Yep, that basketball segment definitely defined the Million Dollar Man's ultimate heel status cause to this day we all still talk about it
@user-cq5nl2gb8t
4 ай бұрын
Imagine that today
@manuginobilisbaldspot2
10 ай бұрын
My mom HATED wrestling. She saw that segment and cussed him out…she was so mad. Great great heat.
@sp4604
6 ай бұрын
its was the most fucked up shit ever in wrasslin
@WilliamJohn-l6g
6 ай бұрын
Best stuff ever o well
@brendanshull2125
6 ай бұрын
my dad got so mad when Tatanka sold out to Dibiase. he told me to take the Tatanka poster off my door and everything. he knew it was all staged of course but that’s the power the characters have 15 or so years later he had a roommate who used to wrestle and the guy told me wrestling Dibiase was hard because he was so nice to him that he could barely even pretend to hurt him
@thegadflygang5381
6 ай бұрын
@brendanshull2125 these guys were the best actors ever. You know it's fake but you still get furious
@2Less0is0More2
6 ай бұрын
My mom did as well hahahahaha omg
@heisensaul5538
Жыл бұрын
That's a really cool story. A guy who I watch on youtube who is like in his early 40s said he sounded that clip to his daughter and she just instantly took a disliking to The Million Dollar man b/c of the basketball segment and if he Ted still gets heat over that to this day, then it's still pretty effect almost 30 years later lol
@chrisrobinson3494
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this basketball segment when it originally aired, and im just now finding out that they did give the kid the money after all, glad they did.
@pinkbeatle2012
6 ай бұрын
they had to it would of been too cruel 😂
@johndavis6719
6 ай бұрын
How much did he pay the kid.
@chrisrobinson3494
6 ай бұрын
@@johndavis6719 $100.00
@JamesStreet-tp1vb
6 ай бұрын
I remember watching this when it happened. I will never forget Dibiase talking about the money "And from the looks of your family, they could suuuurrrre use it." 😂😅😂
@sethaldrich6902
Жыл бұрын
Best laugh and theme song ever! He was always one of my favorite wrestlers. Thank you Ted for all your hard work and dedication.
@scoonman
Жыл бұрын
LOL @ Rob Van Dam saying he would kiss DiBiase’s feet again, but it’s a lot more expensive now🤣🤣
@Larry_Sycamore
Жыл бұрын
One of the all time best heel segments!
@BootleggedAtTheGathering
6 ай бұрын
So awesome! I live in Omaha, NE and never knew he was a Omaha local!
@BoatDoggyDog
6 ай бұрын
Cool story, but 13 year old me was pissed off that Saturday morning😅
@BigtimeJuicer
6 ай бұрын
This is such a great story! I remember thinking how lucky that kid was...But then he booted the ball. No way anyone could forget that! :)
@josephdell8056
Жыл бұрын
What a classic promo.
@luciano-km7mq
Жыл бұрын
Milwaukee is also known for baseball. Robin Yount was huge back then.
@mrsain19
Жыл бұрын
The green suit will always be my favorite. But when he wore the black and gold one, that's when they should have put the world or IC on him.
@phxrider950
11 ай бұрын
That was epic. I remember when he did that, we were kids and my brother showed the skit to our grandmother on VHS, she was really bothered by it apparently, she later told our dad about it and he had to explain to her that it wasn't real. He told us about it afterward. 🤣🤣 There was also the swimming pool skit where he pays the guy to kick all the kids out, and the one where he offers a kid money to do some number of pushups and then puts his foot on the kid's back so he can't make it, and then doesn't give him the money. 🤣 "Do you think he deserves the money, Virgil? Well neither do I! Hahahahahaha
@dashien2605
8 ай бұрын
😂grandma was not happy, you cant tell grandma anything
@XZaziel
6 ай бұрын
What a great story. I watched this segment the first time it aired on television. It's still one of the greatest heel stories to this day..
@johnobrien1528
Жыл бұрын
The 80’s were just a better decade than today. Gen Z have no idea how good we had it
@Ace-vf2uf
Жыл бұрын
Facts
@BobEPeru2
6 ай бұрын
I LOVED that story! Great follow up to one of the best heat segment ever.
@cjempire1188
6 ай бұрын
Ted always been one of favorite heel wrestlers.. when they started making the action figures I remember first 3 i bought.. ultimate warrior, million dollar man and Jake the snake.
@mrmonte1975
6 ай бұрын
When I was a kid watching WWF.. The Million Dollar Man skits were very clever, and I was believing in them and thought the man was legit 100% cruel.. Yet at the same time, me and my friends got big laughs from his antics on TV especially that damn laugh. Very entertaining character for real.
