History Wrestling / TedDiBiase

* AffectionateNickname: Nicknamed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gafkXGT7WJc "Teddy Bear"]] by his moll, [[Wrestling/SherriMartel Sherri]], an oblique reference to being her sugar daddy. She kept right on calling him that, even in retirement.

-->'''[[http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1xpi7b/ama_announcement_the_million_dollar_man_ted/ Redditor ]]''': He also insisted that we do counseling with him pre-wedding, so we spoke with him about life and love and lovemaking (which he referred to as "romp-and-stomping" in his thick Mississippi accent--hilarious, but a touch awkward, too).

* DemotedToExtra: Ted was one of the first WWF Superstars to jump ship to WCW, and also one of the first to jump right back. The idea was that Ted bankrolled the NWO, with Hogan and the others providing the muscle. He turned face and disappeared from WCW programming later that year, and his boss role was subsumed by Wrestling/EricBischoff. As with so many other stars, Ted was kept on payroll despite rarely appearing on television. According to Ted, it slowly dawned on Eric that he was essentially paying someone to play himself, but [=DiBiase=] had signed a three year contract. When he kindly pointed this out, Turner Entertainment realized that [[DidntThinkThisThrough had no choice but to keep employing him]], so Ted became a road agent for ''Nitro''. He really took them to the cleaners.

-->"It was the most poorly run organization that I have ever worked for. Eric Bischoff was never a wrestling promoter or a wrestler. He some how got hired to run that company. It's amazing. Eric is a man who said he would run Vince [=McMahon=] out of business. We all know how that story ended. It ended with Bischoff working for Vince."

* SpiritualSuccessor: Make way for Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, who is absolutely this trope for the new millennium. Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio has credited (or credit-TED) the M.D.M. as well.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Make way for Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, who is absolutely this trope for the new millennium.

->''Everybody's got a price''\\
''Everybody's gonna pay''\\
''Cuz the Million Dollar Man''\\
'''''Always''' gets his way! [[EvilLaugh DYAHAHAHAHAHAHA]]!''

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: His entrance attire is combination tuxedo/smoking jacket, for crying out loud!
** Barney in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' spent an exorbitant amount of money on a custom suit with [[ConspicuousConsumption diamond pin-stripes]] called "The [=DiBiase=]".

* ShoutOut: StevenUniverse had a wrestling story arc, where Steven wrestled as "Tiger Millionaire", a clear homage to Dibiase.

* {{Fiction 500}}: Daddy Warbucks with fists.

* MoneyToThrowAway: Yes, the Million Dollar Man is so rich he can afford to stuff wads of cash in his opponents' mouths. Also, his entrances. (See below)

* BlingBlingBang: Not sanctioned by the WWF, the Million Dollar Belt was more a huge piece of jewelry than anything else. But taking a belt shot ''covered in diamonds''? That'll leave a mark.

* {{Fiction 500}}

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Daddy Warbucks with fists. His entrance attire is combination tuxedo/smoking jacket, for crying out loud!

* MoneyToThrowAway: Yes, the Million Dollar Man is so rich he can afford to stuff wads of cash in his opponents' mouths. Also, his entrances.

* AffectionateNickname: Nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his moll, [[Wrestling/SherriMartel Sherri]], an oblique reference to being her sugar daddy. She kept right on calling him that, even in retirement.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A third-generation wrestler, Christian minister, and devoted family man. It's just too bad that, like Wrestling/BigBossman, one of the most well-adjusted guys in wrestling didn't exactly have one of the bests career.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A third-generation wrestler, Christian minister, and devoted family man. It's just too bad that, like Wrestling/BigBossman, one of the most well-adjusted guys in wrestling didn't exactly have the best careers.

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* BadassPreacher: Became one after his wrestling career petered out. And he does weddings, too.

* TheFundamentalist: Sort of. After he retired, he became a minister and frequently worked with Wrestling/NikitaKoloff on combined Christian/wrestling events.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A third-generation wrestler, Christian minister, and devoted family man. It's just too bad that, like Wrestling/BigBossman, one of the most well-adjusted guys in wrestling didn't exactly have the best careers. (And he does weddings, too.)
-->'''[[http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1xpi7b/ama_announcement_the_million_dollar_man_ted/ Redditor ]]''': He also insisted that we do counseling with him pre-wedding, so we spoke with him about life and love and lovemaking (which he referred to as "romp-and-stomping" in his thick Mississippi accent--hilarious, but a touch awkward, too).

