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Post by sincityhero on Mar 20, 2008 9:37:26 GMT -5
I know he had that little angle where he had the title but wasnt he supposed to get a REAL RUN? Did politcs hold him back maybe Hogan right? I heard he was in line for an nwa title run as well but politcs held that back from happening even though the funks, gigel and harley race wanted ted to get it.
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Post by dimshady on Mar 20, 2008 14:05:04 GMT -5
I think it was a Honkey Tonk RF shoot video that said somthng aong the lines of Ted was due to get the titel but didnt and was given the Million doller belt as a result, il try and find out more.
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Post by Blazer034 on Mar 20, 2008 14:37:16 GMT -5
I don't know why he did not get a title run, but he was one of the greatest heels who did not hold the title that should of.
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Post by raz2005uk on Mar 20, 2008 21:06:04 GMT -5
don't forget Arn Anderson - the master of promos!
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Post by fallenhero on Mar 20, 2008 21:12:19 GMT -5
DiBiase was supposed to win the belt at WrestleMania IV. But on the Main Event broadcast prior to it, Savage fought Honky Tonk Man. Savage told Vince that if he didn't get the WWF Title at WM (Honky didn't want to put Savage over), he'd go out and shoot on Honky. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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Post by markallenkellner on Mar 20, 2008 21:48:11 GMT -5
Dibiase actually was scheduled to win the WM IV tourney. But plans changed when Honky Tonk Man refused to job his IC title to Randy Savage at The Main Event NBC special a couple months before 'Mania. Honky threatened to walk out and take the IC belt with him to the NWA. Vince actually balked and kept the title on Honky. Thus, as a reward for failing to get the IC title as promised, Savage was given the world title win at Mania.
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Post by sincityhero on Mar 20, 2008 22:27:04 GMT -5
Damn that sucks.
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Post by sincityhero on Mar 21, 2008 0:23:42 GMT -5
Yep just heard his shoot with RFVIDEO and he says thats what he heard too. They gave macho the belt for not shooting on Honky. So they gave ted the million dollar title to pacify him as he put it lol
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Post by Raine on Mar 21, 2008 11:46:14 GMT -5
I would have loved Dibiase to have won the title as his character was too good not to have held the title. The only thing is the WWF only had 2 main event babyfaces at the time, Hulk & Macho, so Summerslam 1988 wouldn't have differed that much, from the one we got. Also Ric Flair was rumored to have been offered the chance to join the WWF and headline Summerslam 1988 against Hogan for the titl so if that had gone ahead, Hulk would have to have beat Dibiase sometime before August '88 meaning Dibaise's run would have lasted 4 months tops.
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Post by Blazer034 on Mar 21, 2008 13:12:40 GMT -5
Yep just heard his shoot with RFVIDEO and he says thats what he heard too. They gave macho the belt for not shooting on Honky. So they gave ted the million dollar title to pacify him as he put it lol Talk about a runner up prize. We are going to give up your own title, but it is going to be an unsactioned championship. Also at some point you will have to job to Virgil and lose your unsactioned championship. |
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Post by dimshady on Mar 21, 2008 16:26:19 GMT -5
/\ lol yeah, it really makes up for not getting the world title!
Was a nice belt tho!
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Post by Blazer034 on Mar 23, 2008 11:17:02 GMT -5
It was a great looking belt.
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