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Page Joseph Falkinburg (born April 5, 1956, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and occasional actor, better known by his stage name, Dallas Page (the name on his current SAG and AFTRA cards).

The name "Dallas" is derived from his love of the Dallas Cowboys, despite having grown up near the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets.

Page achieved a degree of fame throughout the 1990s and early 2000s as a professional wrestler, competing under the ring name Diamond Dallas Page (often abbreviated to "DDP"). The addition of the word "Diamond" was inspired by Page's admiration of the rhythm of the name of wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie. In the course of his wrestling career, which spanned four decades, Page wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, and held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on three occasions.

Wrestling career

Page's first wrestling appearance was in Canada in 1979 as Handsome Dallas Page. He wrestled but gave it up shortly thereafter. His next notable appearance was not until WrestleMania VI, where he drove the Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine to the ring in a pink Cadillac.

Page served as a manager in 1987 in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he managed the tag team of Badd Company, who were often accompanied by a pair of female valets known as the "Diamond Dolls". Page also worked as a color commentator in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) before finally debuting as a professional wrestler.

World Championship Wrestling

Page came to World Championship Wrestling in 1991 as part of a tag team with Diamond Studd called the "Diamond Exchange". The team feuded briefly with the Fabulous Freebirds. The following year, Page teamed with Vinnie Vegas as the "Vegas Connection".

He started to make a name for himself as a heel when he brought his wife, Kimberly, to be his Diamond Doll and got a bodyguard, Maxx Muscle, in 1994. He had open arm wrestling challenges to win Kimberly but Maxx always helped him win or arm wrestled for him. He had a long feud with Dave Sullivan because Dave gave Kimberly gifts and then he and Maxx cheated to win the WCW TV Title. Kimberly did not like his cheating, so Johnny B. Badd decided to free her of Page and won her freedom at World War 3 on November 26, 1995.

He had won the TV Title from Page the previous month (October). On May 19, 1996 Page participated in the Lord of the Ring Tournament (Battle Bowl) at Slamboree. The winner was to be the number one contender for the World Title which at that time was held by the Giant. Page was victorious when he defeated the Barbarian with two Diamond Cutters. However he never received the title shot that he earned that night. Page was feuding with Eddie Guerrero when the nWo was formed. Since Nash & Hall were both former partners, they began assisting him in his matches in the tournement being held for the vacant US Title.

Seeing that their help was not being appreciated, Hall and Nash turned up the heat on Page by attacking him during the tournament finals, therefore handing the belt to Guerrero. After demonstrating benefits of nWo, they asked him to join. He responded with Diamond Cutters to them, starting a face turn and a feud with the nWo.

Page's career really took off in 1997. As part of the hot nWo storyline, Page began a feud with the nWo's "Macho Man" Randy Savage. On an episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Savage, aided by fellow nWo members Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, attacked DDP and sprayed "nWo" on his back. A few weeks later at the WCW pay-per-view Uncensored, Savage and Miss Elizabeth revealed to the world that Page and Nitro Girl Kimberly, were in fact married. Savage then proceeded to beat up Page, ensuring a future match between the two.

At the 1997 Spring Stampede, Page and Savage battled in a memorable match where Page emerged victorious, but it was the not the end of conflict between the two. A few months later at The Great American Bash, they squared off again in an anything goes,lights out match what was dubbed "Savage-Page II." This match was far more brutal than their first encounter, and ended with Savage defeating Page with help from (then) Tag Team Champion Scott Hall. Savage and Page would continue their rivalry from there on. Page even dressed up as masked wrestler La Parka and beat Savage. Around this time, Page also started fighting nWo leader, Hulk Hogan. Page and Savage battled for the last time at Halloween Havoc. The match was billed as a Las Vegas Sudden Death Match, where anything goes and the only way to win was to beat your opponent so brutally, he could not get to his feet by a count of ten. Again, the two put on another excellent show. The match ended when Hogan, dressed as Sting, came out and hit Page with a baseball bat in his already "injured" mid-section, resulting in Savage picking up the win.

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