Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man by Ted DiBiase w/ Tom Caiazzo

Every man may have his price but this book isn't worth paying retail for. Unlike Mick Foley's three autobiographies that pick up where the other one left off, if you read Every Man Has His Price a few years ago then you basically read this book. I'd recommend that instead of reading either of his two books to wait until the inevitable DVD of Ted DiBiase's career comes out.

The immediate thing that I noticed about the book when I originally flipped through it was that it seems that you can't go more than two pages without a break in the book with someone being quoted. Once I started reading the book, this became really annoying because it broke the flow of the book. It's tough to keep an interest in a book when most of the stories only last for two pages and then you get a recap of those two pages by someone else.

Another major problem I had with this book was the same one I had with Caiazzo's other book for Steve Williams. There is a lack of depth to the stories. As an example, Ted mentions that he was supposed to win the title at WrestleMania IV but didn't due to an earlier dispute between Randy Savage and the Honky Tonk Man. The reader deserves a fuller explanation of the situation.

The one thing I hate in autobiographies is when the easily verifiable facts are wrong. If they are wrong then how can I believe that the other stories in the book are accurate. For the record, DiBiase & Williams never won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year Award, Bret Hart & Lex Luger weren't co-winners of the King of the Ring, and Nikita Koloff was never NWA World Champion.