Ted DiBiase on Backstage Resentment for Lawrence Taylor

'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase looks back at his Hall of Fame career, from Mid-South, to Japan, to WCW, to WWF, and everywhere in-between! Join Ted and Marcus every Friday at 6am ET on all podcast platforms or if you want early access, get it commercial free on Premier+ with Premier Streaming Network!

[twsstar]

That match was way better than anyone expected. Bravo to both guys 👏

[fergalstackstreams]

I was never an NFL watcher, so I had never heard of Lawrence Taylor until he appeared on WWF TV.

[jaythor]

He had done it with Mr. T, which laid the ground work for WWF, but there had been other pro football players who crossed over. Ernie Ladd, Wahoo McDaniels, and Bronko Nagurski had all been big names in football before adding pro wrestling. It wasn't a total leap of faith on Vince's part.

[shiningphantasy]

It wouldn't work for just any football player, but it helped that Lawrence Taylor was one of the most feared and hard-hitting football players to play the game, and the reputation was well established by then even though he was in the twilight of his NFL career. WWF was bottomed out at the time while struggling with viewership and they had to try something to move the needle.

[biggiefitz]

Go Big Red!!!! My dad played for the Huskers! It was an awesome surprise when l learned the MDM is a fellow Nebraskan, born in Omaha.

[craiganderson]

LT is the greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL! Nobody before or after comes close to his dominance!

[donjohn]

Bam bam got a decent match out of Taylor

[Jwjmcc]

Teds right Out side of North America no one knew who he was in other countries

[junkscorpion]

State of Missippii knows you and your sons Dibiase have a price💲💲💲

[bcwbriancampbell]

Bam Bam Below My Top Favorite Wrestler All Times Best Old Classic about Dusty Rhides and Jake The Robers Best Good Legends WWF

[ThielsArtwork]

He was the damn main event against bam bam and they set it up by having bam bam push LT while he was in the crowd at a previous ppv. Me and my dad never watched football ever but we seen that push and we watched the ppv live. LT sold that ppv. The guy was underpaid if anything.

[matthewgabbard]

Man, let those pro wrestlers bitching line up against an NFL offensive or defensive line and see who still has something to say. Taylor was a real athlete in a real sport

[thatdudefeomtheinternet]

If you want to talk notoriety, how many PPV buys came because LT was on the card? How many people bought tickets to be there live, because LT was on the card? Nobody. So it was bad business to have him on there. Nobody in the mainstream was going to care about wrestling and nobody who cares about wrestling was going to care that LT (or any sports player) was going to be there.

[cathaldowdall]

LT Was sum dude . Awesome 🤩 an animal.

[Marc_Araujo]

One of those football players with LT was Mongo...and he called Tatanka "Tonka Truck" lol.

[masterj]

There should be resentment you don't pay anybody more than your wrestlers which is that will always be a garbage company!

[FAWicon]

LT was completely unknown to the rest of the world

[jaygribbin]

You would think the million dollar man would pay someone to make his bed

[jameskelly]

Glad L.T got paid, he was the only talented guy on the card

[crushthecrusher]

I November football player Lawrence Taylor wrestle bam bam bigelow at wrestlemaina 11 and Lawrence Taylor win beat bam bam bigelow