Ring of Honor star Brody King has a surprising cameo in the second season of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.” (The trailer is available here.) In an interview with Fanbyte, King discussed his experience on the show, in which he plays Mike “The Rock” Davis, a wrestler that he somewhat modeled after “Macho Man” Randy Savage. The leader of Violence Unlimited recalled how he screamed so loud for his performance that his voice was “smoked” for a whole week.
“I sent almost a Macho Man-esque promo, just saying the lines that I did, and they were like, ‘Yeah that’s pretty good, but could you just scream it as loud as you can?'” said King. “I was like, ‘OK.’ That’s what the final product ended up being. My voice was smoked for a week after that too, because I kept yelling as loud and as hard as I could.
“I just tried to make it be like Brody King, but the most ridiculous, intense version of myself. If I had no filter on the level of my voice, that’s pretty much what you would get.”
King described how, thanks to a few small connections, the opportunity for this cameo “fell into place” but it stirred his interest in exploring the acting world in the future. He previously had a role in Ryan Nemeth’s “Heel” film.
“I would love to,” said King. “I did a small role in my friend Ryan Nemeth’s short film called Heel. I had a small role in that, which I guess made me SAG-eligible, but this show actually sent me the paperwork to sign up and everything like that. I would definitely love to do more acting and especially more sketch comedy.”
From King’s berserk persona as Mike “The Rock” Davis to his status as the frontman for the band, God’s Hate, it’s fair to say that King has a violent character as a performer. Naturally, he’s the perfect fit for the leader or Ring of Honor’s Violence Unlimited stable. The group shares a name with a new song by God’s Hate, and King explained how “Violence Unlimited” has generally become a mantra in his life.
“Violence Unlimited was a tag team I had with Tyler Bateman on the independents that then transferred into me starting a group in Ring of Honor, but aside from that, ‘violence unlimited’ has become a mantra,” said King. “I grew up with very violent tendencies, I guess, and I just needed outlets for that to be released in a safe manner.
“That became hardcore music, and later in life, professional wrestling. I believe that you can take all of that energy, all that violence inside yourself, and project that into something to trying to make it almost like a positive—to drive you to be the best version of whatever you’re doing.”
