Ted DiBiase on Backstage Resentment for Lawrence Taylor

[@twsstar]

That match was way better than anyone expected. Bravo to both guys 👏

[@fergalstackstreams]

I was never an NFL watcher, so I had never heard of Lawrence Taylor until he appeared on WWF TV.

[@jaythor70]

He had done it with Mr. T, which laid the ground work for WWF, but there had been other pro football players who crossed over. Ernie Ladd, Wahoo McDaniels, and Bronko Nagurski had all been big names in football before adding pro wrestling. It wasn't a total leap of faith on Vince's part.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

It wouldn't work for just any football player, but it helped that Lawrence Taylor was one of the most feared and hard-hitting football players to play the game, and the reputation was well established by then even though he was in the twilight of his NFL career. WWF was bottomed out at the time while struggling with viewership and they had to try something to move the needle.

[@skippythealien9627]

It's crazy that a guy who was arguably the greatest defensive player to ever play the game...is barely known by the future generations of NFL fans I hate to say it, but a huge chunk of this falls on him. He has had so much legal trouble over the years, he never got a chance to have a "second career." Look at Randy Moss. The dude has totally reinvented himself as a broadcaster. LT was never able to do that

[@shiningphantasy1393]

@@skippythealien9627 Another reason may be that the NFL has softened up a lot in the name of player safety and has heavily slanted the game towards the offense over the last decade, so defensive enforcers of the past like Lawrence Taylor don't get highlighted regularly. You'll never see them showing old Steve Atwater highlights anymore either. To your point, I think that same can be said for Reggie White, that most in the present don't have a good idea of his impact on the game.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@shiningphantasy1393 man totally unrelated but it's ridiculous that it took a decade for Steve Atwater to get into the Hall of Fame Hell, i'm a Bears fan and I fucking loathe the Packers, but Leroy Butler taking a decade to get in is fucking ridiculous too

[@shiningphantasy1393]

@@skippythealien9627 Even though I'm a Minnesotan and have been a Vikings fan for the last 27 years or so, I grew up from my youth cheering for Elway and the Broncos from the mid-eighties through the late-nineties. So yeah I watched a lot of Steve Atwater and he should have been inducted in a shorter period of time; he and Dennis Smith were a big-hitting Safety duo back then, even though Dennis Smith could go a bit dirty with his tactics from time to time.

[@TL2354]

LT already retired

[@biggiefitz6275]

Go Big Red!!!! My dad played for the Huskers! It was an awesome surprise when l learned the MDM is a fellow Nebraskan, born in Omaha.

[@Jwjmcc]

Teds right Out side of North America no one knew who he was in other countries

[@christiansoldier77]

There has to be a Vince McMahon movie some day . The perfect guy to play him would be Christian Bale

[@donjohn2695]

Bam bam got a decent match out of Taylor

[@junkscorpion7011]

State of Missippii knows you and your sons Dibiase have a price💲💲💲

[@craiganderson3919]

LT is the greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL! Nobody before or after comes close to his dominance!

[@bcwbriancampbell3679]

Bam Bam Below My Top Favorite Wrestler All Times Best Old Classic about Dusty Rhides and Jake The Robers Best Good Legends WWF

[@TL2354]

Try English next time

[@Marc_Araujo]

One of those football players with LT was Mongo...and he called Tatanka "Tonka Truck" lol.

[@DUFFYISBACK]

any full episodes?

[@GoldenEraNetwork]

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[@brianreid4567]

Remember this like 👍 it was yesterday

[@cathaldowdall7467]

LT Was sum dude . Awesome 🤩 an animal.

[@Drummer8282]

Can Ted say “You Know” any more?

[@matthewgabbard6415]

Man, let those pro wrestlers bitching line up against an NFL offensive or defensive line and see who still has something to say. Taylor was a real athlete in a real sport

[@jd9119]

If you want to talk notoriety, how many PPV buys came because LT was on the card? How many people bought tickets to be there live, because LT was on the card? Nobody. So it was bad business to have him on there. Nobody in the mainstream was going to care about wrestling and nobody who cares about wrestling was going to care that LT (or any sports player) was going to be there.

[@ThielsArtwork]

He was the damn main event against bam bam and they set it up by having bam bam push LT while he was in the crowd at a previous ppv. Me and my dad never watched football ever but we seen that push and we watched the ppv live. LT sold that ppv. The guy was underpaid if anything.

[@undertakerfanz628]

Red DiBiase

[@masterj4777]

There should be resentment you don't pay anybody more than your wrestlers which is that will always be a garbage company!

[@FAWicon]

LT was completely unknown to the rest of the world

[@samright4661]

😂😂😂 BS LT is really well known in NY

[@jaygribbin1667]

You would think the million dollar man would pay someone to make his bed

[@chico1680]

The Million Dollar Maid is late for work

[@crushthecrusher7134]

I November football player Lawrence Taylor wrestle bam bam bigelow at wrestlemaina 11 and Lawrence Taylor win beat bam bam bigelow

[@jameskelly5672]

Ny is L.T Land,back off Hicks.

[@jameskelly5672]

Glad L.T got paid,he was the only talented guy on the card

[@JRWeezy84]

Wrestlers r friggin carnys man. No womder soany die very young

[@ERICARCIERI]

Horrible match one of WrestleMania worst main events LT couldn't even stand after that match and bam bam Bigelow carried him thru that whole match

[@jamescoleman446]

Lol. The resentment was because Taylor was a legitimate athlete and could draw BIG MONEY on his name alone.