10 Best Ring Names In WWE History
5. 'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase
"He sounds like a Million Dollar Man," surmised Ted DiBiase, upon listening to a pitch that must have floored him in its flattery and ambition: DiBiase was selected as the man to play Vince McMahon's aspirational wrestler, and to put the bit over, was afforded five-star accommodation and first-class air travel to maintain kayfabe in public.
The 'Million Dollar Man' name was as brilliantly simplistic as the premise behind the act. It was very, very easy to loathe a man of such impossible wealth to begin with; that he was a complete and utter b*stard with it only infuriated the fandom that much more. DiBiase robbed young children of money, ejected them from swimming pools, treated jewellery store clerks with eye-rolling, demanding disdain, persuaded fans to humiliate themselves, to kiss his feet, for money. He even bought himself the most expensive title belt in the Federation: he was rich, nasty and entitled. The WWF went all in on the heat, even going as far as to pair DiBiase with an African American 'servant' to trigger the most palpable tensions of the class divide.
The name was a constant reminder of what his detractors could not have - and, consequently, they constantly threw their weight behind his opponents.