@Alien415
Жыл бұрын
Would love to have a signed basketball with both Ted and Sean..
@itsmeandnotyou113
6 ай бұрын
You went to him to buy a car. The dealership should have his information
@giantkiller56
Жыл бұрын
There are only a few moments in my life when I remember where I was. Most of them were national tragedies. But, somehow, I remember exactly where I was when this segment first aired.
@BNDTO5_Reggie
Ай бұрын
Loved The Million Dollar Man and Virgil. I was about that dribbling kids age when that promo took place. I was only Black kid in my neighborhood that sucked at basketball. I always thought the basketball kid was Virgil's son and you were Uncle Million Dollar Man, telling him you won't get paid just shutting up and dribbling, gotta learn contract negotiations too.
@aflask1
6 ай бұрын
Debiase completely opposite of million dollar man loving it!!!
@cpol4391
2 ай бұрын
This was so great! This is back when LIFE WAS FUN. We all need to ditch our cell phones and start mingling with society again!!
@smoothpoon86
6 ай бұрын
I love the segment when he kicked all the kids out of the pool so he could sunbathe next to it lmao
@phillipallison5061
11 күн бұрын
That was the kids basketball origin story. He vowed to never lose his dribble again.
@mavericksquid
6 ай бұрын
I also remember the push-up contest kid. Great stuff.
@lesterjohnson2691
6 ай бұрын
That stories sounds like a work. Too good to be true.
@JustinTymeMedia
Жыл бұрын
my boy Ted looking good! excellent!
@halkael2317
6 ай бұрын
Curious… no one has ever discussed the correlation between how the Million Dollar Man brought in Steve Austin… and the tv show where Lee Majors played the Six Million Dollar Man, Steve Austin. 🤔
@hectormunoz6052
6 ай бұрын
I'd say the odds of that encounter happening were pretty high on account that it happened .
@eldiablo3794
7 ай бұрын
What made The Million Dollar Man gimmick so good was Ted's evil laugh at the end of the segment lol. Imo he's one of the best heels of all time.. and has one of the most sinister laughs of all time.
@JayBurris100
6 ай бұрын
Life is really I mean truly amazing sometimes I love this story 🖤
@jonstefanik9400
Жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if wrestling fans flying into Omaha go to the rental car counter and look for a tall black man named Sean. Now he's gotta find the Pushup Boy.
@dlee985
Жыл бұрын
What a great story!
@willglenn-bl9gm
Жыл бұрын
They should do an episode on ted dibiase jr
@Arabicross
8 ай бұрын
Find that guy!!!
@stevepena7664
Жыл бұрын
Lol Ted had such an awesome character in wrestling
@panowa8319
6 ай бұрын
I know it's all scripted, and Ted was playing a character, I've always assumed that the kid was Virgil's kid.
@cobalt2006
Жыл бұрын
An older kid that used to babysit me loved Dibiase. I obviously liked Hogan and other faces. When I saw this guy laugh hard at this incident I thought he was kind of a jerk. But shortly after I realized that the BAD guys were funnier to root for.
@Professor-IC
7 ай бұрын
"Everybody has a price !" Most people's price is pretty cheap.
@michaelm2673
8 ай бұрын
It's not that much of a coincidence to eventually run in to someone of you travel a lot. In 2011 I went into a baseball card store in New York and saw Ted and Virgil both sitting at a table signing autographs. I thought I was seeing things. I just happened to go the day they were signing. If I was that kid I could've told him right there.
@TheGreen8astard
5 ай бұрын
Bruce Pritchard on the Million Dollar Man episode of STWW said that that wasn’t something that wasn’t practiced and the kids family didn’t know what was gonna happen….
@pjb4653
Жыл бұрын
I was the proud owner of not one but two MDM wrestling buddies 🥲 i always wanted a Virgil for my own as well ? They should have released them as a pair that would have been sick.
@chadtalbot8917
Жыл бұрын
I remember clear as day watching this on television in my living room with my parents when I was just a kid and my dad laughed himself silly and my mom started in "oh that poor thing!" And now I'm listening to Ted talk about it 30 years later. Where does life go and how does it go so fast.
@jonstefanik9400
Жыл бұрын
The Million Dollar Man's entertainment value was geared for adult men. If they made your father laugh hard, they did their job perfect.
@DiBiasehere
Жыл бұрын
Good pernt
@davemcnally3543
6 ай бұрын
Scary how fast time goes and it seems to go even faster as we age.
