Big Men In Need Of New Gimmicks

[Machianzo]

In the WWE right now, we actually have a number of very large wrestlers. Mark Henry, Kane, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Ezekiel Jackson, Mason Ryan, Sheamus etc.

Now take a look at that grouping of wrestlers, and you have two men that are struggling to break out. Ryan and Zeke both had pushes last year and basically flopped. Meanwhile, Brodus Clay seems to be doing well with his recent run as the Funkasaurus. He's brought colour, excitement and unpredictability back to the "monster role", the likes of which I reckon we haven't seen since Kane/Undertaker (of course, in a much more serious manner for those two.) However, there is something even better about Brodus' new character to me.

He's not angry. He's not raging. He's happy. He's dancing. Now, he has been having exceptionally short matches thus far, and thus has little to be frustrated about, but all those other big men at least part of their gimmick is based around anger. While per say, 'Taker, Kane and Sheamus have more dynamic characters, Zeke and Ryan are having trouble getting out of the gates, because anger is all their gimmicks have at the moment. Its a tired, beaten road for big men to simply be angry, and depending on their face/heel alignment, smile/glare at the crowd. We've seen this from the likes of Khali, Kozlov etc.

So, could it really hurt these big men to try pull a 'Brodus' in the sense of trying to give them a new gimmick? I am thrown back to an interview on WWE.com where Zeke was being interviewed about losing to Cody again and how he didn't change his tactics. What if they gave Zeke the gimmick of y'know...being smart. Have him mimic some of his opponents moves, reverse something in their arsenal. He doesn't even have to win, just show something different. Ryan could use a similar makeover, something to make him more than just a blank, angry slate. We know they have done this with the "Ryback" Skip Sheffield character that has been appearing at house shows, so is it only a matter of time?

What do you think of this, and could you think of any gimmicks that Zeke or Ryan could benefit from?

 

[Raptor93]

I guess it could work although I couldn't see Zieke pulling of a beautiful disaster, but big men with gimmicks can go really far like taker and kane.

 

[Alittude]

In the WWE right now, we actually have a number of very large wrestlers. Mark Henry, Kane, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Ezekiel Jackson, Mason Ryan, Sheamus etc.

Now take a look at that grouping of wrestlers, and you have two men that are struggling to break out. Ryan and Zeke both had pushes last year and basically flopped. Meanwhile, Brodus Clay seems to be doing well with his recent run as the Funkasaurus. He's brought colour, excitement and unpredictability back to the "monster role", the likes of which I reckon we haven't seen since Kane/Undertaker (of course, in a much more serious manner for those two.) However, there is something even better about Brodus' new character to me.

He's not angry. He's not raging. He's happy. He's dancing. Now, he has been having exceptionally short matches thus far, and thus has little to be frustrated about, but all those other big men at least part of their gimmick is based around anger. While per say, 'Taker, Kane and Sheamus have more dynamic characters, Zeke and Ryan are having trouble getting out of the gates, because anger is all their gimmicks have at the moment. Its a tired, beaten road for big men to simply be angry, and depending on their face/heel alignment, smile/glare at the crowd. We've seen this from the likes of Khali, Kozlov etc.

So, could it really hurt these big men to try pull a 'Brodus' in the sense of trying to give them a new gimmick? I am thrown back to an interview on WWE.com where Zeke was being interviewed about losing to Cody again and how he didn't change his tactics. What if they gave Zeke the gimmick of y'know...being smart. Have him mimic some of his opponents moves, reverse something in their arsenal. He doesn't even have to win, just show something different. Ryan could use a similar makeover, something to make him more than just a blank, angry slate. We know they have done this with the "Ryback" Skip Sheffield character that has been appearing at house shows, so is it only a matter of time?

What do you think of this, and could you think of any gimmicks that Zeke or Ryan could benefit from?

I agree with everything you said until your idea for Zeke for the simple fact that I don't think he has the ability to pull much off at the moment. I'm going to sound like a hater but I really don't see anything in him at all and you can add Ryan to that too. They are both big and have muscles...what else? They have zero charisma, personality, can't talk on the mic as well as having boring matches and being awkward in the ring.

