The Funkadactyls

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The Funkadactyls

Naomi (center) in the ring with Cameron before a match in September 2013.
Statistics
Members Cameron
Naomi
Heights Cameron: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Naomi: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
Debut January 9, 2012
Promotions WWE

The Funkadactyls are a professional wrestling tag team in the WWE, consisting of Cameron and Naomi. Their tag team name was announced by the returning Brodus Clay when he debuted in WWE and the two Divas served as his back-up dancers and managers.[3]

Formation

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2011–present)

Florida Championship Wrestling (2011)

In October 2011, after being eliminated from WWE's Tough Enough reality program, Cameron was sent to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she met Naomi and the two started teaming together. In their first match as a team, they defeated Caylee Turner and Kaitlyn on the October 23, 2011 episode of FCW. In 2012, FCW was rebranded and called NXT Wrestling.

Main roster; Total Divas (2012–present)

On the January 9, 2012 episode of Raw, Cameron and Naomi managed the returning Brodus Clay to his match. The two continued to manage Clay to his matches on Raw, WWE Smackdown and some pay-per-views. The team made their Wrestlemania debut on WrestleMania XXVIII during a segment with Clay.[4] At the TLC pay-per-view on December 16, The Funkadactyls participated in their first televised WWE match, which was a "Santa's Little Helpers" battle royal, eventually won by Naomi.[5]

On the February 6, 2013 episode of WWE Main Event, The Funkadactyls got into a backstage altercation with Tamina Snuka and Aksana when the two began to persuade Brodus Clay to fire The Funkadactyls and hire them as his back-up dancers. This led to their first tag team match in which they came out victorious.[6] In March, The Bella Twins returned to the WWE and started a rivalry with The Funkadactyls by attacking them in a backstage segment on Smackdown. Week later on Raw, The Funkadactyls got some revenge and attacked The Bella Twins.[7][8][9][10] Their rivalry led to a match at Wrestlemania XXIX, where The Funkadactyls were scheduled to team with Clay and Tensai, and The Bella Twins with Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes, however the match was canecelled due time issues.[11] Instead the match took place, the following night on Raw, where The Funkadactyls, Clay and Tensai were victorious.[12] In May, it was announced that both Cameron and Naomi will take part of the new Total Divas reality series.[13] The Funkadactyls even made an appearance on the SummerSlam pay-per-view, managing fellow member of the Total Divas cast Natalya in her match against Brie Bella.[14][15] The cast of Total Divas then transitioned into a scripted feud with WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee, who mocked the show and cast.[16] This led to a match for the WWE Divas Championship where Cameron managed Naomi at the Night of Champions pay-per-view to face Lee, Natalya and Brie Bella, however Lee was able to retain her championship.[17][18] Following that match, the rivalry between Lee and the Total Divas cast led to a traditional survivor series elimination tag-team match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view and following night on Raw, where The Funkadactyls defeated Lee, Alicia Fox, Aksana, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Tamina Snuka and Summer Rae[19][20]

On December 15 at the TLC pay-per-view, The Funkadactyls and Tensai, abandoned Brodus Clay because of his attitude, effectively disbanding Tons of Funk and their alliance with him.[21] The following night on an episode of Raw, Cameron and Naomi aligned themselves with R-Truth and Xavier Woods and started managing them to their matches.[22] In January 2014, Naomi received push, facing Divas Champion AJ Lee in various tag team matches, and eventually pinning her on both Raw and SmackDown.[23][24][25] On the February 3 episode of Raw, after Naomi defeated Aksana in a singles match, Alicia Fox tried to attack her but was stopped by Cameron.[26]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI ranked Cameron #37 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013.[32]
    • PWI ranked Naomi #24 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013
  • World Wrestling Entertainment