@davecunningham4492
Жыл бұрын
When I was in high school I lived near DiBiase...I even cut his grass and he paid me $35. Wonderful summer 😂 Mortal Kombat just came out on Super Nintendo! I also went to school with his son Ted Jr
@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf
Жыл бұрын
He should have stiffed you then laugh and slammed the door in your stupid face!
@jonathandevereaux298
Жыл бұрын
🙄 I was his milkman so i know you're lying
@MrAjking808
6 ай бұрын
Sure
@oRealAlieNo
6 ай бұрын
Dude you mowed dibiase bush?
@edwardjames6023
5 ай бұрын
I always wanted to be the million dollar champion
@tomwalker389
Жыл бұрын
Wrestling will never be this good again. Ever.
@slabbusterrtr7690
Жыл бұрын
Nope
@garrymclaughlan6433
Жыл бұрын
JBL tried and failed.
@pjb4653
Жыл бұрын
A friggin men lol . Pretty sure the golden age of everything cool is over
@HereIsWisdom1318
Жыл бұрын
NEVER EVER!
@J0HNJ0RDAN
Жыл бұрын
It can't be. Until, maybe all of this is forgotten. I'm talking hundreds of years in the future. It could all come around again. But, with all we know today, about the business.. the magic is gone. And, the characters, the talent, the whole paradigm has shifted. Wrestling isn't what it used to be, and, as you say, probably won't be again anytime soon If ever.
@jeremyjames1659
Жыл бұрын
As an adult looking back on the wrestling from when I was a kid, I can now admit the million dollar man was the best character ever invented. Ted was a great athlete and an even better actor.
@terranceburrs5832
6 ай бұрын
He was definitely the best heel in WWE during the late 80s and early 90s.
@louiem2
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, same here. I hated Dibiase as a kid, but looking back on it, the character was brilliant!!
@yorkrothschild9922
6 ай бұрын
The milllion dollar man, the original goldust!! Phenomenal character
@UGKZ23
6 ай бұрын
The 80s JBL!
@2Less0is0More2
6 ай бұрын
The best ever. Loved this character
@mastercypher9970
Жыл бұрын
Everyone that met Ted during these segments got famous or found success, these segments were indeed a blessing! 😂
@Filmaker25
3 ай бұрын
Yup Rob Van Dam was in a segment with him back in the day too!
@tonyc7301
6 ай бұрын
That's awesome that Dibiase ran into the kid as a grown man and that he attended college on a basketball scholarship. Shaun learned from Dibiase to do the job right and get paid.
@IsaacIVMarc
Жыл бұрын
😂 The same kid went to college on a basketball scholarship. What sealed the deal with the story was him unintentionally doing his own iconic evil laugh after sharing the story. 😂
@noahboddee5238
Жыл бұрын
No that kid ended up on welfare and crack 😂
@satan3959
7 ай бұрын
Remember that kid that kissed Ted's foot...that was a teenage RVD
@simondawe8774
Жыл бұрын
If I was that kid and I recognized Ted before I talked to him, I'd want to get my hands on a basketball. Then when he's talking about finding a car, I'd be like, "Well here's what I'm gonna do (pick up the basketball) and say"if you can dribble this basketball 15 times consecutively (without missing), I'll get you a car."
@horsemen601
7 ай бұрын
thats what i was thinking to lol have some fun with hinting at a memory 😎
@JosephTSena
Жыл бұрын
Linda McMahon was the lady that barked like a dog.
@joejacobs3537
6 ай бұрын
I never knew that....
@TempeSoldier123
6 ай бұрын
I ran into Ted at an airport. He was standing alone and I simply walked up to him and told him I grew up watching him and it was a pleasure meeting him. He just smiled, shook my hand, and thanked me.
@vcvortex6356
6 ай бұрын
That wasn't Ted. It was just some guy named Larry...
@sammyhoy7838
6 ай бұрын
@@vcvortex6356He has two brothers named Darryl, laugh ol,
@TonyBeBlessed
6 ай бұрын
@@vcvortex6356 rofllll
@skippythealien9627
Жыл бұрын
I live in Wisconsin. Milwaukee is a great city but it is absolutely NOT a basketball city lmfao wtf. Before Giannis, no one gave a shit about the Bucks. The only team people in Wisconsin really care about are the Packers
@seannevin5086
6 ай бұрын
Funny how the biggest heals are the nicest guy
@brutallyhonest123
5 ай бұрын
Heel
@arthuridis
Жыл бұрын
Best laugh ever. Hands down.
