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The Million Dollar Championship was an unsanctioned professional wrestling championship in WWE (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) created for The "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. The Million Dollar belt was designed by Terry Betteridge of Betteridge Jewelers in Greenwich, Connecticut.〔Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.167, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3〕 It is gold plated, made with cubic zirconia, with three small diamonds on the back. It cost around $125,000.〔Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.168, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3〕 == History == Ted DiBiase was unable to win the WWF Championship, having lost the final match of the WWF Championship tournament at WrestleMania IV to "Macho Man" Randy Savage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=April 28, 2012 )〕 During the Summer of 1988 DiBiase teamed with André the Giant, in a team known as "The Mega Bucks", while chasing the WWF Championship. A frustrated DiBiase decided that if he couldn't win or buy the WWF Championship he would purchase his own championship belt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-01 )〕 In 1989, DiBiase unveiled a new championship belt, which he called the Million Dollar Championship. This title was never official and therefore unsanctioned by the WWF, and rarely did DiBiase defend his "title". Jake "The Snake" Roberts stole the title belt during their feud in early 1990. This also led to a face turn for the Big Boss Man who 'resented' his manager Slick selling his services to DiBiase in order to retrieve the belt from Roberts. After attacking Jake and stealing the bag containing the belt and Roberts's pet python, Damien, DiBiase, the Boss Man and Slick headed for ''The Brother Love Show'' where DiBiase bragged about buying the Boss Man's services. The Boss Man then told both Slick and DiBiase that he couldn't be bought and immediately returned the bag to Roberts, who had been left handcuffed to the ring ropes. The Boss Man then released Roberts, walked back to the Brother Love set, pushed Slick, and again told an irate Million Dollar Man that he couldn't be bought before walking off to the cheers of the crowd, cementing his face turn. DiBiase had his bodyguard Virgil get the belt back from Roberts back at WrestleMania VI after Jake was counted out during their match at the SkyDome. As part of his feud with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, DiBiase's bodyguard Virgil turned face and trained with Piper to face DiBiase at SummerSlam for the title, which Virgil won, making him the only wrestler to win the title at the time. During DiBiase's second title reign, he abandoned the title when he won the WWF Tag Team Championship on February 7, 1992 with IRS.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-01 )〕 Ted DiBiase would later go on to award the title to his newest protégé "Ringmaster" Steve Austin on his arrival in the WWF in early 1996.〔 After his protégé lost a match against Savio Vega on May 28, 1996, DiBiase was forced to leave the WWF.〔 After a 13-year absence, the belt reappeared on WWE television in 2009 when DiBiase, the guest host of the night, appeared on the July 6 episode ''Raw'', carrying the Million Dollar Championship as he carried out his duties. Nearly a year later, when DiBiase was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 27, 2010, he had the Million Dollar title with him, saying he "never leave() home without it". On April 5, DiBiase's son, Ted DiBiase, Jr., after disbanding the tag team Legacy, came out holding the championship belt, claiming his father had given it to him. WWE's official website confirmed the reactivation of the unsanctioned title under DiBiase, Jr.'s profile. On the October 4 episode of ''Raw'', Goldust attacked DiBiase, Jr. and gained possession of the championship. On the November 8 episode of Raw, Goldust's own wife Aksana stole the Million Dollar Championship from him. On the November 15 edition of ''Raw'', Goldust stole the title back and returned it to DiBiase, Sr., who then offered to return it to his son, who rejected the offer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Million Dollar Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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