10 Legendary Wrestlers Who Had Hugely Disappointing WWE Runs

8. Diamond Dallas Page

Diamond Dallas Page was one of the few WCW stars who accepted a buyout of their WCW/Time Warner contracts in order to join WWE for the Invasion. 

While many of the other big names were happy to sit at home and collect the guaranteed money, DDP wanted to realise a dream and work for WWE. That dream soon become a bit of a nightmare. 

Getting into the game late and succeeding against the odds, Page was one of WCW's big homegrown success stories, becoming a huge star in the late 90's (where he won the Triple Crown of WCW World Heavyweight, United States and Tag Team titles). 

His first assignment in WWE was being revealed as the mystery stalker of The Undertaker's then-wife Sara. It was a great reveal and it looked like Dallas was going to be positioned at the top of the card, but he was quickly and decisively (and repeatedly) beaten by The American Badass and his missus and was basically done as a credible attraction within a matter of weeks. 

He adopted a cheesy motivational speaker gimmick (supposedly at least partially based on his real life personality) and won the European Title, culminating in a match with Christian at WrestleMania X8. 

That was basically as good as it got for DDP, who was soon forced to (temporarily) retire due to neck and back injuries. Given how his WWE career, perhaps that wasn't a bad thing, but a good thing.