Diamond Dallas Page had a lengthy career that featured interactions with many noteworthy wrestlers. Any wrestler who worked as long as Page did in as many relevant promotions as him, is bound to have their fair share of tag team partners. DDP loved contributing in every area of the product, including the tag scene.
Certain partners found more chemistry and positive results with Page than others. There is no exact science to creating a great tag team act that works short or long term. Some duos just make good teams if they click and perform well once the show starts. The following wrestlers made the best and worst tag partners for DDP.
10 Best: Bam Bam Bigelow
The Jersey Triad found success in WCW’s tag team division in the later years when Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow founded their group. All three wrestlers worked together in various tag team combinations to compete for tag gold.
The real ties to New Jersey bonded them together for this trio referencing their background in the name. Bigelow was coming off a great ECW run and had some fun moments teaming up with a big name like DDP for WCW’s tag division.
9 Worst: Curt Hennig
The talent involved in a Diamond Dallas Page and Curt Hennig tag team should have worked on paper, but it came in a scenario with a lower ceiling. Hennig joined WCW in 1997 as the mystery partner of Page against New World Order members Randy Savage and Scott Hall.
The tag match was going well until the swerve finish of Hennig walking out after growing upset with Page. WCW wanted to sell the story of Hennig’s arrogance, but it just ruined the match. DDP and Hennig had an underrated rivalry against each other afterwards with a few fun matches.
8 Best: Dustin Rhodes
The history between Diamond Dallas Page and Dustin Rhodes saw them teaming up on a handful of occasions. WCW utilized them on the same team in the final months when Rhodes and Page had a couple of tag matches against Rick Steiner and Jeff Jarrett.
However, more fans will likely remember the AEW moment of them teaming up. DDP united with Dustin and QT Marshall to face the heels of MJF, The Butcher and The Blade. It was cool to see Rhodes play a role in Page’s final match ever.
7 Worst: Jay Leno
Diamond Dallas Page had one of the biggest matches of his career coming in a weird tag team attraction bout with Jay Leno as his partner. WCW booked the late-night talk show host to team with DDP against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff at Road Wild 1998.
The win for DDP and Leno added a lot of hype to Page’s name, but many wrestling purists loathed the match. Leno looked ridiculous applying wristlocks to Hogan, and it was a ridiculous match to watch back. DDP did his best to lead the match, but Leno was clearly among his worst partners.
6 Best: Lex Luger
WCW needed their upper card face wrestlers to step up for any chance of the New World Order storyline working. Lex Luger and Diamond Dallas Page were two of the most important faces on the WCW feuding with the nWo names since Sting was not wrestling at this time.
There were quite a few tag matches with Page and Luger facing various nWo combinations. WCW booked DDP and Luger vs Randy Savage and Scott Hall on multiple occasions as the biggest matches in the feud. The chemistry between Luger and Page ensured that WCW would have faces the fans cared about in those tag matches.
5 Worst: The Barbarian
The old Lethal Lottery concept in WCW was a fascinating idea in theory with tag partners selected at random all night. Each winning team typically moved on to the next round or to the finals of a battle royal with every man for himself.
Diamond Dallas Page and The Barbarian were the random pair selected to team up at Slamboree 1996. There was no chemistry there as a team, but they won two matches to reach the battle royal stage. DDP actually won the battle royal to get a ring as his prize to make the weak tag matches worth it.
4 Best: Kevin Nash
Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash teamed up for a short time before they were famous in the early WCW years. Nash played the Vinnie Vegas character to team with a newcomer DDP, but their better tag run came later in their careers.
WCW placed Page and Nash together as The Insiders in the company’s final years. The name was a nod to Nash and Scott Hall being The Outsiders for a few years together in the tag division. DDP and Nash had the crowd investment for fun moments feuding with the Natural Born Thrilllers.
3 Worst: Sean Waltman
Neither Sean Waltman nor Diamond Dallas Page were known for having impressive TNA stints despite being legendary performers elsewhere. TNA was trying to put together a roster by signing any familiar name to merge with the rising stars.
Page and Waltman were both veterans on the roster trying to find a role when teaming up on a few occasions. TNA had them compete in two TV matches splitting the results. The bigger payoff was a Lethal Lockdown match with them on the same team, but the chemistry was lacking to make them both look old.
2 Best: Chris Kanyon
No wrestler had stronger tag team chemistry with Diamond Dallas Page than his close friend Chris Kanyon did. The tag run started in The Jersey Triad faction with Bam Bam Bigelow, but those two wrestlers felt like a tag team together than either man did with Bam Bam.
WCW continued to have Page and Kanyon teaming after the faction ended by referencing their real friendship. Even WWE found success with Kanyon and DDP as the top WCW tag in the Invasion storyline feuding with The Undertaker and Kane.
1 Worst: Ultimate Warrior
One of the biggest wins of Diamond Dallas Page’s career came in the strangest of match stipulations. WCW turned the War Games concept into a three-team match with nine total wrestlers in the ring at Fall Brawl 1998.
Even though the match was still a team concept, the person to score the winning pin would receive a title shot. DDP’s partners were Ultimate Warrior and Roddy Piper representing WCW against both nWo factions. Warrior seemed like the worst teammate possible only caring about going after Hulk Hogan, but Page still managed to score the pin for his team.