@leondarnell1
5 ай бұрын
One of the BEST segments EVER!!!
@bigroy38
Жыл бұрын
Milwaukee is famous for the Crusher.
@philiptamer8995
Жыл бұрын
Mr Dibiase has ALWAYS been one of my FAVORITE wrestlers !!!!!!!!
@alfredlock3902
Жыл бұрын
If there was ever a top 10 of greatest WWE heels of all time he would be in there no problem. (there might even be one I think now if so it needs updating with Roman Reigns in it).
@Caolan114
Жыл бұрын
They even recreated this moment at WrestleMania 22 In a backstage segment with Eugene
@mikey8086
Жыл бұрын
Ted D was great, loved watching him. He could cut a promo perfectly and one heck of a wrestler as well. My top four when I was a kid was Ted D, Rick Rude, Undertaker, and Mr. Perfect. All could cut a promo so well and had great wrestling abilities to boot.
@r.boss5373
Жыл бұрын
Ya ok n my favorites were barry Horowitz BERSERKER Brooklyn brawler and the genius...c'mon bro...only thots liked rick rude ..Undertaker was just too boring n every person in the arena n watching on tv wanted to smack Ted n perfect..so tellin me as a young child u were rooting for those 4 is like telling me in 2003 u knew the 9-7 giants would run the nfc playoffs n go on to beat the undefeated Patriots in 2007...ya maybe once it all happened some clowns said that but thrs no way those were ur 4 favorite guys..more like ultimate warrior Texas tornado big bossman n the bushwackers lol
@mspionage1743
Ай бұрын
This guy should be in the WWE Hall of Fame. He is one of the classic characters from the golden era.
@9952275
Жыл бұрын
Ted was underrated. His in ring work in the wwf was better than Flair.
@thecouchpotatoesrgv4719
Жыл бұрын
Don't let Conrad Thompson read that or he'll have you banned from KZitem lol
@ShadowAngel-lt8nw
Жыл бұрын
Lol, no. The Flair - Steamboat matches are better than anything Ted ever did. He was a good worker, obviously knew how to draw heat easily, but he wasn't even close to Flair.
@r.boss5373
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowAngel-lt8nw....flair is super overrated..his promos were 80% the same every time and and so was his matches...n he said in the wwf..the steamboat vs flair matches were nwa ..flair loved himself too much and ted had real heat not the were jus sick of you heat like flair...seriously flair is way overrated
@ShadowAngel-lt8nw
Жыл бұрын
@@r.boss5373 If you think Flair is overrated, you really got no clue about wrestling. And no, his promos weren't 80% the same. If anything, he was one of the few wrestlers who had a wide variety of styles. From being completely batshit crazy (especially in the late 90's), to being a loudmouth egomaniac to being a subdued, respectful worker (1989, Steamboat) to being afraid for his life (Starrcade 1993, Flair acted as if he was about to get killed by Vader), he had a good range of different, fitting characteristics. That made him great. On the other hand, Ted DiBiase indeed always did the same promo. "I'm rich, you're not, hahahahaha". Of course it worked, but he was very one-dimensional. Maybe you should look up some old wrestling, you definitely need to learn a thing or two about it.
@r.boss5373
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowAngel-lt8nw seeing I probably watched triple the amount of wrestling u did..I literally have vhs box sets n over 200 home taped vhs of wwf from 86- 2000...flair definitely said the same shit all the time..n his promo was I'm rich n ur not i got the bitches n the jets n a watch..ppl are so afraid to tell the truth cuz the mass amount of zombies like u jus go off what the tilde instead of actually watching..I literally can't think of one flair vignette or promo that is memorable cuz after hearing the same lines over n over I stopped csring
@LobsterRoc
Жыл бұрын
"Fack The Ted DiBiase" --Sheiky Baby
@JustinTymeMedia
Жыл бұрын
. RIP Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri we love you
@sixfootben4892
Жыл бұрын
I used to sneak out and ride my bike to the landing strip titty bar right by the Detroit metro Airport when they would have events and meet all the wrestlers. I remember Ted was always really nice to us. I remember him asking where are your parents? Got 5 kids sitting outside of a strip bar at midnight 😂. We snuck out. We would plan to have a sleep over in my buddies club house and ride our bikes uo there. Thise were great times! We had adventures as kids in the 80s . No video games, just adventures in the woods. A bunch of kids witg rambo knives we bought at the fleamarket or throwing stars. Damn whar a time to be a kid.
@arthuridis
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome.
