DDP vs. The Rock Never Happened
In the recent past, DDP shared his desire to face off with The Rock and how he came up with a storyline that would see both People’s Champions clash. Page dreamed that the two should fight to decide which star was worthy of such an appellation. Even though DDP and The Rock possess elements of charm and fans’ attraction reciprocation, a fight could have been an attractive point of record interest that might have gone down in WWE history.
Unfortunately, DDP never wrestled The Rock one-on-one, but he had an interesting meet-and-greet with him behind the scenes. This small moment where DDP and the two of them are professionally polite made the narrative between the two feel like it could have been rich deep and meaningful to DDP for just one second. The Rock, always full of puns and charismatic as ever, established himself as the one and only true People’s Champion, leaving DDP to stand his ground and tell Rock that he deserved it too.
Reflecting On a Missed Opportunity
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has long been celebrated as “The People’s Champion,” a title he popularized worldwide during his WWE career. But he was not the only wrestler to arrogate that sobriquet during the late 90s and early 2000s. On the other side of the aisle, Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) also emerged as a WCW star and fan favorite for being the hardworking underdog of the wrestling world.
When DDP joined the WWE in 2001, he had dreamt of having a program with The Rock that could have been one of the biggest feuds in wrestling history. Despite the purely even formalistic prospects of the clash of the so-called ‘People’s Champion’ vs. the so-called “People’s Champion,” the angle and buildup to this match never occurred, showing the public what could have been.
The Dials of DDP’s Vision of a People’s Champion Showdown
In the recent past, DDP shared his desire to face off with The Rock and how he came up with a storyline that would see both People’s Champions clash. Page dreamed that the two should fight to handle and decide who was worthy of such an appellation. Even though DDP and The Rock possess elements of charm and fans’ attraction reciprocation, a fight could have been an attractive point of record interest that might have gone down in WWE history.
Unfortunately, DDP never wrestled The Rock one-on-one, but he had an interesting meet-and-greet with him behind the scenes. This small moment where DDP and the two of them are professionally polite made the narrative between the two feel like it could have been rich deep and meaningful to Page for just one second. The Rock, always full of puns and charismatic as ever, established himself as the one and only true People’s Champion, leaving DDP to stand his ground and tell Rock that he deserved it too.
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