DDP reflects on his first WWE storyline as The Undertaker’s wife stalker.
He joined WWE in 2001 following the purchase of WCW, and many expected him to have a major main-event run. Instead, he was placed in a controversial storyline where DDP played a stalker obsessed with The Undertaker’s then-wife, Sara.
DDP appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show and looked back on the 2001 WWE storyline where he played the stalker. He didn’t take it personally when asked if Vince McMahon gave him the stalker gimmick because of their hug, though he admitted it might have played a role.
He recalled meeting Vince McMahon for the first time after being delayed by traffic and soon after, the creative team pitched the storyline. WCW legend mentioned he was married at the time, and Vince, Shane and his then-wife Kimberly were all in the room during the meeting.
He said that if WCW had ever pitched him such a storyline, he would have refused.
“If I was in WCW, and they told me that bullsh*t angle. I’d go, ‘Fu*k you.’ Seriously, I’m gonna be stalking somebody else’s wife? If I would have thought that that was actually—I didn’t realize, all right, because I was. So there’s no real reason for me to think that they were gonna not even give me an opportunity.”
DDP shares how The Undertaker reacted to fans claiming he sabotaged his career
“I just did Take’s podcast about five or six months ago. And at some what a great I mean, he was so amazing and we had such a great talk, and I’d spent some time with him on his new show, WWE LFG, because I, they brought me in about finishes. And then we got to the part where we’re gonna talk about WWE, right?”
“I have no idea where he’s gonna go with it. But I’m gonna just gonna go on the ride because he put me over so huge going into that. Then he said, ‘You know, I can’t,’ I’m paraphrasing, I can’t remember exactly how he said it, but, ‘I’ve been not accused, but I’ve had some fans who are really pissed off at me because they think I was trying to ruin your career.'”
“We’ve had such an amazing moment up till then, and I could see Mark Calaway just going, ‘Don’t they realize this must stop? I’m not the booker. This is not me. This is not me.’ ‘And I just reached across his arm, and I put my hand on him. I said, ‘Take, we’re good bro.'”
DDP says he should have refused The Undertaker’s wife stalker angle in WWE
He admitted he would have loved to have real storylines with The Undertaker or The Rock but realized the stalker angle was a bad idea from the start. Looking back, he felt he should have trusted his instincts and refused the storyline involving The Undertaker’s wife.
“But the thing that it taught me was you can’t be afraid to walk away from the table when you have something that you know they want. What I should have done when he said that, I should have just done my inner voice, which would have laughed out loud and said, ‘Vince, are you looking at my wife? Seriously? And of all people, I’m gonna go after Taker’s wife? Like, no. It was just a horrible idea.”
DDP previously said that agreeing to the angle was the worst and best decision he ever made. He told Inside The Ropes‘ Kenny McIntosh that it was the best because it taught him how to be a better businessman.
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