The Official Brodus Clay Appreciation Thread

[Sabin Shelley Army]

*WWE Creative board meeting.


Vince: We've been building up Brodus for weeks. We need to make his debut a success. Lets have him squash Daniel Bryan. That will make people remember him.

Stephanie: I don't know daddy. We're trying to have Bryan and Big Show feud right now.

Vince: Then what do we do with Brodus?

HHH: We can have my music hit, and he comes out wearing my gear and carry a sledgehammer.

Stephanie: No Hunter. We're going to do that with Michael Cole again this summer. We should have Brodus get engaged to Rosa Mendez and squash Primo and Epico.

Laurinitis: I have a great idea Vince. CM Punk has been calling me "Funk Man" lately, so let's have Brodus appear as a dancing wrestler. We can call him Funkasaurus.

Vince: I like it. We haven't had a dancing wrestler in ages.

HHH: Oh wow, Stand Back.



Here's my question, why can't the WWE have Cena dance around and look like a dork?
Brodus was better off as Del Rio's bodyguard.

[Lord Tensai]

Dude.

Awesome.

Thread.

I loved it truthfully.

Why would they have Cena? that's not him or his style. As a bodyguard would of been boring and the same no?

[Sabin Shelley Army]

Well just so Brodus is dancing his way to a pile of money and he's completely behind the gimmick. It's just stupid to me. Brodus isn't that bad, but the gimmick is garbage. Flash Funk 2.0, and that killed 2 Cold Scorpio. Scorpio was awesome in ECW and WCW.

[justme]

we already have a santino , wwe. just thinking about it makes my head hurts

[Lord Tensai]

Yes Scorpio was good and terrible as Funk but don't see what the big problem is you need diversity. Can't be about the big monster angry guy who beats up people that's Kane's roll right now really. Why not have a blood rushing pumping show or colours and lights and brights and dancing he still Destroyed Curt at the end of the day lol.

Santino is awful imo and this is fresh.

[Sabin Shelley Army]

Funk is hardly mainstream music now. If they don't want Brodus to be another angry monster, give him something better than just dancing wrestler with dancing chicks beside him. They could have given him a dubstep gimmick, and it would have at least been up to date with him coming out with b-boys/girls. That would have still been dumb, but maybe slightly less embarrasing.

[Lord Tensai]

I'm not sure it will all go like that he could say he dosen't want to do it to John or change unless that is it. The other 2 girls were wrestlers remember debuting. But it's sort of a punch in the face from WWE saying you were expecting this and BAM LOL.

But can't all like or hate .

[Jose Bautista]

ERNEST THE CAT!

"Wut da helllll" - Booker T

"ohhhhhh myyyyy gooodnessss" - Booker T

"Tell me I didn't just see that" - Booker T

[Engaged To Ouellet]

Yeah if they have to go with a dancing gimmick they should have at least gone with something relevant to today. Vinnie Mac really is old, he's stuck in the 70s.

Must suck for Brodus though, here he is all this time rewritten out of shows for 2-3 months then this is what he gets given for patiently waiting.

[Sweet N' Sour]

I like it. It's a lot better than another cliche monster heel. Plus they can always turn him heel later on. Not that big of deal.

Yeah if they have to go with a dancing gimmick they should have at least gone with something relevant to today. Vinnie Mac really is old, he's stuck in the 70s.

Must suck for Brodus though, here he is all this time rewritten out of shows for 2-3 months then this is what he gets given for patiently waiting.

He has a lot better chance of becoming over now than the 4-5 months he was a heel and was receiving no reaction imo.

[DramaShark]

As long as those two hot chicks he comes out to the ring with keep shaking their fine asses down to the ring, this is an epic win

[frisco]

It's a stupid gimmick.

Stupid, stupid stupid.

It completely sucks. Way to go WWE.

[Metalitia]

I guess the thought process was along the lines of

"Right we've fucked up delaying his debut for so long, there's already a lack of interest so it may be a really minor debut if he just comes out as generic big guy heel, we need to do something memorable."

"But he's complained about us publicly and we're not happy with him?"

"Let's test him and give him a gimmick that'll make it really difficult for people to take him seriously."

"Done!"

Credit to Brodus he certainly was putting the effort into it but wow.

If a credible black wrestler in 1998 couldn't pull it off I don't hold out too much hope for Brodus.

[VeintiCuatro ©]

I actually really like that gimmick, Its a funny gimmick but The Funkasaurus also looks like a beast. I see Brodus as a good maineventer he might have a funk gimmick but this guy will be in the top by the end of the year.

[Sabin Shelley Army]

I like it. It's a lot better than another cliche monster heel. Plus they can always turn him heel later on. Not that big of deal.



He has a lot better chance of becoming over now than the 4-5 months he was a heel and was receiving no reaction imo.

Not just another cliche monster gimmick is the main reason being thrown around in comments on news sites for people liking the gimmick. It's just another cliche dancing wrestler gimmick though, and it didn't take any real imagination to just tell a serious wrestler to start smiling and dancing. I don't see how this is better or won't be completely stale in three weeks.

I guess the thought process was along the lines of

"Right we've fucked up delaying his debut for so long, there's already a lack of interest so it may be a really minor debut if he just comes out as generic big guy heel, we need to do something memorable."

"But he's complained about us publicly and we're not happy with him?"

"Let's test him and give him a gimmick that'll make it really difficult for people to take him seriously."

"Done!"

Credit to Brodus he certainly was putting the effort into it but wow.

If a credible black wrestler in 1998 couldn't pull it off I don't hold out too much hope for Brodus.

The WWE likes to test their wrestlers. Too bad for the wrestlers, I guess.

I actually really like that gimmick, Its a funny gimmick but The Funkasaurus also looks like a beast. I see Brodus as a good maineventer he might have a funk gimmick but this guy will be in the top by the end of the year.

Be at the top? When did Flash Funk, The Godfather, Rikishi, and many others make it anywhere with a lame gimmick? The WWE is known for making comedy wrestlers and just using them as a sideshow. Santino's long reign with the IC title was the height of his success.