Ted DiBiase on Jim Duggan's Wrestling Style

'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!

[@ottopartz1]

Always loved hacksaw Jim! The 2x4 and hearing the "Hoooooooooo" always let me know there was going to be an entertaining match.

[@PaulDavies4]

Duggan and DiBiase are so interesting, Duggan is 4 days older than Diabiase and Duggan was only 4 kg heavier, and is 2" taller when they were wrestling in their primes. Yet you look at them and it feels like Duggan was far bigger based on his style.

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Three questions that need to be covered: 1. Ted's use of the brass knuckle in Mid South. 2. Anything about Houston promoter, Paul Boesch 3. Stories about Tom and Bruce Prichard, especially in Houston.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Ted "oh my gosh" DiBiase

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Hacksaw. Was a brawler. Ted was a technician. 🤼‍♀️. 👋

[@pateva2003]

Ted's comments about being a rugged heel turning into a baby face also works in reverse. If you're considered a rough and tumble babyface you can also be a good heel. Magnum T.A. would have been a fantastic heel, the guy never smiled, he always had that rugged scowl on his face, he would have been terrific as a bad guy.

[@dennislaber4210]

I don't know if y'all knew Jim duggan was part owners at a golf course in Clermont Florida, the picture stoudemire from the St Louis Cardinals, so we did quite well for, that two-by-four was something else.

[@hw5091]

hacksaw was a pretty big star for like 10, upper mid card during the boom, so no surprise there.

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

@@hw5091 Yeah it was crazy how popular he was here in Europe during the wrestling boom. He even had a single in the UK music charts, something no other wrestler managed to do. Just goes to show that charisma and a good personality, a good gimmick (even if the whole USA USA thing was extremely simplistic and one-dimensional, it worked obviously) and mic skills are way more important than in-ring skills.

[@CeemPlay]

Virgil/Vincent stories please

[@petersmith5915]

I was already very off wrestling when steve austin became a big star, i tried watching but didnt get him, i like the "stone cold" name tho n i think that really helped make him a bigger star imo.

[@1950Grendel]

When Austin came in with Chris Adams, he was a face, but they turned him on Adams after a short time. I agree with the comment about the fans turning a tough guy heel into a face because they like tough guys, and when they tough guy begins to beat on the heels, even better. Happened to Demolition, too.

[@ArchonTimatron]

There was also that brilliant underlying working-man V entitled snob angle with Ted and Jim which added a nice frisson.

[@markoutwithmark]

The two worst things to happen to wrestling: Star Ratings and Stephanie McMahon

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

More like WWF's expansion and its killing of the territories, Bankrupt Bischoff and Vince Russo.

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

You left out Vince Russo.

[@rodsimpson518]

Hacksaw Jim Duggan was my least favorite wrestler of all time. I always hated every time his match came on. He was one of the few wrestlers I just had zero interest in.