Diamond Dallas Page was recently a guest on X-Pac’s 1,2,360 show, and he talked about auditioning for Dusty Rhodes and more. You can check out some highlights and the full episode below, and you can also check out the show on iTunes by clicking here.

What it was like doing a phone audition with Mike Graham and Dusty Rhodes:

“He goes, what the hell’s the matter with you? I go, I got strep throat. He goes, I don’t want to hear that. I got Dusty Rhodes here. I want to put you on the phone with him. I want you to blow him away like he’s the biggest mark on the planet. I’m like, Mike, Mike, no, no. I’ve got strep throat. Show him my video tape I sent you. He said, can’t, VCR’s broken. Here you go. Dusty gets on the phone. I hear hello, I go, good God! Dusty Rhodes! The Tower of Power, the Man of the Hour. I went through everything he ever said. I stole everything from everything and a few of my own things in there. I did about forty-five minutes of speed rapping and I go, that’s all I got, Dusty. I got strep throat. I don’t hear anything. I’m thinking, did he hang up on me? It felt like five minutes. It was probably ten seconds. And then I hear, was that a recording, kid? I said, no Dusty. It’s me. He goes, I like your energy. I’ll tell you what… And then he brought me up and I came up the next week.”

Which WWE wrestlers he thinks the company should push:

“[Dolph] Ziggler’s another crazy, amazing freakin’ technician, unbelievable. I still don’t understand why they don’t push him through the roof, because the guy’s got the look, he can talk, and he can work as good or better. Another guy I love a lot is Bray [Wyatt]. I think to me he could be the Undertaker. I mean if I was booking then he’d be undefeated and we’d go for another fifteen or twenty years with him at Mania. And I don’t understand why he’s not getting a monster push. And I only watch occasionally. But I know talent and those two guys are ridiculously talented.”