Untold Truth Behind The Million Dollar Man’s First Year in WWE and Feud with Hulk Hogan

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

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4.8 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Dive deep into the untold story of WWE’s iconic Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, during his explosive first year! From his flashy debut to the ruthless persona that changed wrestling forever, this video uncovers secrets and behind-the-scenes drama you’ve NEVER heard before.

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0:00.0	What is going on, wrestling fans?
0:10.2	It's I, C.4.
0:11.0	Welcome back to 10-count media.
0:12.2	And if you're listening to us, welcome back to primetime with Sean Mooney.
0:16.0	Today's edition, though, on the Golden Era podcast, we are talking about the million-dollar
0:20.7	man-hills of all time. Mooney, how you doing today? Yeah. though on the Golden Era podcast. We are talking about the million dollar man.
0:21.7	Teals of all time. Mooney, how are you doing today? I'm doing great because we're going to
0:26.6	cover another one of my favorite topic. So we're going to really dive into this one because
0:32.8	one of the greatest heels ever. And his philosophy behind it is great.
0:39.0	We'll get into that too.
0:40.1	So we got a lot to talk about.
0:42.3	Yeah, a lot of to unpack here.
0:43.6	Before we even get to everything, I want to ask you a question, though, is there's always
0:46.9	these lists that come out, you know, top 10 wrestlers who never became world champion.
0:52.3	Million Dollar Man is certainly one of them.
0:55.0	He's usually top one or two.
0:57.1	Are you surprised that he didn't ever actually officially become world champion or we're
1:02.3	living in a baby face world so that doesn't happen?
1:04.9	Well, we've had this discussion before and I know having conversations with Bruce Pritchard about some of these
1:12.6	guys that some of these wrestlers didn't need straps around their waist and although Ted had
1:22.1	one, the million dollar belt, of course, but we knew the significance of that.
1:32.6	So, you know, some of these guys could just, they could stay on top and remain at the top of the card and they didn't have to have a title.
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