What Made DDP a Great Wrestler in WCW from a Fans Perspective?

I know there are others that may doubt his skill or personality, but DDP had the It Factor then.

DDP was the underdog then and Hogan choose him to feud with out of all people. For Hogan to feud with DDP, he had to have been a special individual. During the nWo feud with DDP, DDP kept on getting beat down, but his resilience not to quit and keep fighting made him respected amongst others. People wanted to root for him. He was one of my favorites then.

Back then I liked the Lone Wolf Scott Hall and I liked Ric Flair, but one of my favorites then was DDP for his resilience. I always rooted for the underdog then and DDP was the underdog. He had classic feuds. Macho Man had helped him out with his feud. They knew he worked very hard.

He was 49 and 50, but still working hard to be the best he could be. He never gave up on his dream. He listened to what the American Dream Dusty Rhodes told him as he said. And he focused to become champion. The American Dream Dusty Rhodes saw something in him that nobody did at the time and they built him up to be great. And he kept working.

DDP rose through the ranks. My favorite matches I saw with him were his battles with Macho Man Randy Savage. They had an epic feud. I was also happy to see DDP wrestle at a WCW. It was the Jersey Triad vs. Hulk Hogan and Goldberg. I was happy to have seen Hulk, Goldberg, and DDP wrestle a time of my life I won't forget. If you still hear the footage on the WWE Network and that event you will hear someone scream DDP vaguely, that was me.
He knew how to be a good guy and then a heel, but then the Millionaires club hit, and soon WCW faded.

DDP later went to WWE never to get the claim to fame as he did in WCW, his prime past, but he later on went to do DDP Yoga. I know some would say he does things for his own image and we all have ego's including me, nobody is perfect. All that matters is that he is an agent of helping to those who need it. He did good for Jake and tried to help those who needed it.


We are not saints in life, all we can do is the best we can do with our life. DDP reinvented himself into something that people can respect. Sometimes we may feel we are going all over the place and have no direction, but then sometimes things fall into place and we find our purpose again, even if it isn't what we expected or planned.

Nobody expected DDP to become Three Time WCW Heavyweight Champion, but he did it. He achieved his goal and he ran with the torch. WCW was fading in the blue then, and it was a sink going down, but he tried his best to carry the burden. Maybe he drew the lowest rating with Ric Flair, but he tried. And at the end of the day as long as they tried that's all that matters.

Still to this days fans wish WCW was around. Competing with WWE made both programs great. But I will write more on this on other blogs.

I have other recommendations if you like DDP or WCW.