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Ted DiBiase

Nickname: The Big Cheese; The Million Dollar Man

Height: 6' 3"

Weight: 260 lbs

From: Omaha, NE

Birthday: Jan 18th

Pro Debut: June 1975

Aliases: Teddy Wills

Feds Worked For: NWA, NXT, WWWF, MSW, UWF, WWF, WCW, WWE, WXO (FL), All-Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Alternative Championship Wrestling (NC), Canadian Wrestling Elite (Canada), Jersey Championship Wrestling (NJ), Pacific Wrestling Federation (Japan), Pro Wrestling Xtreme (Canada), Texas All-Star Wrestling (TX),

Finisher: Million Dollar Dream

Signature Moves: Reverse Flying Elbow, Reverse Elbow off Ropes, Figure-four leglock, Brainbuster, Powerslam

Career Highlights: -AJPW International Champion
-AJPW Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Hansen)
-AJPW United National Champion
-MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion (5x; 2 w/ Steve Williams; 1 each with Paul Orndorff, Matt Borne & Hercules Hernandez)
-MSW North American Champion (4x)
-NWA Central States Champion (2x)
-NWA International Champion
-NWA Missouri Champion (2x)
-NWA National Champion (2x)
-NWA National Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Steve O & Stan Frazier)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each with w/ Irvin Smith and Merced Solis)
-PWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Hansen)
-TASW Champion
-TSW North American Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Dick Murdoch)
-UWF Tag Team Champion ( w/ Steve Williams)
-WWE 24/7 Champion
-WWF North American Champion
-WWF World Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Irwin R. Shyster)
-1988 Winner of WWF King of the Ring

Affiliates: Steve O, Stan Frazier, Hercules Hernandez, Steve Williams, Virgil, Irwin R. Shyster, Tatanka, The Ringmaster, nWo, The Steiner Brothers, Stan Hansen, Jimmy Hart, Demolition Ax, The Barbarian, Danny Duggan, Jake Roberts

Notable Feuds: Dick Murdoch, Greg Valentine, Brad Armstrong, Jim Duggan, Hercules, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Virgil, Roddy Piper, Big Bossman, Dusty Rhodes, Brutus Beefcake, 1-2-3 Kid, Razor Ramon, Savio Vega, Ultimate Warrior, Paul Orndorff, Junkyard Dog

Other Facts: -Son of pro wrestlers Mike DiBiase and Helen Hilde. Mike was actually Ted's stepfather but Ted was adopted at a young age and was raised by Mike.
-Father of pro wrestlers Mike DiBiase & Ted DiBiase, Jr., and pro wrestler/referee Brett DiBiase
-Is color blind
-Played football collegiately at West Texas State University on the same team as Tully Blanchard and Tito Santana
-Defeated Karl Kox in his debut match
-Was Hulk Hogan's opponent in Hogan's Madison Square Garden debut
-It was heavily rumoured that if DiBiase had gone to the NWA instead of the WWF, he would have become a member of the Four Horsemen.
-While in the WWF, he would offer $100-500 for audience members to perform humiliating tasks, but would always find a reason not to pay them. One of the people he did this to (on TV) was a teenage Rob Van Dam
-Rumoured to have been supposed to have won the tournament at WrestleMania IV for the WWF World Title. Some fans have stated that they have seen different brackets than the official ones posted for the tournament that was eventually held.
-While competing in the WWF, DiBiase created a championship for himself called the "Million Dollar Belt". He would eventually defend this belt, losing it to Virgil and then regaining it. This title was never recognized as an official WWF Title.
-Holds the record for the longest reigning MSW Mid-South Tag Team Title reign (w/ Matt Borne, 5 months, 13 days)
-Voted Most Hated Wrestler by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1982
-Appeared on the 1978 Sylvester Stallone movie "Paradise Alley"
-Was featured on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" during his days as The Million Dollar Man
-Former member of The Rat Pack
-Former leader of The Million Dollar Corporation
-Former member of the nWo
-Is a born-again Christian who travels across USA preaching the word of God at various churches & religious functions.
-Is involved in charity work, a spokesman for the Sunshine Foundation, a group that grants wishes to critically ill kids.
-Is also a motivational speaker, and appears at various assemblies to speak out against drug and alcohol abuse.
-He encourages students to stay in school, set reachable goals and pay whatever price it takes to become the best they can be.
-Ranked # 17 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 22 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked # 30 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Wrote the book "Every Man Has A Price" which was released in 1997.
-Featured in the 2001 book "Wrestling With God" which tells about wrestlers that became Christians. The book was written by Chad Bonham, a DJ at KXOJ in Tulsa.
-Is now an evangelist and sometimes teams up with pro wrestlers Nikita Koloff and Sting for church revivals and/or wrestling shows
-Released a second book in June 2008 through World Wrestling Entertainment entitled "Ted DiBiase - The Million Dollar Man". Reports indicated that it is a better book than his first one that was pretty much "kayfabe".
-Inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996
-Inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010
-Inducted into the Nebraska Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019
-Was a panelist on the "Tales from the Territories" episode entitled "Mid-South: Bullets, Blades & Bar Fights" with Jim Ross, Jake Roberts, and Michael Hayes
-Among the interviewees for the "Dark Side of the Ring" episode entitled "The Junkyard Dog"