He was at retirement age and had a career worthy of the Hall of Fame.Ĭhris Jericho does the broken table pose. Had he retired then, fans wouldn't have begrudged him. "The program has helped immensely had I not started doing DDP Yoga, I would not have been able to return to WWE earlier this year," he said in 2012. He contacted Page and found a way to keep performing. In an interview on WWE.com, Jericho said he suffered from "excruciating pain" thanks to a herniated disc and the aftereffects of a wrestling career that began back in Ponoka, Alberta in 1990. His secret, at least partially, is the magic of DDP Yoga. His work against CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and Alberto Del Rio, for example, belied his age. He wrestled long, dramatic matches against younger foes and put on outstanding shows on a regular basis. The former world champ turned 43 this past November. That's something Jericho has done over the course of his career, but what is surprising is how long he's been able to do it. Jericho, like Goldust, spent much of 2013 wrestling at a high level. He's not the only who has found resurgence after finding Page's program, however. Were he the only case of a WWE Superstar reinvigorating his career at such a late stage, one could easily dismiss how much DDP Yoga had to do with it. Goldust doesn't need to be protected or carried because of his age he's as quick and agile as many of his younger peers. 14, taking down The Shield at Battleground, and the duo's hard-fought battles against the Wyatt Family. Tagging with his brother, Goldust has been a part of the most exciting matches of the last few months, including the tag team title match from Oct. That helps explain how he's not only managed to excel in his 40s, but improve on what he was doing in his 30s. When a fan asked Goldust about the program, he said it was now a regular part of his routine. It is awesome."Īs different as the worlds of yoga and WWE may seem, added flexibility and improved joint strength from a low-impact source of exercise makes perfect sense as a tool in a wrestler's arsenal. I feel so much better my joints, muscles and bones. I stand up straighter now, and I can bend in ways I couldn't bend. He told Monday Night Mayhem, via Wrestling Inc, "With DDP Yoga, there a couple of benefits. Goldust is among the many wrestlers who have discovered Page's brand of yoga. At stake for "The Bizarre One": getting his brother Cody's job back with a victory.įans expected a rush of nostalgia and the next chapter in an exciting story, but they couldn't have expected Goldust to have seemingly snatched a younger version of himself from the past for the fight.
9, 2013, Goldust battled Randy Orton on Raw.
His endurance and agility have somehow improved with age. For Goldust, though, his recent return to WWE has seen him zip around the ring. For most wrestlers, that's years beyond one's prime and a time to find a new source of income.
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