DiBiase on meeting Andre the Giant

Slam Wrestling is featuring an interview with WWE star Ted DiBiase from The Ottawa Sun. Here are some highlights.

On meeting Andre the Giant as a child:
“I’d been wanting to meet Andre the Giant and I went to see my dad … it may have been in Mobile (Ala.) … I could see Andre sitting down,” says DiBiase. He was huge, the size of a refrigerator. I’m saying to my dad that I’m scared and he’s telling me, ‘That’s OK.’ So I get the courage to walk over and say hi to Andre. He palmed my hand like it was a basketball and picked me up off the ground and sat me on his leg. He was a gentle giant.”

On getting started in the wrestling business:
“I wanted to (be a wrestler) ever since I can remember. But it’s something my father was adamant that I not do — with the travel and the strain on your family life. It was kind of like a miracle to me. I was in college and my father was hired back as a road agent. The way the business was being conducted had changed so much. The opportunity to make a very good living was much higher. He told me if I still wanted to do this, I had to finish college and then it was up to me. And he said he wanted me to train with Harley Race.”

On starring in WWE Studios’ “The Marine 2”:
“(The movie) was an incredible experience. It was nice to be a hero for once. Instead of getting body-slammed or Batista-bombed, I got really blown up.”

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