Every Man Has His Price : The True Story of Wrestling's Million-Dollar Man

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Summary: THIS IS THE TRUTH OF WHAT A WRESTLER'S LIFE IS LIKE
Review: Being a wrestler myself, I can asscociate with what Ted has gone through. A wrestlers life, is a very lonely one, and we do it because we love it. Ted is very open about his child hood life, about his school and college years all the way through to his tenture in WCW.. I'm very protective of this bussiness, and Ted tells all in the most respectful way I've ever seen it explained. He does it with a certain type of class that only Ted Dibiase posses. After reading the book, I thanked God that my life prior and during wrestling was and is not as rough as Ted's was, but at the same time, it makes you realise that when things look good, you don't stop your faith, you try to make it stronger. Thanks Ted for writing such a wonderful and inspiring book. Whether you love him or hate him," Every Man Has His Price" will give you a new found respect for Ted, wrestling, and the works of the Lord. I give the book 4 stars cause I thought pictures of his career should have been added, then it would have been 5. ---God Bless All

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Summary: Ted like you never seen before!
Review: I grew up watching professional wrestling with men like Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales, Ric Flair, Harley Race, Nick Bockwinkle and so many others. I watched the WWF, NWA, AWA and WCW, Ted Dibiase was a part of this.

Every Man Has a Price is more than story about Dibiase's life in wrestling. It is a private look at a man who has been cheered by the fans as Ted Dibiase; Hated as the "Million Dollar Man", and through it all remained true to his faith.

Dibiase takes the reader on a journey from his beginnings in the sport to his life outside the sport. Follow his personal dealings with the WWF and Vince McMahon to the NOW of the WCW and Eric Bishoff.

Dibiase has also remained faithful to God and his life outside of wrestling show another side of a man who is caring and loving and devoted family man. The book is more than wrestling; it is a real story about a real man.

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Summary: The Only Book I've Ever STOPPED Reading
Review: I read about 3/4's of this book and stopped when he stated that he made many mistakes in his marriage and behind the scenes but wouldn't pollute the book with details.

This book was basically a couple hundred pages about God, and while that isn't always a bad thing it is when its in a wrestling book.

Don't waste your money and get Tom Billington or Missy Hyatt's books which are great reads on other wrestlers and backstage happenings.

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Summary: "THE MILLION DOLLAR" MAN TRADES IN HIS BAD BOY IMAGE
Review: Professional wrestler provides perspective about what's important in life

Jake the Snake, Macho Man Randy Savage, Sting, Lex Luger, and Hulk Hogan are best known for their antics in the ring. Professional wrestling is as popular in some countries as any major sporting events in the United States. And one of the best known "heels" in professional wrestling is Ted DiBiase, better known as "The Million Dollar Man."

DiBiase wrestled in front of hundreds of thousands of fans, becoming known as one of the truly "bad boys" of the professional wrestling circuit. The life of a professional wrestler is not much different from that of any professional athlete: constant travel, temptation, and strain on the family. Like other athletes, the pressure of wrestling in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) finally took its toll on DiBiase. Now retired from the ring, DiBiase recounts his own struggles as one of the sports better known figures in his new book Every Man Has His Price.

DiBiase says, "To be a professional wrestler you need the winning combination of being an athlete as well as an entertainer." He still bristles when asked if professional wrestling is real or fake. "To be skilled enough to be Main Event talent, it usually takes five to seven years of working before a crowd night after night," say DiBiase.

DiBiase is no longer the arrogant, hardhearted villain portrayed on television. His nasty image has given way to a tender side. When kids ask him about the toughest match he ever had, DiBiase says, "I tell them that my toughest match was with God." He says, "God was smiling down at me even when I had foolishly come to a place where I wasn't looking up at Him."

Every Man Has a Price is more than story about Ted Dibiase's life in wrestling. It is a private look at a man who has been cheered and Hated as the "Million Dollar Man", and through it all remained true to his faith.