Brodus like you said has shown a ton of charisma and yes his gimmick allows him to, but can you imagine Ryan or Zeke in that role? They would fail miserably. I'll give them both time because anyone can improve over time and become much better but as of right now these guys need some serious development in all areas. As you mentioned they both received pushes that led to nowhere and they never got close to being over. People aren't going to be invested in dude's just because they have muscles, WWE need to realise this finally and if you're going to get a big guy in for his look, get someone who stands out and is actually a good performer .

 

[THTRobtaylor]

I think both guys could do with forming serious tag teams, maybe even with each other... WWE doesn't have much of a division, but what it has is pretty much made up of Cruisers... It is missing that big team like the LOD or Natural Disasters, of 2 big guys who can beat people up... As for gimmicks, why not return to a previous one... Why couldn't Ryan be part of a new Demolition? give him the face paint and masks... maybe bring in one of the FCW guys as his partner?

Zeke and Ryan together would also be a solid team... give them a manager like Vicki or even Ron Simmons...a new APA branch would be pretty sweet for those 2...

 

[Alittude]

I think both guys could do with forming serious tag teams, maybe even with each other... WWE doesn't have much of a division, but what it has is pretty much made up of Cruisers... It is missing that big team like the LOD or Natural Disasters, of 2 big guys who can beat people up... As for gimmicks, why not return to a previous one... Why couldn't Ryan be part of a new Demolition? give him the face paint and masks... maybe bring in one of the FCW guys as his partner?

Zeke and Ryan together would also be a solid team... give them a manager like Vicki or even Ron Simmons...a new APA branch would be pretty sweet for those 2...

I doubt putting two people that no one cares about together will make an impact, especially when neither guy can talk or has much personality. Maybe if they had a partner with semi decent mic skills they could make an alright team respectively and yes the division is in desperate need of just about anyone as a team.

 

[BaconBits]

Zeke and Ryan together would also be a solid team... give them a manager like Vicki or even Ron Simmons...a new APA branch would be pretty sweet for those 2...

I like the new APA idea. I think a tag team for hire will always be an easily sold idea. Thing is, the original APA had personality by the pound, and I'm not sure Zeke and Ryan have it in them to be able to be mega cool badasses like Simmons and Bradshaw did.

 

[Alittude]

The new APA idea would work, especially if they could get Simmons into negotiate for them.

Bradshaw and Farooq had tons of personality and Bradshaw was a great talker and Farooq had charisma and was a funny character.

There is nothing similar about Ryan or Zeke and there is no way they could pull it off. They could try but it would be a huge fail. These guys ill fail together because they both failed on their own, the best that they could do is join Vickie's stable because they wouldn't have to do much.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Mark Henry, Kane, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Ezekiel Jackson, Mason Ryan, Sheamus

They're all large, that's for sure. But looking at the list, I notice a factor one significant factor: of the seven. the last five are faces.....and the first two, Mark Henry and Kane, were faces for a long time before turning heel. This seems strange because when you think of the monsters, you think of huge men brutalizing smaller people.... which is hardly how you think of a face. One way to make a wrestler into a good guy is to build a program that inspires us to sympathize with the wrestler.....but who's gonna feel sorry for a monster?

Take Big Show. Right now, he's playing the gentle giant with a heart of gold, crying in anguish for the girl he hurt; we don't feel sorry for him....but we do feel sorry for him feeling sorry for her. That's one way to maintain the face status of a monster.

But it all comes around eventually, and of that list, I believe Big Zeke, Mason Ryan, Brodus Clay and Big Show will all be going heel sooner or later. Mason and Zeke probably need to do it most of all, because they can't get anything going as good guys.

Of course, this adds to the eternal problem; everyone wants to play a heel because it's easier to get heat....... but if they keep turning heels into faces, there will be no faces for the heels to fight.

 

[BigThunder]

I was really hoping that Team Cougar would get a monster to serve as backup for Dolph and Jack, perhaps as a bodyguard for Vicki. Zeke would be better in that role than Ryan. Get them a heel and a tag team and we're set.

 

[cm ben]

When I first opened this thread, I thought it was going to be about how so many big guys have had dancing gimmicks. I'd be interested in hearing people's thoughts on why that's the case, because I've probably got a couple of fat friends, and I'd say that on the whole, they dance an equal or lesser amount than other people I know. Whatever the case, Clay's pulling this gimmick off with a refreshing amount of enthusiasm. I buy it! I like it!

