During a recent appearance on the “Talk Is Jericho” podcast to promote his match with Trevor Murdoch at NWA 74, Tyrus commented on nearly crying when he went to Dusty Rhodes to talk about his Funkasaurus gimmick, how the “American Dream” helped him with the gimmick, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how he was nearly crying when he went to Dusty Rhodes to talk about his Funkasaurus gimmick: “I went to Dusty [Rhodes] and I was damn near crying, my dream had blown up in my face. Dusty just looked me in the face and goes. ‘Are you better than me? … They put me in polka dots!’”
On how Dusty Rhodes helped him with the gimmick: “He [Dusty Rhodes] kicked everyone out of the building, had the sound guy put on ‘Moves Like Jagger’ … and he comes out of the office shirtless, and says ‘Dance with me.’ Before I knew it, I was dancing, having fun, laughing. Though dancing with Tyrus wasn’t the only way that Rhodes helped out with the gimmick. I said I still need help. He [Rhodes] said ‘Well ask Naomi. She should’ve been on the road. My heart’s not in dancing. So if I had two really good dancers around me, I could cover it up.”
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