Ted DiBiase Jr. - What do you want to see?
By Tammy
@tammys85 (30065)
Baltimore, Maryland
January 6, 2011 12:43am CST
I am a huge fan of Ted DiBiase Jr. Lately, he seems to be on a losing streak. As a fan, I am not too thrilled about it.
But it made me think - what would you do with him? Or what would you like to see the WWE do with him? Maybe there is a storyline or a feud you would like to see Ted involved in? I have a few ideas in mind:
1. I would like to see him go solo, first and foremost. I was never a big fan of Maryse, and I would like to see him without her. However, I don't see their break-up coming anytime before NXT Season 4 ends.
2. I would like to see him in a good feud/storyline with someone. Not for comedy purposes and nothing that will last two-three weeks. I actually would love to see him go after the United States Championship. But in an actual feud. Not him attacking DB, having a match at a PPV, and a few matches here & there. I want to see a build-up and storyline between the two. If not DB, then someone else. But of course being a fan I wouldn't mind seeing him go after the US Championship.
3. A move to Smackdown. When Cody Rhodes moved to SD, I wasn't too thrilled with the idea. But now I think it was a good move for him. In my opinion, he has been doing well over there. I am hopeful that a move to SD would be good for Ted DiBiase Jr. as well. If he does move, I do not see it coming until the draft (possibly during the supplemental draft). If things do not look up for him on Raw, I hope the move to the blue brand will come sooner.
4. I would eventually like to see him in a feud with Cody Rhodes. I don't see this happening anytime soon, but I would love to see how it plays out when & if it does happen.
5. The Fortunate Sons. This was a rumored stable involving Ted, his little brother Brett, and a few other Superstars (I have heard a few names rumored). I wasn't too thrilled about him being in another stable when I first heard of this rumor many months ago, but compared to what he has been doing lately - I wouldn't mind seeing how it plays out. I think Brett DiBiase is still injured though (does anyone know how he has been doing)?
6. A face turn. I love Ted as a heel to be honest. But a face turn could bring him new feuds and maybe a better storyline, depending how over he can get with the crowd.
That is about all I can think of. I was a big Legacy fan and I wanted to see all three of them go far. Randy I knew would do well; he was doing well beforehand (well, aside from his collarbone injury. But that is nobody's fault). I think Cody is doing well for himself. I would love to see 2011 be good to Ted and he do good as well. I have all the confidence in the world for him, but I do not control the booking.
What would you do to help him out?
3 responses
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
7 Jan 11
Yeah I thought that big things were in the offing for the young DiBiase ever since Legacy broke up but he really did sputter out a lot. I did think of an interesting idea, given the fact that his father was the one that brought in the Undertaker as part of his team at the 1990 Survivor Series. Therefore the younger DiBiase wants to take out the Undertaker and end his streak. Even if he doesn't break the streak, a solid performance could really breath some life and start getting him some new life. Now granted, I heard that the Undertaker might be so banged up that he might miss Wrestlemania this year.
I do like the idea for the second generation stable. Himself, his brother Brett, let's see, its not like Primo has had anything better to do lately throw him there. Let's see, the FCW roster's right in front of me, Wes Brisco is second generation(I think he's Gerald's son if I remember rightly) and Richie Steamboat...now that would be a twist. The son of the biggest career babyface a member of a heel stable of cocky second generation wrestlers(Actually technically in the case of both of the DiBiases, it would be third, because both their grandfather and grandmother were involved in wrestling). And on the topic of turning babyface, I do wonder what would have happened, if WWE would have gone through with their original idea of turning Ted babyface instead of Randy Orton. If you watch some RAWs from about September or October of 2009, you can see the hints being laid.
