10 big WWE signings that were completely wasted

#6 Diamond Dallas Page

That's not a good thing, that's a bad thing

This is such a sad story. When WCW went out of business in 2001, WWE and Vince McMahon got a little cocky on who they would bring into the company, going as far as asking fans who they wanted to see during a segment. He named out the likes of the NWO and Goldberg, to gain a reaction from the live audience.

This never happened though, while most found their way to WWE eventually, they were all more than happy to sit out the remainder of their WCW contracts, and be paid handsomely to sit at home during the entire Invasion angle.

WWE did manage to convince two top former WCW stars to accept buyouts and join WWE, then WCW Champion Booker T, and Diamond Dallas Page. DDP was more than happy to comply even, as he had actually tried to leave WCW in 2000 in search of a position with WWE.

Now you would think WWE would push these guys to the moon to help make WCW look somewhat competitive against WWE in the Invasion, but no. Booker T eventually recovered from his lackluster first year, but not DDP.

DDP debuted for WWE as a stalker of The Undertaker's wife. Although his unmasking was a shocking moment, the storyline stunk and ruined any chances of DDP being successful in WWE.

Taker beat up Dallas in a non-match at the King of The Ring as if he was a jobber, and continued to beat him more in the following months, most notably destroying him and Kanyon in a cage match at Summerslam and even worse, losing to Taker's wife Sara in a match.

Funnily enough, DDP has since said that his biggest issue with the angle was that everyone knew his wife was WCW Nitro girl Kimberly.

DDP spent the rest of his WWE run in mid-card feuds, most notably having a WWE European Championship reign. He retired just after the brand extension, due to a back injury.

He briefly returned to action in TNA Wrestling from November 2003 - June 2005, where he had a better run than in WWE. He was at least inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017.