As to what you actually asked, I don't think this problem is specific to big guys. Yeah, they get pigeon-holed in the "Hulk angry" stereotype a lot, but mid-sized heels get stuck with the "I'm arrogant and wear a suit" personality, and mid-sized faces too often are "the guy who smiles but never speaks." What I think the WWE needs to do is hire a few creative people, maybe grab some people from this forum, a few who have never watched wrestling, and have one 8-hour brainstorming session on CHARACTERS. Just come up with 100 characters, what personality traits would be specific to these characters, how they would interact with other characters, etc. I feel like almost no work is put into character development in the WWE for some reason, when it's an integral part to telling a story (and it's not that hard to do either... little kids start doing it when playing with dolls/action figures or drawing pictures... my ex-gf is a nanny, and if you'd ever ask the kids what they were drawing, they'd babble on for like 10 minutes about this make-believe person. WWE needs to capture that enthusiasm!!).

Good thread--if Zeke could pull off the reversal-based wrestling, that would be an awesome, awesome gimmick.

 

[Shotaro]

Bradshaw and Farooq had tons of personality and Bradshaw was a great talker and Farooq had charisma and was a funny character.

There is nothing similar about Ryan or Zeke and there is no way they could pull it off. They could try but it would be a huge fail. These guys ill fail together because they both failed on their own, the best that they could do is join Vickie's stable because they wouldn't have to do much.

Quite possibly, yes. However I think the idea of having two big men as a tag team is solid. They don't have to talk - the Road Warriors didn't talk much, nor did the APA when they first started - they would add an interesting dynamic to tag team matches and at the same time would be given a chance to improve their ring skills. Also in fairness before the APA Bradshaw did not have much of a career and Farooq got removed from his prominent place on the roster as leader of the nation as soon as WWE realized what they were onto with the Rock. The APA were the undertakers silent enforcers and were an established tag team without saying a word. Ryan and Zeke could do the same thing. Silent and hard as nails no-nonsense. Walking straight to the ring, almost ignoring the crowd regardless of their heel/face alignment. All business. Hell they could even nail a promo with someone like the Miz. Imagine Miz going off on one of his full scale promos with a tag partner. Ryan and Zeke walk out "SHUT UP AND FIGHT" then ding ding straight into a match. Look at what Jericho has been doing. You can't say the past month his mic skills have been getting those reactions, it's his character and the way he's playing it.

 

[bryan51348]

Jus revamp the Right to Cencer group. I know that group is long gone and would not seem right to be revamped but it could work. Thinking of this group brings to two names in mine. The Goodfather and Bull Buchanan. These two had a decent run in the group and I think Big Zeke and Mason Ryan (with a new hair cut) would fit the role quite well. All they need is a loud mouth leader to get them over. The guy I would have lead them would be none other than Matt Striker. This guy is quite decent on the mic and can get a heat reaction. I watched some of his promo with Tyson kidd and that alone convinced me that he could be a great mouth piece for talent. Can anyone see Stiker following these two individuals to the ring. Zeke and Ryan could run into a match while striker is clapping for these two as they attack Hawkins and Santino while they are in a match. This could happen for weeks until they get noticed.

 

[crippler]

Mason Ryan would be a good fit to be in a tag team a decent partner for him could be Tyson Kid but since both don't have good mic skills they would need a manager have William Regal manage them. Zeke i don't see as a tag wrestle problem with him is he looks and feels too much like Ahmed Johnson he needs to be a beast but looses that feel with his smiles. Brodus Clay needs be more like what Umaga was a destroying machine and heel. Mark Henry is fine were he is . Big show needs to go back to his WCW giant days when he was a heel he is not a good character to be a face Kane i like except what can you really do thats new with a guy that has been around as long as Kane. Sheamus I like as a Face he needs to be the guy that takes over while Orton is out but don't want him to be the friendly guy helping out Hornswoggle he needs to have more of a stone cold Steve Austin attitude he don't care who he has to beat he wants the WHC.

 

[ChristopherKeepsItReal]

Mason Ryan's gimmick - He could be "The Dragon"... Simple reference to Welshmen's culture, and he could be managed by fellow UKanian William Regal. He could be the one, who attacks Brodus Clay; putting a little feud before he loses, and gets released or goes back to this schtick.

Zeke Jackson - Rename. The black stereotypical name is boring, somewhat similar to Ahmed Johnson. I suggest that he adapts to some kind of Muslim Monster, who is managed by the returning Khosrow Daivari..