I will say that Ted Jr does need a lot of rehabilitation after what's happened as of late. I mean he lost to Santino in a minute. Then again, so did Jack Swagger, and three months later, he won Money in the Bank and become World Heavyweight Champion. I think that he's been mismanaged and really you've got to be made something special, other than being a second or third generation wrestler to succeed when you have those big shoes to fill. For every Rock or Randy Orton, there are many people like David Flair or Erik Watts or David Sammartino who didn't quite live up. (Although to be fair to Erik Watts, while he did reek when he was first given a push in WCW, when he returned later in about 1999 and then later in TNA, he was actually a solid midcarder, but by then, the damage of being rocketed to the top because The Cowboy was running the show had already been done).
Still there needs to be something done. Cody Rhodes I think will be WWE Intercontinental Champion sometime in the first half of the year. And maybe in the main event officially by the end of 2011, early 2012, barring any injuries or any of the backstage nonsense that tends to happen behind the scenes with WWE management.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
20 Jan 11
After this week, I'm convinced DiBiase is getting future endeavored when the time comes for them to do their yearly post Rumble cuts in February. Which is a shame. Or he's getting the Swagger push where he gets beaten by Santino and made to look inept, before winning Money in the Bank and then winning the World Heavyweight Title for a reign that mostly everyone forgets about.
@tammys85 (30065)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Jan 11
I really hope not (the first part). I'm a huge fan and I would really hate to see that happen. I'd rather him win the MITB. For me he doesn't have to hold one of the two major titles right now. I just want to see him in a serious storyline/feud.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
26 Jan 11
DiBiase had an awesome match with Daniel Bryan this week on NXT(and actually won believe it or not). So hopefully that could lead to something big for him. You just never know. That might have been the best match that has ever aired on NXT(not saying much, but seriously it was pretty good).
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
first off let me say that i'm a big million dollar man fan. with that being said, i'm not really a big fan of ted dibiase jr. i think part of it is being mismanaged and another part of it is him not living up to his potential. i kinda liked him when he was part of legacy but we all know that was all randy orton. both ted jr and cody rhodes did not get enough 'exposure' so to speak with the storylines that involved legacy. it did not help that he had to leave legacy to shoot that awful wwe marine 2 movie. hahahaha!
anyway, legacy has since dissolved and fas forward to 2011. he is paired up with maryse and although i like maryse as an eye candy, their pairing is not the claiber of edge-lita or even hhh-steph mcmahon. they are not a power duo like the one that wwe creative wanted to make them out to be. you raised great points and i do hope that ted jr gets involved with a nice feud as well. the one with db is the obvious one but other good feuds that i'm thinking of involve him against cena, edge, wade barrett and the corre, and cm punk and nexxus. how he'll get involved in those feuds, i'll leave it up to the wwe creative team. an idea though, and this works for both corre and nexxus is ted jr being offered to join one of these teams and he shuns both. he gets sets up a mathc week after week after week with members of both teams until he has a 'final confrontation' against cm punk/wade barett. now with this ongoing storyline, he can eventually turn face and then have a feud with cody rhodes. eventually, i think once ted jr establishes himself as a credible face, he can then have a feud with randy orton. either a face vs face or hero vs heel (with ted jr being the hero and orton beign the heel) with suit fine with me.
anyway, here's hoping that it does turn around for ted jr this 2011. come to think of it, kinda makes it hard for him to live up to his daddy's name.
hahahaha!
@johnlouieocampo (58)
• Philippines
20 Jan 11
The biggest push that he can get is when he would be given a randy-orton-like character. He should have teamed up with a legend not a legend killer in the first place. Yes randy is good and he was the reason why rhodes and dibiase became famous but it is not enough. he is third generation star but come on, his dad cannot contribute that much to his career. He has the looks and the skills but the people around him (in the storyline) are not sufficient enough. Someone as strong sa triple H could help him. Orton got the biggest push of his life because of triple H. Dibiase could have the greatest push of his life if he had the luck and the WWE creative writers aligned him with someone as famous as HHH. He is also a champion material but i guess he must first prove himself. Personally, i like the character of dibiase. The heelish dibiase is very nice but i guess like any other great superstars in the business he is one of those who were not given a push or simply given a "lackluster" push.
