10 WWE Romances You Totally Don't Remember

1. Ted Dibiase & Maryse

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If you do remember this, it's only because you were one of the select few that clung on to WWE's in-house belief that the son of 'The Million Dollar Man' had half a chance of making a few bob himself as the company's top star.

Ted Dibiase was a serviceable midcarder at very best during a time where neither developmental nor main roster systems were set up to make stars underneath permanent main event presence John Cena. He wasn't his Dad, he certainly wasn't fit to wear his Dad's belt, and he didn't even really earn the right to boss Virgil about when the brought Mike Jones back for a bizarre brief stint in 2010.

Where all else had failed, WWE had Maryse cling to his arm in little more than a grim example of wrestling's dated "hot chick" philosophy. It was reductive for the pair of them - Maryse because she'd actually been an over act in the miniscule in-ring element of the Divas division, and Dibiase because less than nobody believed his supposed wealth or charm could attract the future Mrs Miz.

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