Ted DiBiase Sr. recently spoke with the folks from Fightful for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During his discussion with the popular digital outlet, "The Million Dollar Man" reflected on his run in NXT, which resulted in his old Million Dollar Championship belt returning, as well as a bump he took for LA Knight.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On how his involvement with Cameron Grimes in NXT led to multiple appearances for the brand and the return of the Million Dollar Championship: “Well, Cameron Grimes, who in real life apparently does invest in the stock market and apparently he’s done very well. So, they just played off of that. They said, ‘Let’s just create a story. GameStop goes through the roof and he becomes this multi-millionaire over night and starts trying to be like me.’ But, storyline-wise, not doing a very good job of it. So, the first few weeks they just brought me in and each time I would one-up him. One of them was we would go in a jewelry store. He’d buy this really nice Rolex watch, right? I come up behind him and go, ‘Not a bad watch, kid,’ but then I hold up this diamond bevelled watch and go, ‘But it’s not a million-dollar watch.’ He goes berserk and I walk out the door. But when we first started it, I think I was gonna be there for four weeks or something. It just kept building, well let’s bring back the Million Dollar belt.”
On taking a real bump for LA Knight even though NXT suggested that security catch him: “It’d been a long time and they didn’t want me to do that. The two bodyguards so-to-speak guarding the belt, they said, ‘You can fall back into their arms and they’ll catch you.’ I said, ‘Nuh-uh. I’m gonna do what I’ve done all my life, probably twenty to thirty times a night. The ring is a very good ring, I’m just gonna take the bump.’ But, I made sure I did it. I put everything I had into it. It’s kind of like the old man going, ‘I’m gonna show these old whippersnappers how you do it.’”
Check out the complete interview at Fightful.
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