Video: Brodus Clay debuts on Smackdown as The Funkasaurus
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 14, 2012 8:01 AM EST
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I wondered what the reaction would be for Brodus Clay when he made his second appearance as The Funkasaurus, which he did on the Smackdown show that aired last night (Jan. 13, 2012).
The fans at the arena cheered for him and seemed to greatly enjoy his new gimmick. And why shouldn't they? Clay really devotes himself to playing it up as much as possible and because of that, it's a believable act. His dancers help protect him from having to do too much and they add the little extra flare to make the whole thing work.
It's phenomenal.
The only drawback to having him dance his way out to the ring and do his whole spiel before each match is that he'll blow himself up from time to time, which will become an issue if he's ever asked to do a match that involves more than just a headbutt and a splash like the squash you see here against Tyson Kidd.
We'll see the kind of reaction he gets when they start pushing him up the card but so far so good for the man who hails from Planet Funk.
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A completely crappy "match"
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 14, 2012 8:35 AM EST via mobile reply actions
He's going places
but please no more 5 second squash matches. Give him at least a few moves in a squash match and let him take some offense to show how strong he is. That match was pretty much just a dance to the ring and a dance out of the ring.
It also reminds me of a story I think from Lance Storm’s blog or a shoot interview with him. He was asked what he thought one of the biggest problems with the WWE was and he mentioned how the writers don’t know how to time anything ring-related. He gave an example of a time he had a match on Raw and was told right before he went out there that he needed to make the pin in something like 45 seconds when they had a planned match of around 5 minutes.
I agree no-more 5 second
squash matches. Brodus Clay has taken a gimmick that could be potentially disastrous to someone’s career and made it extremely entertaining and hilarious. It may not last forever but let’s enjoy it while I can.
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by Matt Champion on Jan 14, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
can't wait for his Royal Rumble pop
it will be EPIC!
I think the writers gave him this gimmick to bury him but he has been so great he will win a the ic or tag title in a year, in my world Tyson Kidd would headline Mania, in the WWE’s world he is enhancment talent and the squash was needed.
by MVP Raiders on Jan 14, 2012 7:13 PM EST via Android app reply actions
I really love Tyson Kidd. A lot of my favorites are guys without a snowball’s chance in hell of succeeding, but seeing him lose in literally 5 seconds made me particularly sad. That said, I’m enjoying Brodus’s schtick and would have liked a longer match for a few more, “My bad”s and “Should I get hymn?”s
by joliemadchen on Jan 14, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
I see this gimmick
as Flash Funk 2K12. Instead of insane high flying spots, we’ll see 20 second squash matches.
He seems charismatic enough though.
id say its pretty much a copy of rikishi
just 2 broads instead of too cool.
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