DDP regrets 2001 WWE stalker angle involving Undertaker's wife

Diamond Dallas Page, the former WCW three-time world champion, said he regrets accepting a 2001 WWE storyline in which he was revealed as the man stalking The Undertaker's then-wife, Sara, and that the angle taught him a lasting business lesson. Page spoke about the episode during a recent interview, recalling his first meeting with WWE leadership, the creative pitch he was given, and a later conversation with The Undertaker that put lingering fan anger to rest.

Page said he joined WWE after the World Championship Wrestling purchase with hopes of a major run, but that his introduction to the Stamford company quickly turned into a controversial creative direction. He described arriving late to his initial meeting, hugging Vince McMahon instead of shaking his hand, and being told that he would be cast as the stalker of The Undertaker's wife while his own wife was present. As a newly arrived talent with less leverage than he had in WCW, Page said he felt unable to refuse the idea.

He said that, had he still been with WCW and enjoyed the autonomy and standing he had there, his response would have been very different. Page recalled thinking at the time that he would have rejected...