DiBiase in 2008 with the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.
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Birth name | Michael Wills Foreman DiBiase |
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Born |
Clinton, Mississippi, U.S. |
September 10, 1977
Family |
Mike DiBiase (grandfather) Helen Hild (grandmother) Ted DiBiase (father) Ted DiBiase Jr. (half-brother) Brett DiBiase (half-brother) Terry Funk (godfather) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Mike DiBiase |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
Trained by |
Ted DiBiase Terry Funk Harley Race Chris Youngblood |
Debut | July 8, 2006 |
Retired | 2009 |
Michael Wills Foreman DiBiase (born September 10, 1977) is an American retired professional wrestler. A third generation wrestler, DiBiase is the grandson of "Iron" Mike DiBiase and Helen Hild and the son of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.
DiBiase began his career in early 2006, when he and his younger half brother Ted began training in Amarillo, Texas with Chris Youngblood while gaining experience wrestling in shows for local independent wrestling promotion Professional Wrestling Federation (PWF). While there, DiBiase became the first-ever PWF West Texas Wrestling Legends Heritage Champion. He also won the 2006 Jay Youngblood Memorial Tag Team Tournament Cup alongside "Radical" Ricky Romero III. DiBiase and Romero became the first tag team in professional wrestling that consisted of two third generation superstars, and became known as Team 3G.
In mid-2006, the DiBiase brothers went to train with former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race, and began competing in his World League Wrestling promotion. The DiBiase brothers began working as a tag team, and made their debut in April 2006, beating the then-WLW Tag Team Champions. DiBiase continued his stay in WLW and became one half of The WLW Tag Team Champions with "Wild" Wade Chism. On January 13, 2007, DiBiase returned to PWF for their Wrestlution event, where he defeated Mosh Pit Mike. Both DiBiase and his brother Ted signed contracts with Pro Wrestling Noah in late January, but suffered a knee injury. In February 2007, DiBiase suffered a torn ACL during a training session with Race. DiBiase had immediate surgery and was out of action for over five months. Due to his injury, he and “Wild” Wade Chism were stripped of the WLW Tag Team Titles.