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Brodus Clay a flop in re-debut
January 10th, 2012 | 
Author: Brodus Clay’s redebut in WWE on last night’s RAW was … how can I put this delicately? A complete and utter failure.
Clay is a large and imposing wrestler who could legitimately stand toe-to-toe with Big Show and Mark Henry, once he is established. But the Planet Funk gimmick he was given seemed like a really bad ripoff of The Godfather’s old gimmick, only it feels even more dated now.
Booking Clay as a comedy act is not an uncommon way for WWE to debut a superstar. And we all know that the right talent can overcome bad gimmicks. Steve Austin overcame The Ringmaster. John Cena took what could have been a goofy Rap Star gimmick and used it to get over as a monster heel… back in the good ol’ days.
I’m not going to suggest Brodus Clay can’t turn this into something and spin this into gold. But to do that, he needs to break out of it into … something else … sooner than later.
Preferably, next week.
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