Watch Rob Gronkowski Channel His Inner Ric Flair As "Gronkasaurus"
BOSTON (CBS) -- If Rob Gronkowski weren't amazing at football, he'd fit right in at WWE. He's gigantic and has the kind of charisma that puts asses in the seats.
You can now get a glimpse of what Gronk would look and sound like as a WWE superstar with this video by the Body Armor sports drink company (not to be confused with Under Armor). Watch him cut a promo and accept all challengers as "Gronkasaurus".
His persona basically combines "Macho Man" Randy Savage with Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior, minus the roid rage. He obviously has a future in wrestling whenever he's done with football (hopefully not for about 12 years) - he's already cut promos with actual wrestlers and wants to be on Monday Night Raw someday.
If Gronkasaurus becomes a reality, I'm dusting off my old Austin 3:16 shirt and getting back in the game.
The video is made to look like those old Wrestlemania VHS tapes you used to beg Mom to rent for you, complete with grainy quality and aggressively '80s green-screen. You know, the ones where Hogan would bloviate about swimming people to safety riding his 40-inch pythons and Warrior would babble on about Lord knows what.
It's a clear viral marketing campaign by Body Armor trying to make a name for themselves in the super-competitive sports drink market. Your move, Gatorade.
What will Body Armor have in store for the next promo? Let's see Andrew Luck do his Andre the Giant impression.
Matt Dolloff is a digital producer for CBSBostonSports.com. Read more from Matt here and follow him on Twitter @mattdolloff.
