5 Stars who rejected big-money contract offers from WWE

#4. Ted DiBiase Jr.

Ted DiBiase Jr

Ted DiBiase Jr is the son of The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, and was one of the most promising young athletes in WWE during the mid to late part of the 2000s.

The Louisiana native is perhaps most memorable for his time wrestling as part of The Legacy, alongside Cody and veteran WWE performer, Randy Orton. DiBiase and Cody had been tagging together following the former's rise through FCW, the former developmental arm of WWE.

Alongside Cody, Ted was a two-time former WWE Tag Team Champion and, following the disbanding of The Legacy in 2010, he was part of a high-profile match at WrestleMania 26. There, he, Orton and Cody wrestled in a triple-threat match in which The Viper came out on top.

DiBiase did remain with WWE for another three years but never managed to find the gimmick or storyline that took him back to the level he attained during the Legacy years.

Keen to spend more time with his family and to concentrate on his charitable work, DiBiase left WWE in 2013. This was, however, despite the company tabling him a five-year contract to stay.

According to WWE latest news, while speaking on the WWE Network, he would later explain:

"My contract had come up and I'd been offered a five-year deal. It was very generous and I am very grateful for that offer. For me, it was one of those crossroad moments. I'd just had my first son... [I thought] 'Am I going to continue down this road and spend 300 days out of the year away from him? Or am I going to make the difficult choice to give up my dream?'. I wanted to be the one who taught him how to fish, be a coach, and play sports. I made the right choice."

DiBiase, now 36, has a wife and two children.