 

[Jack-Hammer]

When it comes to Ezekiel Jackson & Mason Ryan, the problem isn't so much their gimmick as the fact that they're just not all that good in the ring. Zeke & Ryan are two physical powerhouses that are built like comic book characters. That's all well and good, a good look can always help a wrestler but that's just not enough to counter their shortcomings.

Zeke & Ryan are two guys that would benefit from being the muscle in a faction or a tag team because it could help cover some of those shortcomings. Last year, when it looked as though Ryan had joined with Vickie, Ziggler & Swagger, I was kind of excited for a few minutes until Ryan turned on them. It was a perfect spot for Ryan as Swagger & Ziggler are far above him in overall ability. He could've learned some things while there and been part of something significant. It was sort of the same thing with Zeke when he was part of The Corre. For the first month or so, The Corre was working out just fine and Zeke was doing very well in his role as the team powerhouse. He'd looked very impressive manhandling Big Show all over the place. But, for whatever reason, WWE just lost interest in The Corre.

In this day and age, fans just aren't as wowed by these big muscular powerhouses as they were 25 years ago. There are too many smaller guys on the scene that are just so vastly much more entertaining to watch, are far more talented and the fans can see that for themselves.

Brodus Clay is an example of someone really throwing themselves into a character that's completely different from what we expected. He's getting over because he shows a lot of personality, charisma and people just sense that good time vibe from his character. Also, there's the novelty of seeing a 350 pound white man dancing to funk music. It's something you just don't see all that often and that's part of what makes it fun. I've been to a few clubs in my time where there's been a heavy guy that gets out onto the dance floor and just cuts loose. Sure, those guys have jiggled when dancing but people had fun watching and cheering the guy on. Dusty Rhodes used to do it, though not to nearly the degree that Clay does, and it always garnered a great response. The Funkasaurus could be seen as maybe part of who Clay actually is. Maybe in real life, he's just a happy, fun loving person that likes to get down sometimes.

 

[Scofield]

I would like to know what exactly Ezekial Jacksons gimmick is other than being one big jakked up guy. Theres one guy who needs a persona on TV. I've seen him on Twitter be quite religious with some of his tweets, turn him heel and have him be one of them religious people that takes out sinners.

 

[ovfd55]

Think best thing to do would put both of them in Tag Teams.Just don't think with current roster they can go higher than mid card at Moment.

For Zeke,I would have Kofi lose with a few differnt partners in matches on Superstars to he Snaps(Kinda like taking Orton's Car out) and come out with Zeke the Following week as a hell tag team that destroys teams.Have there finsher be something like Zeke lifts guy up in a powerbomb and Kofi hits Trouble in paridise of the top onguy into the powerbomb.


For Ryan I would team him up with Drew and have Regal manage them were he does commentary every time they wrestle.

 

[24fawwe12fa24]

I don't think Ezekiel Jackson has 'too' much wrong with his character other than he should be a heel, which if you saw an interview with him on wwe.com a couple of weeks back, you would've thought that he was going to turn heel, yet he never did. He needs to be a monster, much like Mason Ryan, when was the last time we saw this guy..? I remember he was in the Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match on Team Orton I think, but other than that and The Miz attempting to hire him as bodyguard I haven't seen him in the ring. He desperately needs a character change! His character is boring as hell! Brodus Clay, well I like his character personally, everybody has been saying he's going to be a World Champion whereas I had never thought he would ever amount to that, in fact I would say definitely upper mid-card at the very best, much like a early Rikishi. Big Show, just retire. I hate you. He was fucking crying two weeks back, what the fuck!? He's supposed to be a monster and he's crying, you don't see Kane crying, you don't see Mark Henry crying, you don't see Ezekiel Jackson crying, so why the hell are they making the biggest man on the whole roster, the largest man, the Big Show, cry on TV!? Sheamus, I love Sheamus, just needs a push and will undoubtedly be a multiple time World Champion I can see him as a 'none ass hole' Triple-H in the future. Mark Henry, he only lost the Championship because he was injured, his character is perfect he has needed this after 'Sexual Chocolate', he probably won't be a big time loads of World Titles in this next year because of his age and will rather put people over like Daniel Bryan maybe. Kane, Kane's character at the moment is great, not the best it could have been though, he could've made John Cena embrace the hate, without having to speak. In my opinion his character would have been a lot more effective if he hadn't of ever spoken. Nevertheless, he has been effective and that feud is the main reason I watch Monday Night Raw, so that must be a good thing.

