Ted DiBiase on Buying Hercules in 1988

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Ted DiBiase on Buying Hercules in 1988

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'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase looks back at his Hall of Fame career, from Mid-South, to Japan, to WCW, to WWF, and everywhere in-between! Join Ted and Marcus every Friday at 6am ET on all podcast platforms or if you want early access, get it commercial free on Premier+ with Premier Streaming Network!

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@mox19380 9 ай бұрын

i really appreciate how the host handles these interviews. he seems balanced, well informed, gives plenty of space to the co-host to explain their portion before offering his opinion...to that effect he nails Ted's role at this point. he'd been pushed to the top and now he could help get others over, or in herc's case get him over even more. Ted was a super heel and in one segment helped turn hercules into a baby face

@Houston123ABC 10 ай бұрын

That is ULTIMATE HEEL stuff there !

@newhere2419 10 ай бұрын

peak Million Dollar Man. the whole time he was in WWF he was in the middle of things

@RebelliousEra 10 ай бұрын

So glad I just discovered this. Ted was like a Hollywood bad guy when I was a kid and I’ve always loved that about him. Such a classic human being.

@CultofPersonality334 10 ай бұрын

The 80s were wild man. Cant do that today.

@elizabethjones2027 10 ай бұрын

I don't know why you can't it's just part of the show

@CultofPersonality334 10 ай бұрын

@@elizabethjones2027 a guy walking around in chains being called a slave would have a group of people mad as hell. They would consider it mockery and go ape shit.

@kenterminateddq5311 10 ай бұрын

I liked when Heenan was smiling after Dibiase gave him (kayfabe) money and Ted revealed that Hercules was his "slave". IF that was Bad News Brown or SD Jones, WWF would've had a lot of bad press.

@65if2007 7 ай бұрын

Well sure, but probably they would have refused to go along and Vince probably wouldn't have thought to push the envelope that far anyway. But think about it -- Virgil is still a full-fledged heel here; he hasn't yet turned on DiBiase. It's quite a sight to see him -- of all people -- trying to help DiBiase subdue someone into slavery.

@kenterminateddq5311 7 ай бұрын

@@65if2007 That's true, except I can see Bad News Allen telling Patterson or Vince to F off. Maybe SD Jones would say yes since he's a lower card guy.

@bobnichols3233 10 ай бұрын

Hercules should have been pushed better in my opinion. He had the badass character and could have been a lot bigger star.

@DixiePokerAce 10 ай бұрын

He had a substance abuse problem that limited his career.

@GregthaBunny 10 ай бұрын

@@DixiePokerAce not sure about that but he did have a heart defect

@GAT-pr6dt 10 ай бұрын

He was pushed. I remember he won the battle royal in 1987 on Saturday Night Main Event, and that battle royal was stacked with superstars such as Hogan and Andre. Also when Macho Man was champion he came out on the Brother Love show while Hercules was being interviewed and endorsed him basically.

@65if2007 7 ай бұрын

Herc definitely went over as a babyface here. They cut out the part where the crowd is screaming, "HERC! HERC!" What amused me about Herc's babyface turn was that you don't see him getting outraged at the idea of Ted DiBiase buying a slave UNTIL he "finds out" that he's the one. But before that, he doesn't object to the idea as a matter of principle. By Survivor Series 1990, Herc has turned heel again, teaming up with Paul Roma as "Power and Glory", and he and DiBiase ended up on the same tag team and you see the two of them high-fiving each other, as friendly as can be. Hey, no hard feelings about that "slave" incident, huh buddy? 😁😁

@Mmacrossfirekenai 5 ай бұрын

Gotta love Heenan: Don't worry about it.

@davequinn3484 10 ай бұрын

Who needs a title belt when ya have rhe the million dollar belt?

@robertmcdonald2886 10 ай бұрын

Ted dibiase was my favoite heel wrestler glad he's doing ok

@elderyoung416 10 ай бұрын

Is Ted taller than Hercules? These few minutes are better than anything now a days. It would have took twenty minutes to do that these days LOL.

@firebird6522 10 ай бұрын

I heard that. The wrestlers these days definitely don't believe "brevity is wit." Plus they would have sounded like they were reading from a script.

@newhere2419 10 ай бұрын

yes Dibiase was 2 inches taller than Hercules

@jowbloe4700 4 ай бұрын

Bobby *THE BRAIN* 💯

@Wheels8504 5 ай бұрын

Today's audience is too soft for that today just as much as they are for the Attitude Era. This was and still is gold. Watched this when I was a kid.

@dn3a591 10 ай бұрын

I don't get how the angle was offensive, there was nothing wrong with it. I recommend watching Ted Dibiase's pre-match promo from Summerslam 1989. That always cracks me up every time I watch it.

@1950Grendel 10 ай бұрын

They wanted heat and they got it. It would generate heat today, too.

@DixiePokerAce 10 ай бұрын

@@1950GrendelExactly, it was all an act to get a response from the fans and make them hate Dibiase and Heenan even more.

@Jim-Tuner 10 ай бұрын

It was a great angle and it was one of the better ways to turn a long-term heel like Herc. I think the same sort of angle could be done today just without using the word "slave". It would have to be changed around to be about a contract being sold to a bad boss and the guy not being allowed to work if he doesn't do what the new boss says.

@airfixx_8952 5 ай бұрын

The should have still given Ted that Rumble 89 win........... It would have been the perfect re-boot for his character having bought his way to #30..... They did that part but just threw the pay-off away on John Stuff for no good reason.