History Wrestling / BrodusClay

* PerkyFemaleMinion: Has a pair of them.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After been PutOnABus, due to sustaining an injury while attempting to help Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html World Heavyweight Title]], he started having {{Squash Match}}es on ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'' and then finally getting a promo that he was coming to ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]''. Only to have Laurinaitis calling him on a weekly basis telling him, he'll be having a match the next week ... that is until January 9, 2012 when [[HeelFaceReturn he came back as the Funkasaurus]].

* AbhorrentAdmirer: After Aksana and Tamina had both become single they tried to eliminate and replace the Funkadactyls on ''Wrestling/WWEMainEvent''.

* IncomingHam: At most, there are a handful of entrances on WWE's main roster that bring the hog like Brodus Clay's...and, since he's been on TV for less than a month, that's saying a lot. To be specific, instead of the standard, "Hailing from [Place Name], weighing in at [such-and-such amount], [RedBaron] [NAME OF WRESTLER]" intro, a disco ball comes down from the ceiling and the announcer says, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE ONLY LIVING, BREATHING, ROMPING STOMPING FUNKASAURUS IN CAPTIVITY, MR. BRODUS CLAY!"

'''Brodus Clay''' (real name George Murdoch) is a professional wrestler currently employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Originally, he was featured as a bodyguard for Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Due to him filming a movie at the time, he was taken off of TV for a few months and was dropped as Del Rio's bodyguard. He returned and began [[SquashMatch squashing]] various [[{{Jobber}} jobbers]] on WWE's online-exclusive show ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars''. After nine consecutive squash victories on ''Superstars'', WWE ran vignettes promoting his return to television on the November 7, 2011 episode of Raw. However, Clay's television return was continuously delayed by authority figure Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis to be "next week", with this trend continuing all the way into January 2012. Clay made his television return on the January 9, 2012 episode of Raw as a face with a fun-loving, funk dancing gimmick, with the nickname "The Funkasaurus". Now accompanied by the [[Characters/WWEDivas Funkadactyls Naomi and Cameron]] and announced as hailing from "Planet Funk", Clay incorporated gyrations and dance moves into his various squash wins on both Raw and SmackDown.

* CanonDiscontinuity: WWE doesn't acknowledge that Clay was a contestant on WWE NXT or a bodyguard of Alberto Del Rio's. In fact, when he moved over to raw, WWE hyped his return as his ''debut.''

* DemotedToExtra: Went undefeated for several months after his Raw debut, including defeating Wrestling/DolphZiggler on PPV. Nowadays, he's barely on tv at all, and when he is, he's usually been losing.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After a long period of [[{{Jobber}} jobbing]], he beat Tensai in a dance-off. A couple of weeks later, Tensai appears to have [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] and the two are teaming - and dancing - together.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After been PutOnABus, due to sustaining an injury while attempting to help Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html World Heavyweight Title]], he started having {{Squash Match}}ws on ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'' and then finally getting a promo that he was coming to [[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]. Only to have Laurinaitis calling him on a weekly basis telling him, he'll be having a match the next week ... that is until January 9, 2012 when [[HeelFaceReturn he came back as the Funkasaurus]].

* RecycledSoundtrack: Brodus' face theme, "Somebody Call My Momma", was briefly used in WWE eight years earlier by Ernest "The Cat" Miller. Unfortunately for Brodus, Wrestling/{{Tazz}} is no longer around to sing along to the song.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, he was to debut as a monster heel, injuring jobbers and putting them in his personal 'Hall of Pain.' WWE liked the idea...but the gimmick went to Wrestling/MarkHenry instead.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Worked as a body guard for Music/SnoopDogg. And, Alberto Del Rio.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After been PutOnABus, due to sustaining an injury while attempting to help Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE RAW World Heavyweight Title]], he started having [[SquashMatch Squash Matches]] on ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'' and then finally getting a promo that he was coming to [[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]. Only to have Laurinaitis calling him on a weekly basis telling him, he'll be having a match the next week ... that is until January 9, 2012 when [[HeelFaceReturn he came back as the Funkasaurus]].

!!'''Tropes associated with Brodus Clay include:'''

* FriendToAllChildren: As a face. His wins tend to end with about a half dozen or more kids [[DancePartyEnding dancing alongside him and the backup girls in the ring]], which is straight out of the Junkyard Dog.

** His TagTeam in FCW the Colossal Connection, to the WWE team of the same name from 1989-1990 made up of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant and Haku, as his partner Donny Marlow, now known on ''[[Wrestling/{{WWESmackDown}} WWE SmackDown]]'' as Camacho, is Haku's son, Tevita Fifita.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: After Aksana and Tamina had both become single they tried to eliminate and replace the Funkadactyls on ''Wrestling/WWEMainEvent.

* {{Acrofatic}}: 350+ pounds and can still preform [[LightningBruiser high cross body slams]].

* CaptainErsatz: [[http://wrestlegasm.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/kinghippo.jpg Of King Hippo,]] [[PunchOut of all things.]] Wrestling/TheMiz was quick to point this out when forced to fight him.

* FriendToAllChildren: As a face. His wins tend to end with about a half dozen or more kids dancing alongside him and the backup girls in the ring, which is straight out of the Junkyard Dog.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Worked as a body guard for Music/SnoopDogg.
* IncomingHam: At most, there are a handful of entrances on WWE's main roster that bring the hog like Brodus Clay's...and, since he's been on TV for less than a month, that's saying a lot.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Brodus' face theme, "Somebody Call My Momma", was briefly used in WWE eight years earlier by Ernest "The Cat" Miller. Unfortunately for Brodus, Tazz is no longer around to sing along to the song.

