Ted DiBiase Admits to Steroid Usage

Ted DiBiase recently did an interview with The Courier in the UK in which he discussed his life in the wrestling business. He talks a lot about God and family, including his son Ted DiBiase Jr. One thing that he touched on was that he wanted to finally admit to steroid usage. Here is what he had to say:
"I took steroids (during my WWF career) for a very short time. It should be obvious by looking at me that I didn't take them regularly because I was in good shape, but I was never massive. My strength was my ability to talk and my work in the ring. I always looked like an athlete but I didn't look like Charles Atlas.
"The thing about the steroids was I was always afraid of them and I finally had a doctor tell me about the effects and that warned me right off them - that was it for me with that stuff. The only other drug I took for a while was cocaine. Now this doesn't sound like the Million Dollar Man, but I stopped doing that because I was cheap - I didn't want to spend the money on it!"
This should happen way more often. The only way to get it out of the conscious of the media and fans alike is to binge and purge. Expose the belly of the beast and let's just see it for what it is. He makes a great point about the fact that his steroid usage did nothing for his career. He looked pretty normal and that was fine because he was a genius on the stick and he could work better than many of the top guys at the time.
I was always a big Ted DiBiase fan and still believe that his Million Dollar Man gimmick and the way he played that character is one of if not thee best there ever was. I loved it when he was doing the whole schtick of calling members of the audience to do a seemingly mundane task for large amounts of money only for DiBiase to find a way to screw them over and keep them from completing said task. Here is a video of one such instance.
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oh man
my youthful illusions are shattered. Say it ain’t so Ted — I can’t believe the million dollar man wasn’t shoveling coke up his nose by the pound. : (
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While drug abuse isn't a laughing matter
I must say that I laughed when I thought about DiBiase using his WWF stipend to buy cocaine and other elicit products.
by John Lamb on Aug 23, 2010 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
cocaineisahelluvadrug
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by *Californication* on Aug 23, 2010 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He makes a great point about the fact that his steroid usage did nothing for his career.
If you read some old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, then you’d find out that it was a widely held belief at the time that DiBiase’s average physique held him back and was why he never really got over to the level Vince McMahon wanted, because the public thought he was too small to be a threat to Hogan.
We all know drugs are a serious issue/concern in the biz but...
the fact that the Million Dollar Man didn’t want to spend the money on it is kinda funny.
So glad he gave up both of those things!
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by Andrew Tolliver on Aug 24, 2010 9:02 AM EDT reply actions
I am neither surprised, nor does this affect my view of DiBiase.
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by John Michael Crivaro on Sep 14, 2010 1:28 AM EDT reply actions

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