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DDP came to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1991 as manager of The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael P.S. Hayes). [5] [6] Page managed the Freebirds to a shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship where they defeated Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) on February 24. During this match, DDP introduced the Diamond Dolls in WCW.
Nash, who at the time was known as Vinnie Vegas, joined Page's continuation of his American Wrestling Association stable, the Diamond Exchange (known in WCW as the "Diamond Mine"). Nash's stablemates were Scott Hall , who was wrestling as the Diamond Studd at the time, and Scott Levy, who was known as Scotty Flamingo .
On January 21, 1992, at Clash of the Champions XVIII, he was repackaged as Vinnie Vegas, a wisecracking pseudo-mobster based on Steve Martin's character in the 1990 film My Blue Heaven. [22] Vegas was quickly recruited into "A Half-Ton of Holy Hell", a stable of large wrestlers created by Harley Race which included WCW World Champion Lex Luger ...
DDP is a three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. DDP is a four-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, including two reigns with Kevin Nash as The Insiders. Cauliflower Alley Club. Jason Sanderson Humanitarian Award (2015) [95] Men's Wrestling Award (2015) [96] George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Frank Gotch Award (2014) [97]
He would later be recast as Vinnie Vegas in 1992, but it would be his departure to the World Wrestling Federation in 1993 that led to a Hall of Fame career as first "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel, followed by an eventual return to WCW as Kevin Nash - part of the foundation of the nWo.
The other wrestlers included Steve Regal, Marcus Bagwell, Robbie V, Shane Douglas, 2 Cold Scorpio, Vinnie Vegas, Steve Austin, Shanghai Pierce and Tex Slazenger and Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne. Later that month, Keith and Kent Cole defeated The Wrecking Crew when the twins scored a roll-up pin after narrowly avoiding their opponent's "Wrecking ...
The last two rounds of the tournament were held on March 2 in Macon, GA. Watts pinned Vinnie Vegas in the semifinals, but was defeated by Paul Orndorff in the finals. [9] Following his father's departure from WCW, Erik was targeted by Arn Anderson and began a house show series with The Enforcer as the Four Horsemen began the reformation.
The 1992 Halloween Havoc was the fourth annual Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on October 25, 1992, from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States — this was the second Halloween Havoc held at this venue after the inaugural event in 1989.