Ted DiBiase Jr.

Theodore Marvin Dibiase Jr. (born November 8, 1982) is an American former professional wrestler, actor best known for his time with WWE.

Dibiase was born on November 8, 1982, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was raised in Clinton, Mississippi.

He knew fellow professional wrestler Christie Ricci as a child, as they attended a Sunday school class together.

He graduated from Clinton High School in 2001.

At Clinton, Dibiase was the football team's starting quarterback.

He enrolled at Mississippi College in Clinton and was a starting wide receiver for Mississippi College's football team before leaving the squad following his freshman season.

He also played soccer in college, and received awards in both sports.

He graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Business Administration.

During his time in college, Dibiase considered becoming a minister.

Dibiase and his older brother Mike Dibiase, received professional wrestling training from Chris Youngblood in Amarillo, Texas, before going to train at Harley Race's Wrestling Academy.

Part of the Dibiase wrestling family, he was trained by Chris Youngblood and Harley Race's Wrestling Academy and debuted in 2006.

The Dibiase brothers made their professional wrestling debut on July 8, 2006, for World League Wrestling (WLW), the promotion run by Harley Race in Eldon, Missouri, in conjunction with the Wrestling Academy.

He won the Fusion Pro Tag Team Championship with his brother Mike Dibiase in February 2007, and also toured Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah.

He signed a developmental contract with WWE in July 2007, and was assigned to their developmental facility, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship in December 2007.

On February 17, 2007, they won the Fusion Pro Tag Team Championship by defeating Raheem Rashaad and Juntsi.

In early 2007, Dibiase also wrestled on tours in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he competed against wrestlers including the former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, KENTA.

In July 2007, Dibiase signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and debuted in their training territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

He made his FCW debut on August 4 in a tag team match, in which he and Jake Hager defeated Keith Walker and Heath Miller.

In October, Dibiase became a member of the Next Generation Hart Foundation faction alongside Harry Smith, TJ Wilson, Nattie Neidhart, and Teddy Hart.

He quickly separated from the group, however, and gained Maryse as a valet.

On December 18, 2007, Dibiase defeated TJ Wilson to win the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship in New Port Richey, Florida.

Due to injury, he relinquished the championship in January 2008.

He made his WWE television debut on May 26, 2008, and quickly formed a tag team with Cody Rhodes.

The duo won the World Tag Team Championship twice before forming The Legacy faction alongside Randy Orton.

Following The Legacy's dissolution, Dibiase moved into singles competition and received the Million Dollar Championship from his father Ted Dibiase.

Dibiase, however, was unable to defend it due to an injury sustained, so he awarded the championship to his partner Heath Miller on January 19, 2008.

As of March 2008, Dibiase had suffered from a multitude of injuries including sciatica, a fractured left knee, separated ribs, broken finger, and bone spurs in his elbow.

Due to these injuries, Dibiase competed sporadically in FCW for the next few months, competing in both tag team and singles competition.

Dibiase made his WWE television debut as a villain on May 26, 2008, where he cut a promo about his intent to become a champion like his father, Ted Dibiase Sr., challenging the World Tag Team Champions, Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly.

At the Night of Champions pay-per-view, Dibiase won the World Tag Team Championship in his first match in WWE, after Rhodes betrayed Holly, revealing himself to be Dibiase's partner.

After holding the title for just over a month, they dropped it to John Cena and Batista on the August 4 episode of Raw.

The following week, Dibiase and Rhodes used their rematch clause to regain the title.

Dibiase and Rhodes were soon joined by Manu, forming a stable of multi-generation superstars.

On the October 27 episode of Raw, Dibiase and Rhodes lost their title to CM Punk and Kofi Kingston.

It was during this time that Randy Orton became linked to Rhodes, Dibiase, and Manu on television, criticizing them in a mentor-type role.

On the November 3 episode of Raw, Dibiase was attacked by Orton, after he interfered in Orton's match.

This storyline attack was to allow Dibiase to be written out of WWE storylines, so he could film the direct-to-video movie, The Marine 2.

On the January 12, 2009, episode of Raw, Dibiase returned to aid Manu and Sim Snuka in attacking Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton.

Dibiase left WWE in 2013 due to family commitments and other business pursuits.

He continued to wrestle on the independent circuit until his retirement in 2020.