* TheBrute: A GenreSavvy [[GeniusBruiser subversion]].

* CaptainErsatz: [[http://wrestlegasm.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/kinghippo.jpg Of King Hippo,]] [[PunchOut of all things.]] TheMiz was quick to point this out when forced to fight him.

* StoutStrength

'''Brodus Clay''' (real name George Murdoch) is a professional wrestler currently employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Originally, he was featured as a bodyguard for Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Due to him filming a movie at the time, he was taken off of TV for a few months and was dropped as Del Rio's bodyguard. He returned and began [[SquashMatch squashing]] various [[{{Jobber}} jobbers]] on WWE's online-exclusive show ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars''. After nine consecutive squash victories on ''Superstars'', WWE ran vignettes promoting his return to television on the November 7, 2011 episode of Raw. However, Clay's television return was continuously delayed by authority figure Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis to be "next week", with this trend continuing all the way into January 2012. Clay made his television return on the January 9, 2012 episode of Raw as a face with a fun-loving, funk dancing gimmick, with the nickname "The Funkasaurus". Now accompanied by the Funkadactyls Naomi and Cameron and announced as hailing from "Planet Funk", Clay incorporated gyrations and dance moves into his various squash wins on both Raw and SmackDown.

'''Brodus Clay''' (real name George Murdoch) is a professional wrestler currently employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Originally, he was featured as a bodyguard for AlbertoDelRio. Due to him filming a movie at the time, he was taken off of TV for a few months and was dropped as Del Rio's bodyguard. He returned and began [[SquashMatch squashing]] various [[{{Jobber}} jobbers]] on WWE's online-exclusive show ''Superstars''. After nine consecutive squash victories on ''Superstars'', WWE ran vignettes promoting his return to television on the November 7, 2011 episode of Raw. However, Clay's television return was continuously delayed by authority figure JohnLaurinaitis to be "next week", with this trend continuing all the way into January 2012. Clay made his television return on the January 9, 2012 episode of Raw as a face with a fun-loving, funk dancing gimmick, with the nickname "The Funkasaurus". Now accompanied by the Funkadactyls Naomi and Cameron and announced as hailing from "Planet Funk", Clay incorporated gyrations and dance moves into his various squash wins on both Raw and SmackDown.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: After Aksana and Tamina had both become single they tried to eliminate and replace the Funkadactyls on WWE Main Event.
* ActorAllusion: Stars in a hot pocket commerical with SnoopDogg, who Brodus was the bodyguard for.
** His debut to WWE TV, while still on NXT, saw him as a bodyguard to AlbertoDelRio. He is known, of course, for being a bodyguard to SnoopDogg before his wrestling career started.

* BoringButPractical: And running splash might be one of the more boring (technically speaking) [[FinishingMove finishers]] in the WWE to date, but there's something to be said for jumping and throwing all near-four hundred pounds of yourself onto an opponent's chest. And that 'something said' is usually a 3-count.

* {{Expy}}: Of Rikishi.

* FriendToAllChildren: As a face. His wins tend to end with about a half dozen or more kids dancing alongside him and the backup girls in the ring.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar / DontExplainTheJoke: His finishing move (a [[{{Acrofatic}} leaping cross body]]) was called, "Ah, Funk It". Yeah. Let's see how long that name sticks in the PG Era.

* HeelFaceReturn: Though, originally they ''were'' going to explain it. Apparently, his Funkasaurus gimmick actually had a link between the monster heel promos and his current form. Clay would have debuted the monster heel gimmick but would turn on [[JohnLaurinaitis Laurinitis]] (for stalling his debut for so long) and later debut the dancing gimmick.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Worked as a body guard for [[{{Music/SnoopDogg}} Snoop Dogg]].

* ScrewYourself: Accidentally alluded to, to the groans of the funkadactlys but quickly corrected during gamerlive tv's coverage of WWE 13.
* ShoutOut: Took the name '''Brodus''' Clay as one to the man he once guarded, Calvin Cordozar '''Broadus'''...otherwise known as SnoopDogg.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, he was to debut as a monster heel, injuring jobbers and putting them in his personal 'Hall of Pain.' WWE liked the idea...but the gimmick went to MarkHenry instead.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After been PutOnABus, due to sustaining an injury while attempting to help AlbertoDelRio win the World Heavyweight Title, he started having [[SquashMatch Squash Matches]] on Superstars and then finally getting a promo that he was coming to [[WWERaw Raw]]. Only to have Laurinaitis calling him on a weekly basis telling him, he'll be having a match the next week ... that is until January 9, 2012 when [[HeelFaceReturn he came back as the Funkasaurus]].

* ScrewYourself: Accidentally alluded to groans of the funkadactlys but quickly corrected during gamerlive tv's coverage of WWE 13.

** His double team finisher with "Sweet T" Tensai? A double splash tipping the scales at ''over 750 pounds'. Double ouch.

* RealitySubtext: His debut to WWE TV, while still on NXT, saw him as a bodyguard, which was one of his well-known

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Subverted. Originally, he was to debut as a monster heel, injuring jobbers and putting them in his personal 'Hall of Pain.' WWE liked the idea...but the gimmick went to MarkHenry instead.

* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously]] BiTheWay: Seems pretty cool with his pair of female backup dancers. But there's something to be said for the fact that anytime one of his opponents has attempted to put him in a hold, his response has been (despite his strength) to gyrate his hips and thrust his pelvis until the guy got so uncomfortable he had to let him go.