Biography

Ted DiBiase

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The son of a professional wrestler, Ted DiBiase had started his pro wrestling career as a fan favorite, but soon "changed sides" and became a heel throughout the rest of his career. DiBiase entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late 1980s where he gained most of his fame as "The Million Dollar Man." He employed a valet "Virgil" (formerly "Soul Train Jones, " and was an instrumental story line when Hulk Hogan's long WWF championship reign ended. DiBiase stayed in the WWF for more nearly 10 years, ending up as a manager for (soon to be star) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. DiBiase left the WWF when Austin (then known as "The Ring Master") lost a match, and went to the WWF's rival World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as an "advisor" to Hogan's new NWO (New World Order) gang.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ken Severson

Wrestling finishing move "Million Dollar Dream"
Would wear a belt that was supposed worth one million dollars to ringside
His evil laugh. (So memorable, that it was used as the intro to his thememusic in the WWF/WWE.)
His deep bass baritone voice
Always sports a beard

Is a spokesperson for the Sunshine Foundation, an organization that grants wishes for critically ill children.
Is one of only a handful of wrestling superstars to lose to a preliminary wrestler (an unknown wrestler who usually is an easy win for a superstar). DiBiase was in a feud with bodyguard Virgil, and wound up arguing with him outside the ring during a match, and ended up getting counted out.
To make his "Million Dollar" character more believable, he would go into convenience stores and only use one hundred dollar bills to pay for small items like gum.
His "Million Dollar belt" is only worth about $140,000. It is currently stored in a vault at Titan Towers in Stamford, Connecticut.
Legally adopted by professional wrestler "Iron" Mike DiBiase in 1959.

Everybody's got a price for the Million Dollar Man.
You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit against the wind, and you don't write checks that your body can't cash!
[on the late Randy Savage] The real gift of a good wrestler is Improv, and your ability to read a crowd, and know what to do instinctively; Randy was very good at that. If you're going to be very good in our industry, you have to be an athlete as well as an entertainer.
Money isn't everything. It's the only thing.
on Andréa the giant, how was Andre going to disuse him self? he couldn't so everywhere he went there always people coming up to him it ultimately got to where he couldn't take it.

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