Better Wrestler #87

[Jeritron]

Edge was sharp enough to get past Razor, but can he put his money where his mouth is?


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Edge


VS


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"Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase



3 days

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[Triple Naitch]

Ted was great, and ahead of his time. But Edge is Edge.

[Hornicane]

Fuuuuuuck.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Dibease. Ask me again when Edge's career is over and it may be different.

[Testicle]

Million Dollar Man.

He was a main-eventer when wrestling was booming, feuded with many legends of the bussiness, one of the all-time best gimicks and he ran with it, a true heel, Edge is great but on a smaller stage.

[KYR]

Said it in a thread months and months ago.

Best Heel EVER - Dibiase. Loved the guy, loved the character, loved the storylines.

THE 'classic' heel.

[Pardeep 619]

Have to vote Edge here. Million Dollar Man was awesome, but Edge is so fucking great it's unreal.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Dibease. Ask me again when Edge's career is over and it may be different.

This :y:

Ted was one of the best heels ever and I absolutely loved his work.

[Nicky Fives]

Edge..... DiBiase never won the big one....Edge has..... both were the greatest heels of their day..... gotta go with Edge

[Skippord]

Edge

because he's a beautiful catfish man

[Jannettyzilla]

Love both, went with Edge because he's worked both sides of the fence beautifully while Dibiase was primarily the same thing his whole career.

[USAUSA1]

You talking about one of the best performers and am not even talking about his classic character of all time. The stuff he did in Mid South was crazy. Edge is not even close to his level. The Million Dollar gimmick is one of the top ten wrestling gimmicks of all time and still talk about to this day from non-wrestling fans let alone hardcore fans.

Edge should bow down on this one. He skated passed Scott Hall but he can't possibly win this one.

Edit:Dibiase was very popular as a babyface and more successful. Edge not even the top heel in the WWE at the moment, Orton,Jericho and even Punk is outshining him.

[Juan]

Even as a kid, and even though I knew he was a "bad guy" I was always a fan of Ted DiBiase. He gets my vote.

[Juan]

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=92877

[4 knuckles up]

Edge.

He's amazing. A great wrestler in every aspect.

[CSL]

There aren't many I'd vote over Edge but DiBiase is one of them. Much like Edge, he was an A+ all-rounder. And like ABT, ask me again when Edge's career is over and I might give you a different answer.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Dibiase was so great at being a heel, and people hated him so much, he actually got Virgil over with the crowd.

[Fabien Barthez]

The Million Dollar Man gimmick was so good, that the fact that he was in the upper echelant of workers has been barely mentioned.

He was very unlucky not to have a larger back catalogue of great matches from his career height, but hey, we can just blame Hogan for that.

Have to vote Edge though. He hasn't let himself down in any way in over a decade. Great tag worker, great mid carder, great main eventer. Had he been 15 years older and given a perfect gimmick I think he would have done Theo proud.

I think another way of justifying this, is that I would rather watch a show with DiBiase in it, but in a 30 minute match, I would rather watch Edge.

[Gertner]

Dibiase was such an amazing heel. I'll never forget when he kicked that basketball away from that little kid. Just amazing.

[Inadequacy]

I've said it before, Edge beats just about everyone for me.

[Lock Jaw]

My vote goes to DiBiase.

Let's just say... he moved me.... TO A BIGGER HOUSE!!

Ohhhhh... I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet.

[Hornicane]

Voted for Edge just because he was down at the point in time that I voted. This is seriously too close for me to make a decision based on any other reason. :-\

[muffalufagus]

money money money money money

[BDR]

HA HA HA HA!!!!! money money money money money

[IRodC]

I was gonna vote for edge but suddenly my bank acount got flooded with money

I votED for Dibiase, this once again proves EVERYBODYS GOT A PRICE FOR THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Verbose Minch]

As much as I love Dibiase, I voted Edge.

[Rammsteinmad]

Edge. Never really cared much about DiBiase to be honest.

[Tazz Dan]

It's always hard comparing current talent to old stars because the business is completely different, but Edge gets the vote. JUST.

[The Jayman]

Had to go with Edge on this one

[Volare]

Man, you always wait till like 2 or 3 polls then throw the wildcard out there. Talk about a mind-fuck.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I was gonna vote for edge but suddenly my bank acount got flooded with money

I votED for Dibiase, this once again proves EVERYBODYS GOT A PRICE FOR THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN HAHAHAHAHAHA

:love:

[Theo Dious]

I was gonna vote for edge but suddenly my bank acount got flooded with money

That happened to you too? WOW!

Very, very hard decision, but I have to go with Ted.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Thing is, I won't be furious either way here.

[XCaliber]

I had to go on DiBiase on this one even though I like Edge a lot. Back in the day he was one of the few heels that I would actually mark out for. It's a big reason why I am a fan of his son as well which I believe will be a WWE/WHC sometime in the near future.

[screech]

Love them both, but I have to agree with ABT.

DiBiase now, but if you asked again after Edge hangs it up, the answer may be different.

[Seth82]

Even as a kid, and even though I knew he was a "bad guy" I was always a fan of Ted DiBiase. He gets my vote.

Same here

Edge is great but he's nowhere near Dibiase's level of greatness

To really appreciate Dibiase you gotta see footage of him in Mid-South where he really shined

Not even close for me on this one

[FourFifty]

It hurts to vote against Edge

[NoRoolz]

Edge for me, the guy is the total package really. Kinda unfair in a way I guess 'cos I'm too young to remember DiBiase so can only go buy what I've seen on video tapes etc. But Edge has been around since I started watching wrestling and has entertained me, always.

[Arashi Kage]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUaqI8zkBgM
(embedding disabled) :mad:

The Million Dollar Man was and is awesome!!! One of the most memorable entrance themes of all time, great in-ring ability, can cut a promo or interview with the best of them - arguably one of the best on the mic.

His heel run with Virgil was awesome, Tag Team Money Inc. with IRS was awesome!! - My bro and I used to pretend that we were Money Inc, he was the Million Dollar Man, I was IRS. Also loved the Million Dollar Corporation Stable.

I always remembered when he appeared sitting in the crowd at Nitro, and he raised his hand to the camera counting, 1..2..3..4 on his fingers, and Tenay & Schevonie (spelling?) were speculated something 4 horseman related, but it turned out it was Dibiase joining the nWo. :y:

[Krimzon7]

I cannot even fathom going agains Edge, even with Million Dollar Man. This hurst my posting soul

[AJHayes]

My head exploded thinking about this one, but I went with Edge.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I see Dibease winning here then going on to lose to somebody insanely stupid like Steve Blackman.

[Fabien Barthez]

In pointless information time....


Should Theo win this, he will have ended the runs of both Edge and Christian in Better Wrestler.

His last entrance, following his victory over christian was his falling against Roddy Piper. In keeping with tradition, I say Should ted win, He face another early 80's legend, and someone who has never been used for BW before.

Dusty Rhodes.

[Anybody Thrilla]

That's a fine suggestion, Barthez. I can't wait to vote for Dibease over Rhodes.

[CSL]

Yeah, Dusty would get slaughtered here by DiBiase

[Fabien Barthez]

Yeah, I don't think he will win. It's not easy when your best days were before your mainstream exposure, especially with the average age and initial exposure era of most posters, but he is the biggest name not to be entered into this game thus far.

[jony lions]

My vote goes to DiBiase.

Let's just say... he moved me.... TO A BIGGER HOUSE!!

Ohhhhh... I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet.

brilliance:rofl:

[jony lions]

I see Dibease winning here then going on to lose to somebody insanely stupid like Steve Blackman.

even brilliancer:wave: