Thursday, March 28, 2024
Tyrus

Tyrus

Born:
02/21/1973
,
Boston, Massachusetts
Birthname:
George Murdoch
Height & Weight:
6'7"
,
375 Ib

Titles Won:

  • NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
  • NWA World Television Championship
  • Bound for Gold (2015)
  • PPW Heavyweight Championship

After training in WWE’s farm territories Deep South Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling, Murdoch debuted during the fourth season of WWE NXT, a WWE television show where several rookies were paired with 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 managed by Naomi and Cameron, the Funkydactyls.

He took part in several WWE storylines and feuds until his departure in 2014. He went undefeated for a while, teaming up with Lord Tensai, and later turned heel. From 2014 to 2017, Murdoch wrestled in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ringname of Tyrus. In 2021, he began to work with NWA, where he won the NWA World Television Championship.

As a cable news personality, Tyrus appears on Fox News Channel, and its sister streaming service Fox Nation, primarily as a co-host of the late night talk show Gutfeld!, as well as a contributor on other programs. As an author, Tyrus published his autobiography Just Tyrus in 2022. At NWA Hard Times 3, he defeated Trevor Murdoch to become the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion.

Notable Feuds: w/ Del Rio vs. Edge & Christian