Oh, That's Where You've Been Hiding, Ted DiBiase

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It was easy to miss last night, what with the hullaballoo surrounding John Cena and the Miz/Lawler TLC match and the King of the Ring tournament all going on, but Ted DiBiase was featured on the show for a hot second. In that truncated segment, he showed more character and fire than he had in over a year, dating back to when his dad hosted RAW.

It was easy to forget about DiBiase; out of the ring, he was treated as a lackey to a punching bag for Randy Orton to a spoiled brat with a terrible theme song and no real story behind him other than playing foil for the A-Team or Goldust. They gave him nothing to work with, and in turn, he came off looking like the bland half of Legacy. Hell, they even changed his theme song from the passable "New Day" to some BS Autotuned garbage that sounds like audio vomit. Meanwhile, Dashing Cody Rhodes, the guy everyone thought was the weak link from Legacy, got a strong character, vignettes every week and a bitchin' theme song. What gave? Did Ted Jr. fall out of favor? Was he really the weak link? DID WIKILEAKS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS?

I think the answer is no to all those questions (especially the WikiLeaks one). This is yet another case of WWE Creative not being able to find things for more than a few guys to do at a time. It's a tired explanation, but it's true, and that's why it's so sad. Seriously, you can't turn off talent, but you can hid it, and the RAW bookers/writers have done just that. What we saw Monday may be the beginning of something planned for him, seeing as he was holding a replica of the WWE Championship, but it's criminal that a guy the caliber of DiBiase wasn't given anything. But hey, I guess they have to shoehorn in advertisements for other pet projects or only really give one or two feuds/angles at a time some development.

In the ring, he's never really stopped putting it together. Of course, it helps when you're in there with Goldust, Daniel Bryan and Christian all the time, but hey, at least he's carryable, right? Still, once they let his natural talent on the other side of the coin shine through, they'll have a breakout star on their hands.

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