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Diamond Dallas Page is here to fix the broken bodies of NFL veterans

By Josh Hill

18 Jun 1998: Karl Malone on the (R) of the Utah Jazz with Diamond Dallas Page (L) of the WCW pose for a picture during a press confrence at Planet Hollywood Beverly Hills, California. Malone and DDP will team up to wrestle Rodman and Hogan at the WCW Bash
18 Jun 1998: Karl Malone on the (R) of the Utah Jazz with Diamond Dallas Page (L) of the WCW pose for a picture during a press confrence at Planet Hollywood Beverly Hills, California. Malone and DDP will team up to wrestle Rodman and Hogan at the WCW Bash /
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Former WWE World Champion Diamond Dallas Page is ready to fix the broken bodies of NFL veterans.

For Diamond Dallas Page, not being able to get out of bed isn’t an excuse to stop working out your body.

“My workouts start in bed. Can’t get out of bed, I’ve got three workouts for you.”

Page, who rose to the top of the WWE in the late 90s to become World Champion, knows his wrestling days are behind him. But regardless of the ailments he has from his days in the ring, he isn’t ready to give up on his body — or have his body give up on him.

After suffering a back injury in the late 90s, Page was told he’d never be able to wrestle again. Decades of wearing down his body had finally taken its toll, and his career looked over before it could truly get started.

Many NFL veterans share this story with Page. From knee replacements to shoulder surgeries, the body of a veteran player is not a pretty sight and it’s even harder to live with.

Page created a DDP Yoga program, an evolution of standard yoga, which specializes in helping people who have experienced ailments like joint replacements be able to get back to where they were before. It’s been so effective that the NFL Alumni has partnered with him in an effort to help its ailing veterans.

“Put you in a chair, I’ve got eight workouts for you. Then I’ll show you how to use your chair to create balance, strengthen your core. To help create more movement, breakup scar tissue.”

When he’s not trying to help veterans restore as much strength as they can, Diamond is keeping tabs on his old stomping grounds and likes what he sees.

The future of WWE is bright, and that’s the way Page likes it.

“FOX just paid Vince McMahon $1.2 billion, not to buy his company but to buy the programming.”

That’s Billion, capital-B.

“It’s a great time to be a wrestler because you can make some real money.”

Between all of the new promotions that are popping up, like Tony Kahn and Cody Rhodes AEW, and rising rings like New Japan, there’s plenty of opportunity for wrestlers all over the world. For Page, a guy who didn’t make it to the top until he was in his 40s, the breadth of opportunity for wrestlers today is something that excites him.

“[Other promotions] still won’t be the WWE, but when you get to do what you want to, that creativity level, and don’t have to work as many days, it opens up a whole different ballpark.”

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