In a recent edition of Something to Wrestle, Bruce Prichard discusses why he thinks DDP's run in WWE didn't work, whether WWE was a creative issue, and more. You can read his comments below.
Why Bruce Pritchard thinks DDP's run in WWE didn't work: "I think you can look at it both ways. Ted DiBiase in WCW, did that work? OK. Ted DiBiase as The Million Dollar Man in WWE He was one of the biggest players of all time. As I've always said, different brands have different fans. WCW had its own fanbase, and a lot of them had never seen WWE before, and Quite the contrary. If they had heard of them or were a huge fan of their favorite - it's like a football or baseball team, you love your team. You don't love the other teams. So, someone Never mind, it's still not your guy when they come in. They're still not on your team. They have to prove themselves on your team. For people coming from WCW, for the most part, they He had to prove himself and he was viewed by WWE fans as an enemy in many ways. You take Hall, Nash and Hogan - they all come from WWE. They have to prove their worth. It was not needed. Our audience knew who they were. DDP, not so much."
Was the WWE creative issue: "You can have the greatest creative in the world, but if the talent can't deliver it, how good is it? You can have the craziest creative in the world, and if the talent goes out there." can deliver it and kick it out of the park, it doesn't matter. The audience didn't accept that. The audience in WWE was like 'meh' to them. They didn't see that build up in WCW In which he came from nothing and was doing everything he did. And you're going up against The Undertaker - he was brought in based on what he did in WCW, but it was for a WWE audience , 'Well, what have you done for me?' Sometimes, one of the biggest mistakes we all make is bringing someone in and assuming they're over. You still have to drive people to new audiences, no matter what be."
If WWE could have done something different with DDP: "I think it was a square peg in a round hole. Maybe if we had taken more time with the introduction of DDP - I don't know. I personally I'm a big fan of DDP, and I've always liked him. I appreciated what he did. If you see how hard he worked and from what age he started and what he achieved, congrats. I don't know WWE The audience was into him, no matter what he did."