 

[AndThat'sTheBottomLine]

I don't have a problem with their gimmicks so much as their poor mic skills and terrible in ring abilities or lack thereof. Take them off tv for a year or two and let them work on it. Bring them back and if they show great improvement push em high but if they dont then let em go.

 

[thebarber]

Zeke was already a bodyguard, for Tyson Kidd. Have him in a tag team is a great idea, he is shoddy in the ring, zero charisma, poor mic skills. Tag him with an athlete who can talk, can wrestle , has charisma. Who that person is though.....hmm I do not know. The tag division is rubbish, so sending anybody to the tag team ranks is an instant burial. Primo and Epico are nobodies, The Usos ARE NOT OVER, Barretta and Hawkins lol please. The minute WWE destroyed Kidd and DH Smith was the day tag team wrestling in WWE was officially over.
As for Maso Ryan, I see a face run, with zero talking. Just have him hit the ring and decimate people in 60-90 seconds, ala Goldberg. Goldberg was useless as well and coul not talk. Ryan has a much better look and would not be a selfish prick and would eventually return the favour and put guys over without complaining. Id be setting Ryan up to hit ther Rumble around 14 or 15 and be the guy who has the 7-8 eliminations, clearing the ring and having him in a staredown one on one with Kane or Henry. This could be the catalyst to a Mnaia match and Ryan getting the big win, setting him up for a solid 2012 run.

 

[sanefan_har]

They're all large, that's for sure. But looking at the list, I notice a factor one significant factor: of the seven. the last five are faces.....and the first two, Mark Henry and Kane, were faces for a long time before turning heel. This seems strange because when you think of the monsters, you think of huge men brutalizing smaller people.... which is hardly how you think of a face. One way to make a wrestler into a good guy is to build a program that inspires us to sympathize with the wrestler.....but who's gonna feel sorry for a monster?

Take Big Show. Right now, he's playing the gentle giant with a heart of gold, crying in anguish for the girl he hurt; we don't feel sorry for him....but we do feel sorry for him feeling sorry for her. That's one way to maintain the face status of a monster.

But it all comes around eventually, and of that list, I believe Big Zeke, Mason Ryan, Brodus Clay and Big Show will all be going heel sooner or later. Mason and Zeke probably need to do it most of all, because they can't get anything going as good guys.

Of course, this adds to the eternal problem; everyone wants to play a heel because it's easier to get heat....... but if they keep turning heels into faces, there will be no faces for the heels to fight.

I couldn't agree with you anymore... I really wanted to see the great khali be a heel throughout his career and he failed miserably as a face . Wonder how the funkasaurus gimmick will hold.

But like other people have suggested, book zeke and ryan as a tag team. have them beat up midcard faces(say dibiase or riley) and get them a heel manager to do the talking. They can actually win the tag titles and feud with upper card wrestlers like say randy orton or sheamus.

 

[Cats Pajamas]

I doubt putting two people that no one cares about together will make an impact, especially when neither guy can talk or has much personality. Maybe if they had a partner with semi decent mic skills they could make an alright team respectively and yes the division is in desperate need of just about anyone as a team.

Yeah but that's what we're discussing, how nobody cares about them because they have no personality. Its not that they've spent ages of times tyrying to push these guys. What Ryan received was only a half push at best, I mean, Nexus had undeniably jumped the shark already by the time he had any real action in there.

I thought the idea of a Protection Company tag team was a hell of an idea. Both of them are green in the ring to an almost painful point. Somebody made the point that the tag teams they have now are basically cruiserweights which is true, it would make them look great to have some smaller tag teams that'll be able to sell there strength for a while.

To me, though, it's hard to get by their wrestling abilities. Against guys like Rhodes, they look like it's their first days on the job. I was hoping they'd give them a chance to develop their wrestling ability rather than let their careers tread water until they get tired and drown. Both of these guys have tons of potential, you can tell. They just don't give them much to work with.

