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Ted DiBiase Reveals the Origin of the Million Dollar Man: PRIME TIME VAULT

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7797 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Prime Time welcomes WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase for an in-depth conversation on his legendary career. DiBiase discusses his early days in football, his journey into the WWF, and the creation and evolution of the iconic Million Dollar Man character. From behind-the-scenes stories to defining moments that shaped wrestling history, this is a must-watch interview with one of WWE’s most unforgettable villains.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a prime time with Sean Mooney production. Now, when you talk professional wrestlers and you ask

0:06.4

them what they think is the greatest gimmick ever, they rarely hesitate and they say the million

0:11.8

dollar man. Now, when Vince McMahon was looking for the right person to become that character,

0:16.5

he decided the right man for the job was none other than Ted DiBiase and he definitely was.

0:23.9

But folks, you know, it came with a price and we're going to get into all that in this podcast.

0:29.5

The awesome part of that job and the not so great part and nobody can tell it better than the

0:36.1

million-dollar man himself, Ted DiBiase. And Ted,

0:39.2

thank you so much for coming on prime time. It's just a pleasure to be with here, Sean. It's

0:44.0

great to talk to you again, by the way. Well, I love hearing that laugh. It brings back so

0:48.8

much, so many memories from me. And I'll have to tell you, and I hope you remember this,

0:53.5

but it hasn't been since

0:56.0

I was with the WWF that we saw each other. It was maybe like seven years ago, and I was in,

1:03.2

I think, Albuquerque, or I was in one of my many jobs along the way here, and I heard your

1:09.3

voice, and I was at a hotel and I said I think that's

1:14.5

Ted DiBiase and I went over to the table and yeah it was you do you remember that's running

1:19.9

into me now that you said that I do oh my gosh that's right I can't remember why I was there, whether I was there.

1:28.9

If it wasn't church-related, it was, I had to be church-related.

1:32.6

Yeah, I think you're on a retreat or something.

1:34.5

Yeah.

1:35.1

I know you were there for a reason, but it was a great, it was really great run into it, because it had been years.

1:42.5

But you've got a lot going on.

1:45.8

Oh, man. Do I ever? Wow. Crazy. And we want to talk about this film coming up,

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