I demand we talk about Bodydonna Kloudi

[themagnificentmoo]

Before Kloudi's appearance, there was a "contest" in which one lucky fan would be the manager for the Body Donnas. For weeks WWE would show vignettes of fans exclaiming why they should be the new manager while cutting a promo on Sunny. I call it a contest as Kloudi seemed to be the end game all along. I remember this character came and left rather quickly as well.

[chrom]

There was a lot of sick things going on in wrestling during the 90s

[Aceorton]

Vince sure loved his opposites around this time.

"Who should they replace Sunny with? KLOUDI, pal!"
"Santa Claus loves children and presents! But XANTA KLAUS hates them!"
"This man's a sick monster! We'll call him Waylon MERCY!"
"This man's a sleazy liar! We'll call him Salvatore SINCERE!"

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Mar 20, 2022 8:55:23 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Jimmy Shoulders is a money name

They look so normal though. If your name is Jimmy Shoulders you better be like 60% shoulders.

[fg]

Because the BodyDonnas promised a prettier woman than Sunny and we got THAT and because in weather terminology, Sunny is better than Cloudy, not only did the BodyDonnas look like idiots (in the eyes of some people), but also they did not do the crowd any favors. No wonder they flopped as faces.

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

I remember watching the In Your House PPV where she debuted and didn't remember seeing her after that.

I think there was an article in the WWF Magazine about her going on to do other things and how she was happy to help them get confidence

Also, Sunny being the Hateful Heel here isn't too shocking

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Mar 20, 2022 11:07:35 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

“The Kloudi Kommunity?!?”

He’s turning into AJ Grohl.

Probably should start coming out to “Learn To Fly”.

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Mar 19, 2022 23:11:17 GMT -5 Gawk Rivers said:

Cause who the hell else is gonna?? Seriously I feel like I might be introducing this to literally anyone else here that started watching after 1996 cause this is so forgotten. 

(preface: i'm trans)


So this is Kloudi. Sometimes Cloudy. The absolutely jacked dude playing her is an indy guy named Jimmy Shoulders that was friends with Chris Candido. Kinda can't believe Vince didn't instantly love a dude named Jimmy Shoulders. So Bodydonnas lost Sunny so at KOTR 96 they were like we found someone 1000x hotter and here she is. I always assumed it was a heel thing and commentary would be all like WHO IS *THAT GUY* THAT'S NOT A WOMAN (especially cause this is literally OG Goldust era) but instead it's way weirder?? Vince is respecting her pronouns so damn hard I'm sitting there with my whole mouth open and f***ing cackling when he says "well...she's happy!" like a damn supportive grandparent that doesn't get it but is trying. Lawler says she's ugly like every 2 seconds but that's the thing; he says She is ugly. Dude. Anyway, The Bodydonnas win their match against The New Rockers ( 😭😭) when Kloudi kisses Leif Cassidy (😭😭😭) and he's stuck in a vortex of transgender trickery. Literally name a more iconic moment at King of The Ring 1996. You can't.

It gets even wilder tho, cause on the RAW after KOTR 96, The Bodydonnas and Kloudi are full on babyfaces. Sunny is on commentary like f*** this ugly bitch f***ing replace me f*** you I'm Sunny and she's the heel wondering why everyone suddenly loves The Bodydonnas now. She literally says "how can you even call that a she -- look at it!" at one point and I'm like dying trying to figure out what the hell I'm watching. The end segment of the match is Kloudi sensually shimmying over to Jerry Lawler and Jerry Lawler running away through the crowd to escape the vortex while everyone laughs in delight. I can't get over the fact that this was happening while Goldust was still around. Genuinely wonder if some absolute goofballs in the company thought of Kloudi as something more positive to shut gay rights people up about Goldust, cause it almost feels that way. Very positive representation, can't believe it ended so soon.

Tldr; There's an alternate timeline where one of the biggest WWF gimmicks of the 90s is a proud transgender babyface scaring dudes with her RAW SEXUALITY and I'm never gonna shut up about this.
  

Honestly it's wild that they were respecting her pronouns. I guess it was too early into the Attitude Era since I'm sure by early 98 they'd have gone hog wild dropping trans slurs.

[jason1980s]

For some reason I thought Jimmy died but I guess not. He doesn't have his own wikipedia though which is surprised because the likes of Brimstone does.
It's strange, with the popularity of obscure WWF/WCW guys doing virtual signings I don't think he's done one. Granted, there's not a lot of merch if any but that hasn't stopped a promoter from copying an online image as a pretty grainy/hazy 8x10 for a signing.