@sixfootben4892
Жыл бұрын
@@arthuridis we were very lucky. Even though it's the Detroit Airport it's in a small town. So we didn't have to go down dangerous streets. It was all back trails through the woods so it was all adventure. But I bet my life nothing has changed and if you're ever in Michigan by the Airport after an event the dudes will be at the landing strip lounge.
@garrymclaughlan6433
Жыл бұрын
More than deserving of a wwf title run at least once.
@Bubatronic303
Жыл бұрын
This is the most heartwarming story
@jacobkubacki2719
Жыл бұрын
I was there!! They taped a bunch of Superstars of Wrestling shows & wow!! My dad was a Milwaukee Police Officer & his buddies working back stage said that kid a bunch of stuff! Lol I’ll remember that for my whole life! 13….14….. 👢+🏀 = ☄️ lol
@crazycountryboy8941
Жыл бұрын
The basketball segment was hilarious
@benjones6030
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ted for answering my question here.
@jonhall3151
3 ай бұрын
Man I remember watching this like it happened yesterday. Love you, MDM!
@kevinwagner7333
6 ай бұрын
Man watching wrestling as a kid in the 80s was rad. It was all so real. The characters were bigger than life and all we knew of them were the characters. Best time for wrestling ever.
@pinkbeatle2012
6 ай бұрын
Ted was such a great heel
@esta7763
4 ай бұрын
Ted DiBiase did such a great job. I HATED him so much when I was a kid. I hated how he thought he could just buy whoever and whatever he wanted, and I always wanted to see him get humbled so he would know that money wasn't everything like he thought. Now that I'm an adult, I can look back and see just how great of a heel he was. He did such a great job making everyone hate him. I now appreciate how good he was at being a heel and he's now probably the wrestler from those days that I admire the most now.
@senecaureliuslocke9432
6 ай бұрын
As a poor black boy about the same age at the time there were wrestlers i didn't like (sheik koloff orndorf etc) but there were only two i truly hated: Piper and after this...Dibiase. To this day i still haven't forgiven that 😅
@jasongordon13
6 ай бұрын
I don’t understand what was the big deal??? The kid did not get the job done… he deserved nothing!! Everyone has a price… what now I see he got the $$$$ cmon Mr D he did not get the job done!!! Thanks
@FUGP72
6 ай бұрын
You'd never get very far in wreslting doing any sort of gimmick with beer. Oh, hell no.
@desmondciauri4616
14 күн бұрын
Mom mom Hated wrestling.She saw that segment and cussed him out…..she was so mad.Great Heat!
@scottgerhardt5763
6 ай бұрын
I stopped watching WWF, because of the million dollar man and Irs.
@SamuelOji-v3l
6 ай бұрын
I remember watching that segment as a child and I hated the Million Dollar Man for that. Wow, it was so believable
@TheOttercreek
Жыл бұрын
Not trying to insult Mr. Dibiase’s intelligence, but couldn’t he contact the car dealership to find the basketball 🏀 kid?
@NOV123
Жыл бұрын
They should do a re-enactment 35+ years later!
@anthonyowsley8286
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE Ted Dibiase And, If given the chance I would slap my daddy in the mouth to meet him. "Everybody's got a price for the million dollar man! HAHAHAHA!!"
@yragcom1
Жыл бұрын
Still the greatest heel move in the history of wrestling.
@Steve-mp7by
6 ай бұрын
I was dying laughing. Everybody thought it was real
@steweslaxe-ts6fg
6 ай бұрын
i saw ted pull the basketball trick in maple leaf gardens, was great.
@JerryScott-r6v
6 ай бұрын
ted needs to pay him $500 adjusted for inflation😂
@vincesmith2499
Жыл бұрын
The kid was LeBron James.
@kfade5150
Жыл бұрын
Explains why he hates wrestlers lol 😅
@philneliusharris4189
6 ай бұрын
As a kid watching it I knew he wasn’t gonna get the money yet I was mad but as an adult I think it’s hilarious😂😂😂😂
@rebeltvr6046
Жыл бұрын
They should do a repeat of it, but now as adults. That would be cool.
@edwinescobar626
11 ай бұрын
Huh 🤔 lol
@Filmaker25
3 ай бұрын
don't forget Rob Van DAm
@johnhenryNC
6 ай бұрын
There's no way they could do that basketball segment today. I mean you had DiBiase telling a little black boy that he looked like poverty.
@adm712
Жыл бұрын
The best Million Dollar Man segment was the one where he gets a paper cut and demands immediate medical attention. Lol
@Raven9940
6 ай бұрын
I always wondered if the kid was in on it or not. This story warmed my heart
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