DDP-Stalker Justification

By Scott Keith on 2 June 2018

Hey Scott,

Been listening to the Prichard Podcast and one of the running themes has been BP defending WWE no matter what.

Surprisingly, one of the topics I don't believe they've covered fully has been the WCW Invasion angle, which shocks me just because of the demand.

I know, the general WWE justification for that angle was that the big names were caught up in K-Payouts so they were left with DDP, Booker T and a bunch of midcarders. BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN DDP.

Even Booker T got a modicum of respect, getting to keep his initial gimmick somewhat, main eventing Summerslam & Survivor Series and generally being treated as an upper-midcard threat. DDP was immediately & completely changed, treated like a bitch by UT and completely disregarded afterwards. What possible justification could WWE have had for that?

Especially when there was some legitimacy to their contention that most of WCW, at that point, wouldn't have been considered a threat, wouldn't you then want to build up the few credible main eventers you DID have?

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I don't think there was a lot of respect from the WWE side for DDP, based on his relationship with Bischoff and his style of planning out matches. So that probably contributed a lot to his treatment once he debuted.