Within five months of his debut in 2008, Ted DiBiase looked to have an incredibly bright future in wrestling. In that time, he had captured the tag team titles on multiple occasions with Cody Rhodes, and then formed The Legacy along with Randy Orton. However, he was never really protected in the group, and was made to look like a lackey to the much bigger star in Orton. When Ted broke out on his own, he was basically recycling his fathers gimmick, complete with the Million Dollar Championship and Vincent as his bodyguard. That failed to get over, and his babyface turn was even worse. No one wants to cheer a guy whose theme song states that he comes from money. And few things in wrestling over the past decade have seemed as desperate as his "DiBiase Posse" parties. His last couple years in the company were spent as a jobber who would appear and disappear without any storyline support. In 2013, hed had enough. He knew the company was never going to invest in him again. Ted may have had the pedigree and the looks, but he didnt want to keep looking up at the lights at the end of a match. He asked for his release, and outside of a few indy appearances, has largely been done with the entire industry.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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