References

  1. ↑ "Cameron - WWE profile". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2012-01-14. 
  2. ↑ "Naomi- WWE profile". WWE. Retrieved 2012-01-14. 
  3. ↑ Stephens, David. "Raw Results - 1/9/12". Wrestleview. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "BRODUS CLAY CALLS HIS MOMMA: PHOTOS". WWE. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012. "Accompanied by the beautiful Naomi and Cameron, The Funkasaurus, Brodus Clay, dances his way onto The Grandest Stage of Them All." 
  5. ↑ Caldwell, James. "CALDWELL'S WWE TLC PPV RESULTS 12/16: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of final 2012 PPV - Cena vs. Ziggler main event, Shield makes a statement". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 17 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ Cupach, Michael. "CUPACH'S WWE MAIN EVENT RESULTS 2/6: Rhodes Scholars in singles action, Tag Champs argue, Sheamus's Impersonation Night, Divas tag match (updated w/Box Score)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 6 February 2013. 
  7. ↑ "PARKS' WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 3/22: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the Friday night show, including Chris Jericho vs. Jack Swagger in a rematch from last week". 
  8. ↑ Mike Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results – 3/25/13 (Rock/Cena Q and A)". WrestleView. Retrieved March 25, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Bowman, Clinton. "WWE Main Event Results – 3/27/13 (Kane vs. Cesaro)". WrestleView. Retrieved March 27, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Cadwell, James. "Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 4/1: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – Punk bathes with "ashes," HBK returns to Raw, final WM29 hype with Rock, Hunter, Lesnar, Taker". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 1, 2013. 
  11. ↑ Namoko, Jason. "Brodus Clay comments on match cut from Wrestlemania 29". Wrestleview. Retrieved April 8, 2013. 
  12. ↑ http://www.diva-dirt.com/2013/04/09/raw-redux-april-8th-2013-aj-witnesses-a-cash-in-naomi-gives-cody-a-bashin
  13. ↑ Konuwa, Alfred (May 5, 2013). "WWE Content on Yahoo! and E! What Does This Mean for WWE Network?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 15, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Tylwalk, Nick (July 20, 2013). "Raw: A tale of tables, beards and briefcases". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved August 27, 2013. 
  15. ↑ Tylwalk, Nick; Plummer, Dale (August 19, 2013). "Daniel Bryan gets a brief taste of glory at SummerSlam". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved August 27, 2013. 
  16. ↑ Asher, Matthew (August 26, 2013). "Raw: Bryan's road through Hell continues". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved August 31, 2013. 
  17. ↑ Howell, Nolan (September 15, 2013). "WWE Night of Champions: Bryan reaches the mountaintop". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  18. ↑ http://www.diva-dirt.com/2013/09/16/night-of-champions-in-review-outnumbered-but-not-outfoxed/
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Johnson, Mike. "COMPLETE WWE SURVIVOR SERIES BLOG, OR...DANIEL BRYAN IS SORELY MISSED IN THE MAIN EVENT PICTURE". PWInsider. Retrieved 2013-11-24. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Trionfo, Richard. "LIVE, ONGOING, WWE RAW REPORT: 14 DIVAS ELIMINATION MATCH TWICE IN TWO DAYS". PWInsider. Retrieved 2013-11-25. 
  21. ↑ http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/45575-wwe-tlc-ppv-results-12-15-13-unification-main-event
  22. ↑ Caldwell, James (16 December 2013). "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 12/16: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw following TLC - Orton vs. Bryan excellent main event, HBK surprise appearance, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 
  23. ↑ Caldwell, James (13 January 2014). "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 1/13: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Big show-closing angle involving Daniel Bryan, Hall of Fame, Rumble hype, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 
  24. ↑ "Raw live results: January 20, 2014". WWE.com. Retrieved 2014-01-20. 
  25. ↑ "Raw live results: January 20, 2014". WWE.com. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2014-01-20. 
  26. ↑ "Raw results: Outlaws survive the steel, The Shield & The Wyatts circle the wagons and Bryan de-fangs the Champion of Champions". WWE.com. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-02-04. 
  27. ↑ Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2009-11-12). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 11/12: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-09-14. 
  28. ↑ "FCW TV Taping Spoilers". Diva Dirt. 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-09-24. 
  29. ↑ Medalis, Kara A. (18 August 2013). "Natalya def. Brie Bella". WWE. 
  30. ↑ Caldwell, James (16 December 2013). "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 12/16: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw following TLC - Orton vs. Bryan excellent main event, HBK surprise appearance, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 
  31. ↑ Caldwell, James (16 December 2013). "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 12/16: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw following TLC - Orton vs. Bryan excellent main event, HBK surprise appearance, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 
  32. ↑ "2013 PWI Female 50 list revealed". Ringbelles. Retrieved October 25, 2013. 
  33. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 27, 2014). "Jan 27 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2013 Annual awards issue, best in the world in numerous categories, plus all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA over the past week and more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Campbell, California): 32. ISSN 1083-9593. 
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