“I can't tell you how many times I hit that mat, especially that first year, where I said to myself, 'Man, this fake stuff hurts like hell. Do I really want to do this?' And every time, I would come back, 'Yeah, I wanna do this.'”

American fitness instructor, actor, and retired professional wrestler

Diamond Dallas Page is an American fitness instructor, actor, and retired professional wrestler. He is known professionally as Diamond Dallas Page, and he has been associated with major wrestling promotions including World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and All Elite Wrestling. Outside the ring, he has built a career in fitness and has also worked as an actor. In wrestling, he became widely known under his ring name and later remained connected to WWE through a Legends contract.