10 Best Dancing Big Men In WWE History

7. Albert

Despite boasting an intimidating physical presence and an intriguing big man move set, it’s perhaps fair to say that Matt Bloom never quite fulfilled his potential within the confines of WWE.

After a number of unsuccessful partnerships and having heard enough Uncle Kracker for one lifetime, Albert would find himself aligned with one Scotty Too Hotty, himself short of a partner following Grandmaster Sexay’s release as a result of an ill-fated stop and search at the US-Canada border.

Whilst not exactly a like-for-like replacement, the newly christened ‘Hip Hop Hippo’ approached the new gimmick with gusto, even adding his own YMCA inspired gestures to accompany Scotty’s Worm finisher.

The duo was derailed in 2002 after falling to then tag champions Billy and Chuck. Albert would turn on his partner before joining forces with Paul Heyman and adopting the new moniker of A-Train.


6. Mark Henry

The 1996 signing of Olympic weightlifter Mark Henry was presented as a massive coup for Vince McMahon’s WWF and with good reason. Despite getting off to a slow start to life within the squared circle, Henry would go on to become one of the company’s longest reigning servants, culminating in his induction into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

By the time the Attitude Era came about, Henry would move away from his more serious persona, instead fostering a love for the ladies and nicknaming himself as ‘Sexual Chocolate’. A far cry from his clean-cut Olympian beginnings, the hip-swinging Henry would out himself as a sex addict during this spell, attending therapy live on SmackDown and embarking on a relationship with septuagenarian ex-grappler Mae Young.

With World Championship runs still to come, it’s all the more impressive that Henry was able to show so many different sides of himself throughout his tenure as an in-ring performer. Give that man a hand – not you Mae.


5. Brodus Clay

Arguably the most shocking entrant on the list, Brodus Clay’s Monday Night RAW debut as the Funkasaurus left many fans genuinely lost for words.

Prior to his redebut, WWE ran a series of vignettes, hyping up the return of the monstrous Clay. However, the man that turned up on the Monday Night Raw of January 9th, 2012 was a very different proposition altogether.

Emerging in a red tracksuit straight out of the Ali G ‘Indahouse’ franchise, a dancing Clay would hit the stage, flanked by his Funkadactyls Naomi and Cameron, to the admittedly very catchy ‘Somebody Call my Momma’ theme song previously used by Ernest ‘The Cat’ Miller. Onlookers aghast, the newly nicknamed Funkasaurus, who coincidentally now hailed from Planet Funk, would gyrate his way through an initial squash match before leading the crowd in what felt like a post-match Zumba class.

The Funkasaurus would go on to roam the WWE mid-card for two further years, eventually forming a short-lived tag team with our next entrant, prior to turning heel and his subsequent extinction…I mean his release, he didn’t die. Sorry.


4. Tensai

Now I know what you’re thinking: “We’ve already seen Matt Bloom once on this list, he’s already had to embarrass himself wearing the world’s largest scull-cap, it couldn’t possibly have happened again?!”…oh, but it did.

Following his initial run in WWE, Bloom resurfaced in Japan under the new name of Giant Bernard. After a 12 month stint with All Japan, Bloom would jump to rival promotion New Japan in January of 2006, unsuccessfully challenging then IWGP Champion Brock Lesnar later that year.

Bloom returned to WWE in 2012 as Tensai. After his initial push subsided, the superheavyweight would find himself memorizing dance routines once again, this time as part of ‘Tons of Funk’ with the aforementioned Brodus Clay.

After a quiet retirement, Bloom now heads up the WWE Performance Centre, training up the next generation of WWE Superstars.

4 years ago by Tempest

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