Ted DiBiase Speaks On His WWE Run, Sting, WCW Politics, & More
Submitted by Matt Boone on Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 3:19 PM EST



The following are news highlights from the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase interview conducted by Matt Boone and Ryan Clark on the March 5th edition of WrestleZone Radio. You can listen to the interview itself in streaming Real Media format by clicking here, or in Windows Media Audio format by clicking here. Also, don't forget to check out the official website of WrestleZone Radio at http://www.wrestlezoneradio.com.

- "The Million Dollar Man" started off talking about what he has been up to lately with his religious speaking engagements and how that's going. He also mentioned he was proud that Sting, Shawn Michaels, Nikita Koloff, and the Road Warriors among others recently became born-again Christians.

- DiBiase shared his thoughts on Nikita Koloff going from working his religious wrestling events to working under Vince Russo and NWA-TNA. DiBiase said Koloff mainly did it to spread the word to the boys in TNA, as well as to gain exposure as if you're off television too long, your celebrity fades.

- Ted DiBiase talked about being the guy who television-wise brought in "Stone Cold" Steve Austin as "The Ringmaster" and The Undertaker along with Paul Bearer. He mentioned that he knew Austin had something special in him, as at the time road agents were telling their guys the days of mat-wrestling were over, but Austin stuck with it and became a star because he was different than others in that aspect.

- DiBiase mentioned his relationship with Vince McMahon currently isn't the best, although he considers McMahon very instrumental in his celebrity and thanks him a lot for giving him the type of opportunities that he did. However, DiBiase said he originally left WWE in '93 to go to Japan, and made a comment along the lines of "thank god I'm outta here" which he feels was taken the wrong way. In any matter, DiBiase returned in '94 but got injured and became a commentator for a while before becoming a manager. He said when he left the last time, it was to Vince's competition WCW. He said he tried renegotiating his deal with WWE to stay working for McMahon, but when he showed up on the last day, McMahon told him "you'll be finishing up today".

- "The Million Dollar Man" also talked about not getting his fair share of wrestling title belts during his WWE run. He said that while he thought he made a big name for himself, the reason he wasn't given the title was because he was a good worker. DiBiase mentioned that being a good-worker in WWE is the worst curse that you can have. Instead of being given the title for being a great worker, they give it to someone who isn't and have that person work with the good worker so they look good in the ring. DiBiase felt in that respect, he helped a lot of champions look good who otherwise wouldn't.

- DiBiase talked about his famous skits involving fans where he'd pay them money to bounce a basketball only to kick it away, bark like a dog, kiss his feet, etc. He found it funny where he was told just recently that the fan who kissed his feet way back when in WWE turned out to be Rob Van Dam. He also said he came up with his signature of shoving the $100 bill in his opponents mouth after beating them.

- Ted DiBiase also talked about whether or not he was asked to be involved in the RAW 10th Anniversary, if he still keeps in touch with his old manager Virgil, what happened to the "Million Dollar belt" and where it is today, how and where you can purchase his book, his time and memories from working with Bill Watts in the UWF, who created the "Million Dollar Man" gimmick, his run in WCW and how political and awful it was, and even gave us the infamous "Million Dollar Laugh". You can listen to this interview in streaming Real Media format by clicking here, or in Windows Media Audio format by clicking here. Don't forget to check out the official website of Ted DiBiase, at MillionDollarMan.com.



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