At All IN, WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page made a surprise appearance at the event as he accompanied Cody down to the ring for his NWA title match against Nick Aldis. The former WCW champion even performed a Diamond Cutter in front of the sold out crowd in the Sears Centre.
It was a fun moment involving the legend, and Page spoke with WSVN-TV Entertainment Reporter Chris Van Vliet in Los Angeles about that and more.
Check out the highlights of the interview below:
Dusty Rhodes played a major part in the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match at ALL IN:
"Dusty used to always tell me 'I got five friends D and every time I count them, you are one of them' and that meant a lot to me. So when he passed, Cody called me and said Dusty, because he always calls him Dusty and not pops, he said 'Dusty told me right before he passed that he had five friends and you're on that list'. I appreciated that because I had heard it, but hearing it from him took it to a different level. So fast forward a year a half later and he's putting together ALL IN, he really loved that five friends thing. And three guys who couldn't have been any closer besides me were Ray Lloyd who is Glacier and Tommy Dreamer. He of course threw in his brother-in-law Kevin who he loves dearly and his father-in-law Otis and of course his dog Pharaoh. It was like super special and it was super emotional. We were all looking at each other trying not to cry."
How Cody convinced him to do a Diamond Cutter during the match:
"When I first heard Cody was doing ALL IN, I told him you know I don't do Diamond Cutters anymore. I mean, if WWE calls me I'll f*cking do a Diamond Cutter, but not for an independent wrestling company. I've been offered $10,000. I'm not hitting that mat anymore. But for Cody, I told him if you need me for anything, I said I'm there and I wouldn't charge him nothing. I'm sure plenty of people got paid a lot of money to be there, I took nothing and I won't take nothing from him."
Cody warned the wrestlers on the ALL IN card not to go over on time:
"Cody told everybody: Be on time, hit your mark, don't go over. And those guys had a hell of a match but they could have done half that and still had a hell of a match. Bottom line is Cody put on a memo: you're not stealing the show, you're stealing from others."
Check out the full interview below: