DDP Opens Up About Eric Bischoff’s Firing Warning Over 1997 Playboy Appearance

Diamond Dallas Page has shared the story of how his and Kimberly’s famous 1997 Playboy appearance nearly cost him his job in WCW — at least according to Eric Bischoff at the time.

Appearing on What Do You Wanna Talk About? With Cody Rhodes, DDP recalled Bischoff warning him that the Playboy Nude Celebrities feature, which he and Kimberly participated in that year, could be grounds for termination. It was a tense moment behind the scenes for a man who had worked hard to climb the card in World Championship Wrestling.

Of course, history tells a different story. Rather than derailing DDP’s career, the Playboy spread was ultimately woven into one of the most memorable angles of the era — a heated feud with