Tyrus has revealed how Dusty Rhodes stopped him from quitting WWE.
The former WWE star, better known to fans as Brodus Clay, told the origin story of his Funkasaurus gimmick during a new episode of Planet Tyrus. The 53-year-old revealed that he was originally supposed to play a more serious character. However, Vince McMahon decided to give him a comedy gimmick when he saw him making jokes with his friends backstage.
Upon learning what the gimmick would look like, the wrestling veteran wanted to quit the company altogether, and he went to Dusty Rhodes to voice his frustrations:
I came off the road and went straight to Dusty. He was waiting for me and no one else...he kicked everyone out the arena. He shut down the school. I walked in there, and I was telling him I wanted to quit. It was a lot for me because this was my dream, and it was ending because I'm not going out there dancing. I'm not doing that shit.
I Turned That Shit Around: Tyrus
The American Dream, however, completely changed his perspective by telling him the story of his own WWE arrival. Dusty Rhodes offered to work on the character with Tyrus, leading to the birth of the Funkasaurus:
And I was telling him everything. He looked at me and he's like 'So you better than me?' I was like 'What are you talking about?' He's like 'Are you better than me? Are you more of a man than I am?' I was like 'No, sir.'
He said, 'I had kids to support. I had a wife to support. He brought me into WWE and I was already a made man. And he made me wear polka dots. Yellow polka dots. Cause he wanted everyone to make fun of me. He wanted to embarrass me. And I turned that shit around. I walked out there every night with my head high, because every time I walked out there, there was food on my family's table. Are you fucking better than me?' And I was like 'No, Sir,' [He said] 'Then get your ass out in that ring and figure it out. I'll do it with you.'
