Brodus Clay was recently interviewed by the Connecticut Weekender and spoke about how his Funkasaurus character came about and his previous gimmick, the “Fall of Humanity.” Here are some highlights of what Brodus Clay said about:
His Reaction To The Funkasaurus Gimmick: “Ok so the weeks leading up, i swear i was about to lose my mind, what little hair i had on the top of my head i was pulling out. Literally every week I was getting ready to debut, ready to debut , but then week after week something would happen to delay it. I was turning into a laughing stock. I was getting text messages from home, saying what is going on. Finally the day comes and they show the sign with the disco ball and my name, and I get a text from my brother saying “Why is there a disco ball on your name?” So when I did come out it was dead silent, I could have said my name and it would have echoed through the building. There was a guy who was fired up and was dressed in my old ring gear, with his hair spiked up and a cut off shirt , and his mouth was so wide open, he was so upset. During the match he yelled at me “you suck Brodus Clay” and I yelled back “My Bad” and it kind of just went from there and I kept that as my catchphrase. It’s so hard to surprise people these days with the internet, but it shocked people.
Triple H’s Advice To Him: “I remember Triple H came up to me and said ‘whatever you do, do not look at the internet , it’s probably going to be bad.'”
Being Eliminated From NXT: “At the time I was genuinely shocked. They talk about that promo i did when i was eliminated and that was 100% how I felt, it was legitimate. If you watch American Idol, or X Factor, you see the guys that come so close to winning but then don’t. I understood how they felt. It was definitely bittersweet, but they wouldn’t have gotten that reaction out of me, and I probably wouldn’t have gotten paired up with Alberto Del Rio had I won.”