DDP recently shared his thoughts on Eric Bischoff, Vince McMahon and more.
Here are the highlights…
WWE purchasing WCW: I knew my career was going to continue
in WWE no matter what. So it didn’t affect me personally until I realized that a
lot of people were going to lose their jobs and essentially lose their dreams.
However, I always knew I would get to WWE because that was my goal since I was
17 years old.
His time in WWE: The positive side of it is it was an
awesome learning experience. What I should have done was say “This is an awesome
angle, but not for me; let me know when you want to do People’s Champion vs.
People’s Champion” and then walk away. Since I didn’t, I learned a huge lesson.
I always tell people it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes as long as you learn
from them. So in reality, the Stalker angle was probably the best thing that’s
ever happened to me. I may not have had the run that I wanted in WWE, but I got
a great WrestleMania match with Christian and I got to be on the same card as
The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan. It’s also funny how things come around because I was a
competitor at WrestleMania X8, but 12 years ago when WrestleMania was held in
that same arena, I was driving a pink Cadillac.
On Eric Bischoff: Bischoff was my close friend that I met
in the AWA. We were nobodies together and we came up together. Nobody believed
in either of us. We helped each other out with angles, matches, etc. He
protected me when guys tried to mess with me. I missed having that when I got to
WWE because there was a ton of egos.
On Vince McMahon: As far as Vince is concerned, I never
really got to know him. I have respect for him, but I don’t know the guy that
well because I wasn’t a top guy in WWE.
