History Wrestling / BrodusClay

* {{Acrofatic}}: 350+ pounds and can still perform [[LightningBruiser high cross body slams]]. In TNA, Wrestling/SharkBoy was negatively contrasted against Tyrus, as Shark Boy had gotten fat and not retained any of his ability to perform acrobatic, nor any of his stamina, letting Tyrus easy defeat him.

Brodus Clay did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], and the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] (where you can call him Tyrus), among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. He went on ''Series/TheGregGutfeldShow'' as a guest, and eventually became Greg's co-host, and a Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} contributor.

Per a pre-match stipulation, he retired from in-ring competition on August 27, 2023 after losing the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship to Wrestling/EC3 on Night 2 of the promotion's 75th Anniversary Show.

** SassyBlackWoman: Both of them - Wrestling/{{Naomi}} arguably moreso.

Brodus Clay (real name George Murdoch, born February 21, 1973) is an American professional wrestler formerly employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}} between 2011 and 2014.

Brodus Clay did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] (where you can call him Tyrus), and the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. He went on ''Series/TheGregGutfeldShow'' as a guest, and eventually became Greg's co-host, and a Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} contributor.

Brodus Clay did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] (where you can call him Tyrus), among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. He went on ''Series/TheGregGutfeldShow'' as a guest, and eventually became Greg's co-host, and a Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} contributor.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: He ''was'' billed as "The Funkasaurus". Even in TNA, D'Angelo Dinero calls him "The Man Dinosaur".

%% GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you're reading this in the future, please check the trope description to make sure your example matches the current criteria.

* NiceHat: A crusher cap with a curved brim.

Brodus Clay (real name George Murdoch, born February 21, 1973) is an American professional wrestler formerly employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}} between 2011 and 2014. 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 {{Squash|Match}}ing various {{Jobber}}s 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". Then accompanied by the Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls 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!=]''.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodus_Clay The Other Wiki]].

Brodus Clay did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]} (where you can call him Tyrus), among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. He went on ''Series/TheGregGutfeldShow'' as a guest, and eventually became Greg's co-host, and a Fox News contributor.

%% GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2020. If you're reading this in the future, please check the trope description to make sure your example matches the current criteria.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar[=/=]DontExplainTheJoke:
** His finishing move (a [[{{Acrofatic}} leaping cross body]]) is called, "Ah, Funk It". Yeah. Let's see how long that name sticks in the PG Era.
** ''Double Subverted.'' After about a week, they changed the finisher name again. Now it's called "What The Funk?"...which is, if anything, even less subtle than the first one.
** He no longer uses the crossbody, having traded it for a running splash called "''Splat!''" and then a Samoan Spike.

* 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 [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Laurinitis]] (for stalling his debut for so long) and later debut the dancing gimmick.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Which eventually started his heel turn and broke up Tons Of Funk.

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

Brodus Clay did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling and Wrestling/{{TNA}} (where you can call him Tyrus), among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. He went on ''Series/TheGregGutfeldShow'' as a guest, and eventually became Greg's co-host, and a Fox News contributor.

* {{Acrofatic}}: 350+ pounds and can still perform [[LightningBruiser high cross body slams]]. In TNA, Shark Boy was negatively contrasted against Tyrus, as Shark Boy had gotten fat and not retained any of his ability to perform acrobatic, nor any of his stamina, letting Tyrus easy defeat him.

* TraumaticHaircut: After months of beating up Rockstar Spud and weeks of beating up second ''British Bootcamp'' winner Mark Andrews, they got their revenge by saving his head, following Wrestling/EC3's failure to shave Spud.

Brodus Clay (real name George Murdoch, born February 21, 1973) is a professional wrestler formerly employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}} between 2011 and 2014. 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 {{Squash|Match}}ing various {{Jobber}}s 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". Then accompanied by the Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls 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!=]''.

!!! "MR. BRODUS CLAY'S TROPES!":

Brodus Clay (real name George Murdoch) is a professional wrestler formerly employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}} between 2011 and 2014. 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 {{Squash|Match}}ing various {{Jobber}}s 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". Then accompanied by the Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls 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 did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling and Wrestling/{{TNA}} (where you can call him Tyrus), among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.

'''Brodus Clay''' (real name George Murdoch) is a professional wrestler formerly employed by Wrestling/{{WWE}} between 2011 and 2014. 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 {{Squash|Match}}ing various {{Jobber}}s 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". Then accompanied by the Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls 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 did not stop wrestling after being let go by WWE, having been seen in North East Wrestling, the UK's Varsity Pro Wrestling and Wrestling/{{TNA}} (where you can call him '''Tyrus'''), among other promotions. He has since won the Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.

* BigGuyLittleGuy: Has been the big guy as bodyguard to Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, Wrestling/EC3, and now Wrestling/MattHardy. In RealLife he was this to Music/SnoopDogg before becoming a wrestler.