Fans would remember Tyrus in WWE as the Funkasaurus Brodus Clay. He started the gimmick in 2012 with the help of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. Tyrus recently explained how he went to the “American Dream” for advice while creating the gimmick on the latest “Two-Man Power Trip of Wrestling” podcast.
“The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, when he took me under his wing. The reason why he took me under his wing is because my mouth was as big as his. It (the gimmick) got thrown to me. I was like, ‘Can I go to Dusty for a week or two and kind of figure it out?’ They said, ‘Sure.’”
“Then I got with Dusty and he was like, ‘You just got your mind, so you got to do it. Like, I would do it when they put the polka dots on me. Did I complain? I had a family to feed, so I did it.’ He’s like, ‘So they’re putting you in a red tracksuit. So what are you going to do with it? Are you that good? Are you so good no matter what they throw at you, you make it work? Or are you one-dimensional and all you can do is be a heel?’ He threw the challenge, and I accepted it. Dusty, rest his soul, if he was here, would take full credit for everything he did, he would literally say, ‘You owe me a check, Brodus. You should be sending me a check every week because I gave you gold, I gave you jewels, and you’re doing something with it.’ As he said, I painted my canvas. I still continue to do that.”
Tyrus was released from his WWE contract in 2014. He would later debut in Impact Wrestling and align himself with EC3.
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