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:''For the 1930s cricketer, see Dallas Page'' Dallas Page〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DDP's Bio )〕 (born Page Joseph Falkinburg;〔 April 5, 1956), better known by his ring name Diamond Dallas Page, is an American retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor, motivational speaker and actor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DDP's profile )〕 In the course of his wrestling career, which spanned two decades, Page has wrestled for mainstream wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW),〔 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE),〔 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).〔 Page first broke into the wrestling business in 1988, as a manager in the American Wrestling Association,〔 where he worked for nine months before signing with WCW in 1991. There, he continued as a manager until late 1991, when he became a wrestler.〔 Over a decade in WCW, Page became a three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion,〔 two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion,〔 four-time WCW World Tag Team Champion〔 and one-time WCW World Television Champion. He is the fourth WCW Triple Crown Champion,〔 and the only United States Heavyweight Champion to defend the title in a pay-per-view main event, defeating Bret Hart at World War 3 1998. After WCW was sold in 2001, Page signed with the WWF where he made his pay-per-view debut in the main event of July's Invasion show, and went on to become a one-time WWF European Champion and one-time WWF World Tag Team Champion. Due to a series of injuries, he allowed his contract with the company to expire in 2002.〔 He worked for TNA from 2004 to 2005, challenging for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Destination X 2005. == Early life == Page Joseph Falkinburg, the eldest of three children, was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, the son of Sylvia (née Seigel) and Page Joseph Falkinburg, Sr.〔〔 Page was raised by his father during his early years, after his parents divorced. The name "Dallas" came from his love of the Dallas Cowboys.〔("Own Your Life" audio book on CD )〕 His brother, Rory, and sister, Sally, were raised by their maternal grandmother.〔 Page lived with his father from the ages of three to eight. His father took him, at eight years old, to live with his grandmother, who raised him. Page admitted in his autobiography he is dyslexic.〔("Positively Page" )〕 He had many challenges hit him throughout his childhood and educational years.〔 DDP attended St. Joseph's High School (now Monsignor Donovan High School) in Toms River, New Jersey) for his freshman and second years, spending his first season on the JV basketball team and making the varsity squad as a sophomore.〔Davies, Ross. (''Diamond Dallas Page'' ), p. 20. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN 0-8239-3493-4. Accessed July 17, 2011. "By ninth grade, he was a starter at St. Joseph's High School in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. In tenth grade, he made the varsity team."〕 He transferred to Point Pleasant Boro High School in Point Pleasant, where he was a star basketball player with the Point Pleasant Boro High School Panthers.〔Delaney, Bonnie. ("This Diamond may be literacy's best friend: Homegrown wrestling star returns to Point Pleasant to help children grapple with challenge of reading" ), ''Asbury Park Press'', January 13, 1999. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Falkinberg, a native of Point Pleasant, is a professional wrestler with the World Championship Wrestling organization.... 'I was a good athlete' said the 1974 graduate of Point Pleasant High School, where he was a basketball star."〕 He attended Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina briefly before leaving school to work full-time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diamond Dallas Page」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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