Its me, its me, its D-D-P! Diamond Dallas Page has been known as a staple of the mid to late WCW era. From up and coming mid carder to bonified superstar and even WCW World Champion. DDP has many signature moves that always got the crowd on their feet no matter whether he was a dastardly heel or the biggest fan favorite. Today, we’re going to take a look at his biggest moves of doom.
Diamond Cutter
Before there was a such thing as a RKO out of nowhere, there was DDP with the Diamond Cutter out of nowhere! One of the best things about DDP’s version of the move is that it wasn’t always the cleanest move of all time like Randy Orton and his RKO.
Sometimes it looked slightly off, sometimes it looked a little sloppy, and sometimes it looked like the cleanest move
in wrestling history. No matter what version of the Diamond Cutter that DDP pulled off, the crowd loved the move every time.
Some of the biggest moments in late WCW revolved around whether or not DDP hit the Diamond cutter. Not only was this move electrifying, it was very protected, which is something that is lost in today’s wrestling with everyone kicking out of everybody’s finisher whenever they get the chance to.
DOOM Score: 5 out of 5
Flying Clothesline
Do y’all remember the days when a regular move could be someone’s signature move and every fan brought it as a big move? A flying clothesline as a move of DOOM nowadays would be laughed at.
Back in the late 90s, a 6’5 guy jumping in the air at tackling you with his arm was impactful and his opponents usually made the move look great and devastating.
There wasn’t a big setup to the move, it was just something that he did throughout his matches. It was consistent and actually had impact to it.
It’s nowhere near the level of the Diamond Cutter, but its nice watching his matches and seeing him do it.
DOOM Score: 2 out of 5
Inverted Atomic Drop
Around this time period, everyone had an atomic drop in their move set. It was mostly a babyface move where they would lift their opponent up and drop them with their knee between their legs.
The heel usually sold it by holding their private parts and jumping around the ring comically. DDP did his version in reverse.
He lifted the opponent up from behind and dropped them in a sitting position across his knee. It was a cool move that the crowd loved but the effectiveness of it left a lot to be desired.
DOOM Score: 2 out of 5
Reverse STO
If you don’t know what a STO is, I don’t blame you. Thanks to The Rock, people commonly know the STO as the Rock Bottom. DDP did the same move but in reverse.
Think about Baron Corbin‘s End of Days finisher. It was alright and didn’t always look the best,
which was something that was common in DDP’s matches, even though it added to the realism of his matches.
This is one of his signature moves that he didn’t always use in his matches but it was cool when he did it mainly because it was one of those moves that you didn’t see in matches all the time during that time period.
Also, with someone with a smaller move set like DDP, it was actually a breath of fresh air.
DOOM Score: 2 out of 5
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