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| Birth name | George Murdoch |
| Born | February 21, 1973 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1] |
| Alma mater | Antelope Valley College University of Nebraska at Kearney |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brodus Clay[2] G-Rilla[2] George Murdoch[2] George T. Murdoch[3] Monstrous BC[4] Tyrus[2] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[5] |
| Billed weight | 375 lb (170 kg)[5] |
| Billed from | The Concrete Jungle[6] Pasadena, California[5] Planet Funk[7] |
| Trained by | Deep South Wrestling Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | 2006[8][9] |
| Retired | 2023[8][9] |
George Murdoch (born February 21, 1973) is an American cable news personality, actor, and former professional wrestler known by his ring/stage name Tyrus. As a wrestler, he was formerly signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. As a cable news personality, he appears on Fox News, and its sister streaming service Fox Nation, primarily as a co-host/panelist on the late-night talk show Gutfeld!, as well as a contributor/fill-in host on other programs. In 2024, Tyrus was named host of Maintaining with Tyrus on the streaming platform OutKick, which is owned by Fox.[10]
After training in WWE's developmental territories, such as Deep South Wrestling (DSW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), Murdoch under the ring name Brodus Clay debuted during the fourth season of NXT, a WWE television show where rookies were paired with established WWE wrestlers as mentors. He debuted on the main roster as Alberto Del Rio's bodyguard. During 2012, WWE changed his gimmick to The Funkusaurus, a funk dancer accompanied by his backup dancers the Funkadactyls. He wrestled in WWE until his departure in 2014. From 2014 to 2017, Murdoch wrestled in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name of Tyrus. In 2021, he joined the NWA, where he won the NWA World Television Championship, and later the promotion's primary title — the Worlds Heavyweight Championship.
His 2022 autobiography Just Tyrus: A Memoir was a New York Times bestseller.[11] His second book Nuff Said was released in 2023.
On January 6, 2024 he married his longtime girlfriend Ingrid, in Las Vegas.
- ^ "Interview with pro wrestler, actor and comedian Tyrus - StarsAndCelebs.com". April 5, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Tyrus". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ "GFW on Twitter". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "Monstrous BC T-shirt Store". Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Brodus Clay". WWE. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ "Brodus Clay". Florida Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ Stephens, David. "Raw Results – 1/9/12". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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OWOWwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "OutKick Adds Tyrus to Host a New Show". Yahoo Finance. January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Tyrus. "Just Tyrus: A Memoir". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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