Million Dollar Championship
| Million Dollar Championship | |
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 Titled Ted DiBiase Jr.
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| owner | WWE (unsanctioned) |
| broadcast | WWE Raw (2010) |
| Introduced | February 15, 1989 |
| Discontinued | several times, most recently November 15, 2010 |
The Million Dollar Championship was an unsanctioned wrestling title from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE, until 2002: World Wrestling Federation, WWF), which was introduced as part of a storyline about The "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase . That storyline was picked up again when Ted DiBiase, Jr. made his WWE debut.
background
The "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase competed in WrestleMania IV (1988) in a tournament final for the vacant WWF Championship against "Macho Man" Randy Savage and lost. The following summer he vied for the title in a team with Andre the Giant as "Mega Bucks", but he did not succeed in winning the championship.
Out of frustration, he decided to buy his own title and defend it. This is how the Million Dollar Championship came about. The accompanying title was designed by the jeweler Terry Betteridge (Betteridge Jewelers) in Greenwich , Connecticut . It consists of a gold plate with three dollar signs made of zirconia . The belt itself also consists of several dollar signs. In addition, three small diamonds have been incorporated. The belt is said to have cost about $ 40,000.
It was not an official WWF title, but primarily served prestige purposes. Ted Dibiase also missed few opportunities to win the title. However, the title was used several times in different stories.
So Jake "The Snake" Roberts stole the title in 1990. This led to a faceturn of the Big Boss Man , who refused to bring the title back.
In 1991, Ted Dibiases "servant" Virgil (Michael Jones) rebelled against his "master". Together with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper , he trained for a match at SummerSlam 1991, which was about the title. Virgil won the match, becoming the only wrestler to regularly win the title. DiBiase reclaimed the Survivor Series title on November 11, 1991 with the help of Repo Man .
When Ted Dibiase won the WWF World Tag Team Championship together with IRS , he deactivated the title again.
In 1996, Ted Dibiase appeared as the manager of The Ringmaster and awarded him the title. However, when he lost to Savio Vega on May 28, 1996 , Ted DiBiase was forced to leave the WWF. In fact, he had meanwhile not renewed his contract with the WWF and went to World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
After a 13-year hiatus, the title was shown on television again on July 6, 2009 when Ted DiBiase guest hosted WWE Raw . A year later, Ted Dibiase was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and carried the title with him. On April 5, 2010, Ted Dibase's son Ted DiBiase, Jr. finally came and received the title from his father. The storyline lasted 224 days. In the storyline, Goldust managed to seize the champion title and then gave it back to his father. When he offered it to his son, he refused.
| # | champion | No. | date | Days | place | event | Remarks |
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| 1 | Ted DiBiase | 1 | February 15, 1989 | 922 | Binghamton , New York | Superstars of Wrestling | Ted Dibiase revealed the title in a segment of the show and awarded it directly to himself. |
| 2 | Virgil | 1 | August 26, 1991 | 77 | New York City , New York | SummerSlam | The only wrestler who won the title regularly. |
| 3 | Ted DiBiase | 2 | November 11, 1991 | 88 | Utica , New York | Survivor Series Showdown | |
| - | Disabled | - | February 7, 1992 | - | Denver , Colorado | Houseshow | DiBiase disabled the title after becoming WWF Tag Team Champion with the IRS that day. |
| 4th | The Ringmaster | 1 | December 18, 1995 | 152 | Newark , Delaware | WWE Raw | The Ringmaster received the title from its manager Ted Dibiase. |
| - | Disabled | - | May 28, 1996 | - | - | - | Was deactivated after Ted DiBiase left WWF. |
| 5 | Ted DiBiase, Jr. | 1 | April 5, 2010 | 224 | Moline , Illinois | WWE Raw | Received the title from his father. |
| - | Disabled | - | November 15, 2010 | - | Hershey , Pennsylvania | WWE Raw | Ted Dibiase Jr. refused the second award of the title. |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ted DiBiase. Online World of Wrestling, accessed April 28, 2012 .
- ↑ SummerSlam Greatest Moments. (No longer available online.) World Wrestling Entertainment, archived from the original on February 21, 2008 ; Retrieved March 1, 2008 .
- ↑ Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man . Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3 , p. 167.
- ↑ Money Inc.'s first World Tag Team Championship reign. (No longer available online.) World Wrestling Entertainment, archived from the original on November 29, 2005 ; Retrieved March 1, 2008 .
- ↑ Stone Cold's WWE Profile. (No longer available online.) World Wrestling Entertainment, archived from the original on February 24, 2008 ; Retrieved March 1, 2008 .
- ↑ Ted DiBiase's Wrestling Biography. Wrestlin Rollercoaster, accessed March 1, 2008 .
- ↑ Ted DiBiase's Wrestling Biography. Wrestlin Rollercoaster, accessed March 1, 2008 .
- ↑ Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man . Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3 , p. 193.