Ted DiBiase

Ted DiBiase fascinates me as a master of being hated. The 191 cm Omaha native came up through genuine amateur wrestling, yet what endures is the Million Dollar Man, a villain so smug audiences truly loathed him. Playing a heel that well is harder than being a hero, and his dual induction into both the WWE and Wrestling Observer Halls of Fame proves he earned respect as performer and technician alike. Thirty titles is a quietly staggering number. I have a soft spot for the artistry of the great villain, and DiBiase remains, for me, the gold standard of that craft.

Name (English)

Ted DiBiase

Name (Japanese)

テッド・デビアス

Reading

てっど・でびあす

Born

January 18, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Origin

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

amateur wrestler / professional wrestler / screenwriter

University

West Texas A&M University

Awards & achievements

• WWE Hall of Fame
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://milliondollarman.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/MDMTedDiBiase
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20DiBiase
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q344997

Tags

• Nebraska
• amateur wrestler
• professional wrestler
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.