 

[Vinco Menz]

I think the problem with Big Zeke and Mason Ryan, besides being incredibly green in the ring, is that they are both trying to pull off the smiling giant gimmick. I really cant remember a time that gimmick has ever gotten a big man over, especially these two that can't really talk on the mic all that well. I am actually for once going to say that if the WWE really wants these guys to get over as faces, then they need to take a page out of TNA's playbook and give these guys some rough edges. Make them badass, like Crimson is supposed to be, not large guy with a stupid grin.

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

I realized you only asked about Big Zeke and Mason Ryan, but the title was somewhat misleading. As such, now I really want to talk about the other big men on the roster, and how they don't need new gimmicks... Yes, that is totally backwards and not productive to your OP. No, I don't care.

Mark Henry: He is the LAST guy that needs a new gimmick. The Hall of Pain character has been on fire, and while the train get de-railed after an unexpected title loss, he's still very near the top of Smackdown, and will compete for the World title this weekend. He's also weekly churning out the best material of his entire career. Henry is probably on his very last gimmick in pro wrestling, so thank god it's a good one!

Wade Barrett: One of my favorite promo guys in WWE right now. I take him a lot more seriously as an in-ring competitor now that he's using the Winds of Change as more of a finisher, and mixing it in with the Wasteland, which only ever looks good on a small handful of lighter wrestlers.

Kane: Just came back...

Brodus Clay: How long can this possibly last? He's had what, four matches? All of them are about a minute long and feature the exact same moves... I'm not on the hate-train, and I'm glad he's getting such a positive reaction from the crowd. But I seriously doubt the longevity of this character. They should start planning for where he goes when this fizzles -and it will fizzle- because he is just too good a talent to waste.

Sheamus: You would take one look at Sheamus and think he's a natural monster heel. Turns out, and this is just my opinion of the man, that's he's ten times better in the super baby face role! I really like his long, rambling stories about his home country and some obscure relative of his. I especially like how solid he is in the ring, and that with Orton gone he has been receiving the biggest pop on Smackdown. The guy has pure charisma in everything he does, and for him to go heel or change up his gimmick now could halt that massive amount of momentum he has. Sure, he's not really doing much of anything right now, but the casual fans and kids still LOVE him. As per usual, that equals money, and money equals being on top for a very long time.

Big Show: I don't know if everyone (or anyone) will agree, but Big Show has seriously kicked it up a notch since returning from his "injury". Every single week he adds this emotion to his promos that I've never seen out of him. He's dropped the comedy crap, and he has become believable as a top face on Smackdown. I couldn't believe how willing I was to see a Big Show title reign when he held the belt for all of one minute at TLC... Big SHow, well done!

So now that I've wasted a bunch of time, what to do about Big Zeke and Mason Ryan? I might get some heat for saying this, but I'm not of the mind-set that every talent deserves to be pushed. Sometimes you just don't "have it". History has shown that Vince will sign just about any big man, because of his long, historied man-crush on super heavyweights. Not all of the guys he's hired have panned out, but he sure as hell pushed them on us before he gave up. I don't see it in Big Zeke. At this point it's not longer a matter of "we haven't seen enough", but rather "we've seen a LOT, and none of it is good enough". At some point you have to draw the line and realize a character just isn't working. I don't think it's creative, I think it's Zeke's lack of comfort on the mic, mixed with incredibly mediocre ring ability. One of the surest signs of a good talent is that he or she can make himself (or herself) look good, but also make their opponent look good in the process. Zeke can do neither of those things, and while I'm still open to a Mark Henry-esk transformation that blows my mind, I just don't see it happening.

Mason Ryan...? Meh. I get it: he's a big, muscular man that looks creepily like Batista. Unfortunately, there's no Evolution this time around to turn him into a million bucks. Batista was never that naturally gifted, but true veterans like Flair and Triple H taught him how to play the game (pun intended, and actually needed), taught him how to use what he DID have to the best of his ability, and gave him enough of a rub that he eventually improved in all his other areas. In my estimation, regardless of gimmick, Ryan isn't going anywhere without a hell of a lot of help. And with a stacked roster right now, I don't see that SOS coming any time soon for the big man.

 

[theBec2101]

Well I like Brodus Clays gimick. The fact that I did not see that coming. Its kinda like Rikishi. I would just let that play out, and maybe oneday he'll runover Cena and blame someone else.
now with Zeck and Ryan, they need to be with stables or tag team. Thats how Batista came about, they had a huge stable. Maybe a bodyguard role