* KickTheDog: The Million Dollar Man would usually offer rewards to audience members for doing some task, but they could never pull them off. He once offered $500 to a very small child to dribble a basketball 15 times without missing. The boy did surprisingly well... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoQ2b3k8Uo only for Ted to kick the ball out from under him at the fourteenth bounce.]]
** PetTheDog: The boy was later invited backstage, however, where he was given the $500 and got to meet the wrestlers.
** Funnily, his kicking of Cody Rhodes got him a {{face}} pop.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Daddy Warbucks with fists.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A third-generation wrestler and a proud father.

* SharpDressedMan: His entrance attire was a tux, for crying out loud!
* ShoutOut: Barney in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' spent an exorbitant amount of money on a custom suit with diamond pin-stripes called "The Dibiase".
** StevenUniverse had a wrestling story arc, where Steven wrestled as "Tiger Millionaire", a clear homage to Dibiase.

* ShoutOut: Barney in HowIMetYourMother spent an exorbitant amount of money on a custom suit with diamond pin-stripes called "The Dibiase".

* SpotTheImposter: When Yokozuma bested Wrestling/TheUndertaker at the '94 RoyalRumble, he finally broke Wrestling/PaulBearer's hold over the zombie wrestler. [=DiBiase=] declared that everybody from there to Timbuktu was searching for The Undertaker's remains, but had come up short. Using his vast money and resources though, the Million Dollar Man claimed he did indeed find the casket first and signed a contact placing Taker (actually an impersonator, Brian Lee) under ''his'' control. It's interesting how [=DiBiase=] is basically arguing over Taker like he's a piece of land, something to be bought. Paul called B.S. on this, as not even he knew where Taker was buried. In due course, Paul unsealed the power of the urn and the real Undertaker re-materialized to take the imposter out.
-->'''''[[http://rockethideout.com/articles/undertakerpt2.html RocketHideout]]''''': I figure Ted was probably in Harrods in London on some big, swanky shopping vacation one week. While scouring the place, maybe he found The Undertaker hanging on a rack for sale...At the end of the ''SummerSlam'' match, when his Undertaker was lying prone and helpless, I think Ted [=DiBiase=] took a closer look at his Undertaker and saw on the bottom of his boot those three words nobody wants to see when they buy something. ''Made in China.''

* SPotTheImposter: When Yokozuma bested Wrestling/TheUndertaker at the '94 RoyalRumble, he finally broke Wrestling/PaulBearer's hold over the zombie wrestler. [=DiBiase=] declared that everybody from there to Timbuktu was searching for The Undertaker remains, but had come up short. Using his vast money and resources though, the Million Dollar Man claimed he did indeed find the casket first and signed a contact placing Taker (actually an impersonator, Brian Lee) under ''his'' control. It's interesting how [=DiBiase=] is basically arguing over Taker like he's a piece of land, something to be bought. Paul called B.S. on this, as not even he knew where Taker was buried. In due course, Paul unsealed the power of the urn and the real Undertaker re-materialized to take the imposter out.

* SPotTheImposter: When Yokozuma bested Wrestling/TheUndertaker at the '94 RoyalRumble, he finally broke Wrestling/PaulBearer's hold over the zombie wrestler. [=DiBiase=] declared that everybody from there to Timbuktu was searching for The Undertaker remains, but had come up short. Using his vast money and resources though, the Million Dollar Man claimed he did indeed find the casket first and signed a contact placing Taker (actually an impersonator, Brian Lee) under ''his control. It's interesting how [=DiBiase=] is basically arguing over Taker like he's a piece of land, something to be bought. Paul called B.S. on this, as not even he knew where Taker was buried. In due course, Paul unsealed the power of the urn and the real Undertaker re-materialized to take the imposter out.

* SPotTheImposter: When Yokozuma bested Wrestling/TheUndertaker at the '94 RoyalRumble, he finally broke WrestlingPaulBearer's hold over the zombie wrestler. [=DiBiase=] declared that everybody from there to Timbuktu was searching for The Undertaker remains, but had come up short. Using his vast money and resources though, the Million Dollar Man claimed he did indeed find the casket first and signed a contact placing Taker (actually an impersonator, Brian Lee) under ''his control. It's interesting how [=DiBiase=] is basically arguing over Taker like he's a piece of land, something to be bought. Paul called B.S. on this, as not even he knew where Taker was buried. In due course, Paul unsealed the power of the urn and the real Undertaker re-materialized to take the imposter out.
-->'''''[[http://rockethideout.com/articles/undertakerpt2.html RocketHideout]]''''': I figure Ted was probably in Harrods in London on some big, swanky shopping vacation one week. While scouring the place, maybe he found The Undertaker hanging on a rack for sale...At the end of the ''SummerSlam'' match, when his Undertaker was lying prone and helpless, I think Ted DiBiase took a closer look at his Undertaker and saw on the bottom of his boot those three words nobody wants to see when they buy something. ''Made in China.''

* DirtyCoward