Rob MacIntyre, who I trained with, was a big reason behind me dropping me a hundred and 50 pounds.
Tyrus
So that's kind of like how I was, even body guarding with guys I was more of a talker and ran my mouth and smiled and stuff and it kept people off, especially if a guy's is fired up and you're laughing at him or smiling or winking at him it just messes with their mind.
Yeah, no desire to live in New York. Giant buildings and it's cold and I'm a big Patriot, Red Sox's fan. What can I possibly do for fun in New York?
I had a very good babyface run, but establishing a monster heel - which I think I would have excelled at - and a poor WrestleMania track record is a hard pill to swallow.
I never imagined as a kid that anybody could beat up 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff because Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan convinced me he was the toughest guy, that Andre The Giant was bigger than life, that Hulk Hogan was amazing and dug down deep.
I was discovered by Tommy Dreamer.
Everything changes from week to week in WWE, and that's what's cool about it. All it takes is one minute you're smiling and the next minute you can be a savage.
Vince McMahon said to Triple H, 'Are you sure he's a heel? I don't know. He's funny.' He decided he wanted me to be a babyface and when they came to me they said, 'You can say no, but here's what we're looking at. Funkasaurus is the fastest way to be back on TV.'
Good men make good decisions.
I used to work for a spot called the 'Saddle Ranch.'
Snoop Dogg eats terrible. That's another reason I had to leave him. I would have been dead of a heart attack. He literally eats at 7-11. That's where he does his grocery shopping or it's Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, or it's Denny's delivery. There's not a piece of salad or vegetable within two miles of this dude.
I was actually doing very well, traveling the world with Snoop. So I was kind of doing that. I would have dreams at night about wrestling and stuff but I kept it very quiet.
Experience wise you've got to give it to the Bella Twins but in terms of just overall effort, athleticism, and just work ethic, the Funkadactyles are there with them.
I think if I was like Fred Astaire out there or like break dance fighting and doing crazy splits and stuff like that I think people would be like, 'ehhhh, I'm just going to watch him,' but the fact that they're like, 'I can do that,' it's fun and I think they lose themselves.
You know, anytime you take one group and you blame them for a problem, there is an issue.
One of my guilty pleasures is George 'The Animal' Steele. I didn't like him, but I couldn't stop watching him when he did the corner post thing. It was the most awkward thing I ever saw.
I carry myself where I speak when spoken to. It's good and bad.
I went to a wrestling school in Canada. That did not work out well, I think I was out there for like a week.
The Funkasaurus character was great and it taught me about being humble, about the character, about not being concerned with what people think you should be.
I knew Funkasaurus wasn't winning the World Championship, but I knew Brodus Clay could have.
Fans are very aggressive when it comes to Snoop. They just want a piece of him so much. I would probably say more so than any other celebrity because he's so tangible.
The Attitude Era had the crazy rock & roll girls and stuff.
I think the climate of wrestling has changed. I think the big guy, The Giant, The Big John Studd's of the world are an endangered species because the business has become smaller.
There's always a Cena fan that wants to talk to me about it, and it drives me absolutely nuts. They'll come up to me in Cena stuff saying 'Why didn't you wrestle Cena?' Bro, I don't know.
I can always be ruthless and aggressive in the ring, but I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to be 'The Funkasaurus' again.
Bipartisanship and decency are thrown to the waste side because people want their party to win so badly.
Well, I wanted to play football and I chased football for a little while.
I'm a father. If my son jumped on a boy in a backyard, it would have been the worst mistake he made that day. And he'd have had to apologize to everybody.
I got catfished by WWE constantly. You're 26 - 0, and then you run into the Big Show and then you're 0 - 26.
Anybody that thinks hanging out with Snoop is fun, is cool, you're in for a rude awakening because he is the most down to earth, boring dude ever.
John Cena actually showed up to do a song with Snoop in L.A. and he walked in and was like, 'What the hell are you doing here?' I was like, 'You didn't know? I got let go. I'm back bodyguarding now. He was like, 'What? That's crazy!' I was like, 'It's all good. Good to see you. Appreciate it.'
My mother didn't play being disrespectful to women. I was around grandmas and aunts. You learned pretty quick to be respectful!
Actually, the original nickname that I was told - it scared me to death - was Heavy G. I think the last thing you want to be known as is Heavy anything. No offense to Heavy D - rest his soul. Worked for him, wasn't really my bag.
It was some great times and some great moments… I'm proud to be a WWE alumni. If it wasn't for my time there, there's no way I'd be excelling at Fox and acting.
I wanted, if anything else, Brodus Clay to be remembered as somebody who got you out of your seat and I think that'll be remembered so you've got to come 100% with that.
I actually came up with Funkasaurus.
Watching 'WrestleMania' growing up, it was like a neighborhood party. It was like the Super Bowl on my block, the only difference was, football was only around for 16 weeks while wrestling was every Saturday.
Triple H, he's a man's man.
I packed my bags and went back to California and actually put wrestling behind me. I actually thought, well you know what, I thought it was crazy I made it once and to think I'm going to come back or whatever was unrealistic goal. So I went back to bodyguarding and substitute teaching.
If you're good at what you do regardless of what is thrown in front of you, you will make it work.
I'm always teasing and clowning around and laughing and in the locker room I tend to always have something to say.
If you look at the history of wrestling, what makes heels great is their ridiculous statements.
A big thing to me was to be able to be in a situation where I could speak my mind freely especially when it came to my character. Get the actual right feedback and not have too many chefs in the kitchen and allow me to be me.
I'm one of those guys who, when I'm frustrated, do not get vocal.
I really didn't find myself… I was trying too hard to be too many things so I wasn't really anything.
If you commit to something, you believe it and you have fun with it, people are going to respect that.
WrestleMania's the accumulation of a lot of things. All the shareholders come in for all the meetings with the suits and everything.
The biggest thing about Snoop is, you gotta understand, everybody wants a piece of him. They want to touch him. They want to talk to him.
The situation with the girls - with Cameron and me - it was toxic. It was just so toxic and one night she made a mistake going out to the ring. The pyro went off because she took too long to get to the ring.
Make America Great Again was a political slogan. It was used before, I believe Ronald Reagan used it before. It was about making America great and rallying America. Unfortunately, I would say 10 percent of the population that voted for President Trump has a different view. They have embraced it as 'Make America White Again.'
