Born as Theodore Robert Rufus Long and popularly known by Theodore long is a former American manager, referee, and authority figure. He had served for a renowned television network named World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under its several brands.
He was born on September 15, 1947, in Birmingham, Georgia, the United States. This makes his nationality American. He belongs to black ethnicity and his zodiac sign is Virgo. He is famous by the ring name of Teddy Long.
Theodore Long first made his professional wrestling debut as an errand boy with the wrestlers Tommy Rich and Abdullah the Butcher. Later, he became a referee in the NWA’s Jim Crockett Promotions after being a member of the ring crew.
Thereafter, Theodore appeared in the ring as a villainous character where he started to bend the rules for heel wrestlers. He had been the referee for several matches and had worked with numerous numbers of wrestlers. Later, Theodore also became the manager of Doom and directed them to the World Tag Team Titles.
Afterward, in 1998, Theodore joined World Wrestling Federation, as a referee on an episode of Raw is War. On that point, he again re-packaged as a villainous manager and managed several matches. Likewise, in July 2004, he became the new and first African-American General Manager of SmackDown after Kurt Angle was fired. There, he served for SmackDown for almost 4 years and moved to the ECW brand as the new General Manager by the order of the WWE board of directors. However, he served for only one year for ECW and returned to SmackDown.
In 2014, Theodore became the General Manager for Reality of Wrestling promotion’s Summer of Champions iPPV. Currently, he got inducted into the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame. As of now, Theodore has managed the likes of famous All-Starts wrestlers such as Mark Henry, Rodney Mack, Mark Jindrak, Ron Simmons, Christopher Nowinski, Butch Reed, and so on.
Theodore Long is a talented man. Thousands of people have appreciated his talent. Reviewing his personal life, he is a married man. He got married to a supportive wife named Stephanie Keller in 1982. Currently, the couple resides in Marietta, Georgia and they have three children along with six grandchildren.
The couple has a strong bond with each other. Since their marriage, there are not any rumors spread out of his affair. Neither, there is any news of his having a girlfriend.
Theodore Long is a man with an amazing personality. According to the source, he has a net worth of $ 3 million. An active wrestler since 1985, he made millions from his 2-decade long wrestling career. His annual salary was reported to be several thousand dollars.
Talking about his body profile, he stands an impressive height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs only 78 kg.
