20 Reasons Why Last Night's WWE Raw Reunion Was An Absolute Mess

9. Ted DiBiase: Thick As Mince

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Vince McMahon was the quasi-inspiration behind the Million Dollar Man gimmick. On the basis of his segment with Alundra Blayze, he is also incredibly dumb with his money in 2019.

Vince has relaunched the XFL, and paid millions and millions of dollars to Brock Lesnar.

DiBiase, meanwhile, just paid a hefty sum of money to Alundra Blayze to purchase the WWE 24/7 Championship. See, WWE wished to riff on two separate angles, because what the targeted teenage demographic really likes is bad parody versions of legendary angles from before they were born, clumsily welded together in a way that made no sense whatsoever.

He could have simply retrieved it from the bin for free. Hacksaw Jim Duggan retrieved the WCW TV belt from the bin, so this is a canon means of winning a title, if anybody gives half a f*ck.

Ted DiBiase, genius 1980s heel, is now a dumbass.

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