5 things learned from WWE Hall of Famer DDP on Broken Skull Sessions

WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page has experienced a legendary career in professional wrestling.

Beginning as a manager, DDP eventually transitioned into becoming a multi-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, despite becoming a full-time wrestler in his mid-30s.

Diamond Dallas Page recently sat down with fellow WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin on another episode of The Broken Skull Sessions on WWE Network and Peacock.

A variety of topics were discussed, including Page's Hall of Fame career, DDP Yoga, his relationship with Jake "The Snake" Roberts and much more.

Let's take a closer look at five things learned from DDP's time on Broken Skull Sessions.

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#5. DDP recalls WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts losing a snake in his house

Diamond Dallas Page's relationship with fellow WWE Hall of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts is well documented.

DDP played a vital role in Roberts battling his demons with substance abuse, at one point housing him in his "accountability crib" in Atlanta, Georgia.

However, DDP and Jake's relationship goes back a long way. As Dallas began his journey in professional wrestling, Jake "The Snake" briefly moved in with Dallas and his then wife Kimberly.

During his interview with Austin, DDP recalled the story of when Jake Roberts managed to lose a live snake inside his house:

"One day, [Jake's] booked on his big thing in Singapore," DDP began. "It's a big tour him and Warrior are going to do, and he's got me set up to call the guy, and I walked downstairs, and I see him with a cobra, and Kimberly's laughing, and I'm just gonna drive by this. Got a cobra in my house, and she's cool with it? Okay! And then I walked into the room. I called the guy get on the phone with him, getting booked. By this time I come out, she's gone. He's walking down the stairs and goes, 'Big problems...big problems!' I go, 'What's the matter dude, I just got booked. I thank you, man.' He goes, 'No, no big problems, lost the snake!' What do you mean you lost the snake? 'Lost the snake, the snake is gone!'"

Needless to say, Page stated that Roberts wasn't welcome in his house much longer after the snake incident.

#4. WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin recalls the craziest thing he saw while living with DDP

WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page also has a lengthy history with Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Both Hall of Famers shared a house back in 2005 whilst DDP was working on The Devil's Rejects film in Los Angeles.

Stone Cold shared a story about the craziest thing he saw Dallas do while they lived together:

"Dude, your story, so we living in Dallas' place. It had his barbecue grill, it's kind of a s**t grill, so Dallas decided he was gonna go down to Home Depot and buy a new barbecue grill. Anyway, Home Depot was about a half three-quarter mile from the condo we used to live in. I'm about a half hungover man, I'm going into the gym and I'm driving my car down Jefferson, and coming out of Home Depot parking lot I see this m**********r pushing a barbecue grill."

"Like who the f*** gon' push a barbecue grill down the road? I did a double-take, I said, man, it's Dallas! I knew you were still wearing your pajamas and your house shoes. I don't know what you did, but, you was — dude is walking like nobody's business down the boulevard. I was like man, this m**********r had some balls. That's what's like living with Dallas Page at a condo," Austin added.

Stone Cold Steve Austin recently revealed that he has now relocated to Las Vegas with his wife Kristin.

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#3. WWE Hall of Famer DDP recalls why Steve Austin and himself have remained friends for so many years

DDP and Stone Cold Steve Austin have a friendship that goes all the way back to the early 1990s in World Championship Wrestling.

The two WWE Hall of Famers have known each other for over 25 years and remain close friends to this day.

When discussing their friendship, Diamond Dallas Page explained why he and Austin became such close friends:

"I think it was mainly because we're both, we say what we feel. You way more than me, I hold some of it in. But, if I tell you something, you know that it's real, people of substance. Because you didn't ride with a lot of people."

WWE Hall of Famers DDP and Stone Cold Steve Austin have held nine world championships combined during their professional wrestling careers in WWE and WCW.

#2. DDP talks how WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes helped his career

WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes mentored some of the biggest and best professional wrestlers in Sports Entertainment history.

A large section of both the AEW and WWE rosters cite The American Dream as a huge influence on their careers. DDP is no different.

Dallas credits Rhodes with giving him the breaks needed to become a wrestling manager and later an in-ring performer.

When explaining The American Dream's influence on his career, DDP explained that he wouldn't have got to the Hall of Fame level without Rhodes:

"I may have created stuff up to here, that's nothing. Getting to where I was going to get to, I needed that guy [Dusty Rhodes] and Jake Roberts. Those two people put it on a different skew for me."

Dusty Rhodes passed away in June 2015 at the age of 69 years old. His legacy in the world of professional wrestling is immortal, however, and will forever be remembered.

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#1. DDP discusses his move to WWE in 2001

Diamond Dallas Page was one of the biggest names under contract with WCW when it was purchased by WWE in 2001.

Unlike many other WCW stars who waited for their guaranteed contracts to expire, DDP joined WWE just months after Vince McMahon purchased his competitor.

Page revealed that names such as Dusty Rhodes and Kevin Nash advised him to wait before signing with WWE. However, due to his age at time, DDP felt like his window of time was closing:

"You know, I thought going in, this is a no-brainer because first of all I don't think I have any heat with anyone. I didn't realize how much heat WCW had. But I didn't really think about that at the time."

"Dusty told me, and Kevin Nash told me 'D, dont walk away from that money. Get paid, we'll all come in together.' And I said, 'If I wasn't 45 at the time, I would have listened. But I wasn't. I wasn't 35 or 38 or even 40. I was 45. And I knew I still had a run, a good run in me. But I didn't know how long it was going to last, not with the schedule WWE's got. So I really felt like the timing's there."

Diamond Dallas Page debuted in June 2001 as the "stalker" of The Undertaker's then-wife Sara. He would remain with the promotion for a year before leaving and briefly retiring in June 2002 due to injuries.