Diamond Dallas Page has helped plenty of wrestlers get their beat-up bodies moving again, but now he wants to catch WWE talent before they reach that point. And he’s already taken the idea straight to Triple H, Nick Khan and Chris Legentil.
Speaking on TMZ’s Inside the Ring, DDP got onto the subject while talking about Kevin Nash and just how ridiculously flexible the big man has always been. He said Nash has maintained that mobility going all the way back to his basketball days, something DDP doesn’t see in everybody unless they’re putting serious work into their bodies.
“Nash is incredibly flexible and has always been, you know, back to when he was playing hoops. I think he played for Tennessee, back when he was getting his basketball run on. He was actually All-State in the same class with Magic Johnson. Kind of crazy, right? And both from Detroit, you know, that Detroit, Michigan area. And he’s always stayed mobile, but most of the guys, not unless they’re doing my stuff.”
That’s where things got interesting. DDP revealed he has already talked with Triple H, WWE President Nick Khan and Chief Communications Officer Chris Legentil about regularly bringing his methods to the WWE Performance Center, and he apparently has something pretty specific in mind.
“What was really great to see, and this is what I will encourage the kids when I go down to the WWE Performance Center. I’ll be going out there sometime this fall. I talked to Triple H and Nick and Chris, and I said, ‘Here’s what I want. Here’s what I’d like to do, and I want to go down and do it like three days, three times a year because it will help the guys who really want to put the work in.’”
This wouldn’t just be DDP dropping by the Performance Center, shaking some hands and taking pictures either. He wants to teach younger wrestlers how to protect their bodies, with DDP calling injury prevention one of the biggest benefits of DDP Yoga.
“And this is, DDP Yoga, more than anything, is injury prevention. And you look at a guy like Jericho, he’s the first one of the boys, really. Shawn Michaels was one of the first. And I actually made a DVD in my backyard in LA and gave it to a buddy of mine named Rich Mensor, who sent it to Shawn, and that’s one of the things that helped him.”
DDP has already seen what his methods can do for wrestlers after their bodies start fighting back. Chris Jericho was one of them, and DDP recalled that it was actually Shawn Michaels who tipped him off about just how badly Jericho’s back was hurting.
“But it was Shawn who literally smartened me up that Jericho was hurting. And, you know, no one wants to say they got a bad back. He was in excruciating pain, and I called him. It’s the only time, before or after, it’s the only time he’s ever answered the phone anytime I ever called. But he’ll always call me back. He answered the phone, and we started talking.”
Now DDP wants to get those lessons into wrestlers much earlier in their careers instead of waiting until somebody’s back is screaming at them. If his Performance Center visits become a regular thing, WWE’s younger talent could be getting some pretty valuable advice from a guy who has spent years figuring out how to keep wrestlers moving.
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