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Summary: THE SOUL OF A SUPERSTAR
Review: Ted DiBiase's autobiography is an unexpected delight. By writing a full and honest account of his life and his life's work, from a somewhat troubled childhood to a highly successful career in a very strange profession, he has provided a fascinating backdrop to the real heart of the book: his own spiritual journey and conversion. If a reader is anti-religious, or contemptuous of professional wrestling, he/she may not enjoy the book, but will certainly learn from it. Readers who are a bit more open-minded will find the book informative, challenging, and very hard to put down. Like the recent book HOLYFIELD: THE HUMBLE WARRIOR, this book proves that man's search for God is not limited to preachers and little old ladies.

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Summary: Black Glove treatment
Review: Ted Dibiase, a.k.a The Million Dollar Man, has added to the growing pantheon of professional wrestling autobiographies / biographies with this self-authored tome. Dibiase, a second-generation professional wrestler, has lived the life and walked the walk that so many wrestling fans desire to read about. The autobiography is a quick read but nonetheless full of candor and detail. Most interesting to me was the circuitous professional history of Iron Mike Dibiase, the father of the Million Dollar Man. These tales of the old days in professional wrestling totally ground the reader in hard work habits and touring road life, moving families about to stay fresh in the public eye. Dibiase's story is one of trial and error. He endured the deaths of both of his parents (both professional wrestlers) and survived the consolidation of the pro wrestling "territories" into just a few dinosaurs, eventually ending where we are at today with one professional organization, the WWE. Dibiase attended college in Texas on a football scholarship, and met several other future pro wrestlers there. The book also chronicles the religious development of Dibiase, presenting a unique Christian point-of-view within the professional wrestling circles that Dibiase was forced to retire from due to injuries suffered in the ring. If you are planning on buying this book for lurid detail and scandal, save your money for the tabloids. Dibiase is a straight-shooter who does without cussing. His biggest shortcoming is that he dropped out of college to earn money as a wrestler to support his family. With his deep bass voice and loaded black glove (his original trademark before becoming the Million Dollar Man) Dibiase could make a good political candidate. I came away from reading this book with more respect for Dibiase and his way of living life. He is a real person with a real voice. He also could have made the book longer with more anecdotes about his accomplishments inside the ring, with more name-dropping and historical recollection. If anything, Dibiase is too modest about his long career. This book is still well worth the cost of admission to glimpse behind the curtain and see the wrestlers as human instead of performers.

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Summary: The story of one man's search for meaning
Review: This book may be short, but it speaks volumes. I grew up watching Ted DiBiase when i was younger, and I always wondered what the Million Dollar Man was like behind the scenes. This book tells the story. From what I have read in this book, Ted is a very wise man who knows that the Million Dollar Man character almost cost him his life, career, and marriage. He is a regretful man as well as he regrets not finishing college. Still, he is able to make up for it through his children as his advises them not to follow in his footsteps. When i got this book two years ago, I couldn't put it down. I finished it in about 2-3 hours. Ted's story moved me as he was trying to search for some meaning in his life. As of today, Ted is still involved in the wrestling business. He mainly gives his time to independant organizations while spilting his time as a evangelist. Ted is an example of someone you can knock down and watch him rise again. Way to go, Ted.

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Summary: The life and times of wrestling super villain Ted Dibiase
Review: This book tells the story of the great wrestler and entertainner Ted Dibiase.I chose this book for a book report mainly because I am a wrestling fan.This book offers much more though.It tells a true story of a real person making it big in an exciting world.Dibiase gives inspiring examples from his life of how fought against advesity and how he always stayed true to himself.He talks about his faith in God and how his faith eventually gives him his athletic ability and sucsess.The book also touches on the inside world of wrestling and how the wwf changed his life.Finally I thought the book was good because it shows the story of someone who started out with very little and turned his life around with the help of God to be sucsessful in life.