose” [8:48] – Back Injury – DDPY is Born [9:12] – Started Anti-Yoga - “I Ain’t Doing Yoga!” [9:38] – Power Yoga [10:35] – Breaking Up Scar Tissue [14:20] – Pain [22:08] – Care About the Person Buying the Program. [31:54] – When You’re Down, Help Somebody. [34:28] – Meet People Where They Are. [39:45] – Aspartame. [41:33] – Nothing Feels Better Than Inspiring Other People. [47:47] – Resurrection the Snake. [57:26] – How to Become Unstoppable.

Check out this episode!

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Souled Out 2000 Review

“Card Subject to Change” is a phrase many fans are familiar with, and no show is a better example of this dreaded phrase than this one. After Goldberg essentially kicked Bret Hart into retirement, the planned main event of Hart vs. Sid Vicious had to be scrapped, and the world title vacated. Meanwhile, United States Champion Jeff Jarrett also suffered a concussion, and his planned title match with Chris Benoit was also cancelled. Benoit was fed up with WCW, and had asked for his release, so WCW decided to give him the world title match against Sid to keep him from leaving the company. With all this drama, many expected this show to be dead on arrival. From Cincinnati, Ohio, it’s Souled Out 2000!

1. Billy Kidman vs. Dean Malenko in a Catch-as-Catch Can Match: This opening contest is one of the most confusing I’ve ever seen. The rules state that if one of the wrestlers leaves the ring, then they will be disqualified. About two minutes in, Malenko does exactly that, and loses the match. Incredibly odd, especially considering that this was his final match in WCW.

2. Vampiro vs. David Flair and Crowbar: When discussing how truly awful WCW was in the year 2000, many people forget about David Flair. This was part of a massive push that Flair gained where he was all over Nitro and Thunder. This was a mess of a match, with all three men blowing spots left and right. It quickly becomes a comedy of errors, and becomes entertaining just because you want to see what they are going to screw up next. So bad, it’s good.

3. Big Vito and Johnny The Bull vs. The Harris Brothers: The match itself is just okay. This is the first match that actually isn’t terrible, and has an interesting story running through it, but the most notable aspect is the commentary. Do yourself a favor and mute the audio. Heenan and company show such little interest in the match that they just start saying things that make no sense. Just the poor commentary brings the quality of the match down.

4. Oklahoma vs. Madusa for the WCW Crusierweight Championship: Holy crap, this was terrible. This shouldn't have been a title match, and certainly not the legendary Crusierweight belt. The only saving grace is that this only lasts about three minutes. Awful all around.

5. Brian Knobs vs. Fit Finlay vs. Norman Smiley vs. Meng for the WCW Hardcore Championship: WCW’s hardcore division was horrible. Granted, by this point, the hardcore wrestling fad was reaching the end of it’s shelf life, but this match is the perfect example of why the WCW version didn’t work. A slow paced brawl, with guys moving slowly and gingerly attacking each other with weapons, and zero psychology or story telling. Skip this mess.

6. Billy Kidman vs. Perry Saturn in a Bunkhouse Brawl Match: This was basically a no disqualification match. Despite some botches, this was actually quite good. Both guys were athletic enough to cover those mistakes and put together the best match up to this point. One of the few bright spots of this show.

7. Booker T vs. Stevie Ray: Having so many matches on a pay-per-view leads to too many filler matches. Stevie Ray was never that great in the ring, but this match shouldn’t have happened on PPV. This segment could have easily been saved for Nitro, as it only serves as Ahmed Johnson’s WCW debut. Not bad, but more of a TV segment than a PPV match.

8. Tank Abbott vs. Jerry Flynn: Basically a squash that put Abbott over. Vince Russo was enamored with him, and wanted to build him as a future world champion. Anybody that has even seen this man knows how laughable that is. Not much to see here.

9. Buff Bagwell vs. Diamond Dallas Page in a Last Man Standing Match: By far, the best match on the show. This feud surrounded DDP’s wife Kimberly possibly having slept with Bagwell. Both guys treat the match as the blood feud it should be. Very short for a Last Man Standing, but it cuts out most of the junk that these matches get criticized for. Not a great match by any means, but the best on this show for sure.

10. The Wall vs. Billy Kidman in a Caged Heat Match: Well, that just sound gross. This is basically a Hell in a Cell Match, but with way less violence and a much shorter match time. The Wall was another guy getting pushed to the moon around this time, so he basically squashes Kidman. Pretty bland overall.

11. Kevin Nash vs. Terry Funk in a Harcore Match: On paper, this had potential. However, Funk was well past his prime, so Nash basically destroys him. Due to WCW having a strict policy against blood, most of this match is seen from wide angles to avoid the massive gash on Funk’s head. They kept it short and sweet, but there’s nothing really memorable about this one.

12. Chris Benoit vs. Sid Vicious for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship: In all honesty, this is probably Sid’s best match. That doesn’t mean this is a classic, but Benoit really tries to have a great match with Sid, but even Benoit can’t get a great match out of this guy. WCW tried to put Benoit over big, with the commentators putting him over, and bringing the guys from the back out to watch the match. Despite putting him over so strongly, and having him win the belt, Benoit left WCW for the WWF the next day. Nothing great, but enough historical significance to make the match feel special.

Overall, this was a unique show. Most of what’s here is pretty bad, but oddly entertaining enough to keep the viewer interested. Anybody that has never seen the dark ages of WCW should check it out, at least to see why Vince Russo has the reputation he has. If Tommy Wiseau ran a wrestling company, it might look something like this. So bad it’s (oddly) good.                           

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Kimberly [June 1998]

When Diamond Dallas Page rejected the idea of joining the nWo in 1997, the group would do anything possibly to get under the skin and sabotage the career of DDP. One incident brought Page’s wife, Kimberly, into the fold - literally! Miss Elizabeth produced a defaced Playboy magazine featuring Kimberly Page, covered by a spray-painted nWo logo, followed soon by Kimberly approaching DDP, having been spray-painted off-screen by the nWo. After this incident, Kimberly began accompanying Page to the ring for his matches, and when the feud between DDP and the nWo ended, Kimberly founded The Nitro Girls. The group of ladies who would have quick dance routines, usually either before or after commercial breaks.

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