WWE Raw superstar Ted DiBiase was recently interviewed for an upcoming issue of People Magazine, where he talked about "The Marine 2" and showed signs of being interested in acting more. The following is an excerpt from the interview.
TD: I love wrestling, I really do. I've enjoyed it since I was a kid. However, it wasn't something I wanted to do with my life. My father's parents were both wrestlers and my father made the decision to follow in their footsteps himself. In wrestling, there's sort of an unwritten rule that if two generations are involved in the business, the third generation has to be as well. My father, I love him and all, but I only got into wrestling because he wanted me to. It's because of him that I'm doing this. I wanted to be a chef when I was younger, but that was eventually overshadowed by my father's desire to have me wrestle. As I said, I grew up watching wrestling and I would always be a fan, but I didn't want to do it with my life. There are times where I really enjoy being in the ring, but to be honest, I'm not very passionate about it. When Randy [Orton, a teammate of DiBiase] couldn't do the movie, Vince McMahon asked me personally backstage at an episode of Raw if I wanted to film this movie. I thought about it for a week, decided to do it, filmed the movie, and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought to myself, "This is great. This is what I want to be known for."
PM: :So where does this leave you now?
TD: I'll probably wrestle for about two more years. I told myself when I broke in that if I ever won just one championship in WWE, my wrestling career is a success. I've won two. My father is proud of me and I've made some really good friends. I'll never regret my time as a wrestler, but acting is my calling. Besides, my brothers Mike and Brett are the 'wrestling boys' of the family, so to speak. They're the ones who have always wanted to make careers of out of pro wrestling, not me. It wouldn't be fair for me to take that way from them. I'll step away and let them fight out if to see who'll try to match our father's legacy.
Wrestling Observer
