Diamond Dallas Page On a Possible Second Hall of Fame Induction, David Arquette’s WCW Title Win

Diamond Dallas Page has done a lot of good for the world of wrestling, and he recently reflected on the possibility of another Hall of Fame induction for it. Page is a WWE Hall of Famer, having been inducted in 2017. Since then he has gone on to make real changes in the lives of many older wrestlers including Jake Roberts, the late Scott Hall, Buff Bagwell and more.

During his appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, it was proposed that he could get another induction for all the people he’s helped. DDP was also asked about David Arquette’s infamous WCW World Heavyweight Title win over him. You can see highlights below:

On the Notion of Another WWE Hall of Fame Induction:

“That’s flattering, and thank you. It was so funny, my first acknowledgement came from the NWA. They were the first ones to acknowledge me as a Hall of Famer. The next one was The Circle, Cauliflower Alley Club, and Brian Blair called me and he said, ‘We want to put you in as the humanitarian this year, bro. We want you, it’s the 50th year, it’s coming up, and we want you.’ I just remember saying to myself, at some point, what we’re doing today is going to dwarf my wrestling career. I said that to Bryan Alvarez like, 16 years ago, 17, it was before DDP Yoga took off, and he’s like, ‘Bro, that’s a bold statement. You had a hell of a career.’ I said to Brian [Blair], ‘God, Brian, how the hell am I not in your Hall of Fame as a wrestler?’ He goes, ‘Oh, you’re in for that too. You’re going to be the first one where we’re going to give the awards to the same guy.’ I was like, wow, I’ll be there. And it was two different nights.

“It was great to be able to do that, because it was like, I consider the best thing I’ve done in wrestling is my Hall of Fame speech. Because the Cauliflower Alley Club was good, but it was the same speech, but not. It was so much better. It was like it was great for me to do that. Okay, I like what I did there, but this needs to go to a different level. I was bummed because I forgot Big Show, because we rode together, and he took care of me, looked out for me all the time. I forgot Medusa, I forgot Tony Schiavone, so I put them all but boy, I felt bad because they were pivotal people in my life. When I was with the AWA, I was managing Medusa. Medusa and Sherri Martel could have ran with these women today. So hard. Oh, my God, if you could have just pop them over and watch Charlotte Flair and Medusa. I mean, there’s a lot. Mami vs. Sherri Martel, please show me that match. I mean, these girls are beasts today. There’s some of those matches. I don’t want to discriminate against guys, but some of those matches unbelievable. Whoever’s idea was to do the all-women’s Battle Royale, that was a legendary move.”

On Being the Guy Arquette Won the World Title From:

“Well, he beat Eric Bischoff.”

On Being the Champion Heading Into the Match:

“I know, so stupid. That was stupid. I love David, go see You Can’t Kill David Arquette. Pull that documentary up, because he really won the hearts of the wrestling fans. I’m an actor, I’m playing a part there. And Bischoff reminded me of that beforehand, because that’s when him and Russo just came back together. That was the first big decision that they made. It is what it is. But, you know, look at it today. I mean, you got Jelly [Roll] out there. You got so many celebrities out there. I think if you go back and look at the match of me and [Karl] Malone against [Dennis] Rodman and [Hulk] Hogan, as far as celebrity matches, man, it’s at the top of the heap, that Main Event spot. I was really proud of Jelly Roll though.”