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George Murdoch

George Murdoch

AKA: Tyrus · Brodus Clay · The Funk · Funk

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Born: 1973 Pasadena, California, USA 11 Global Credits 🔥 0.7 Popularity
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Biography

George Murdoch is an American professional wrestler, cable news personality, actor and author known by his ring/stage name Tyrus. As a wrestler, he is currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is the current NWA World Television Champion. Previously he had wrestled for WWE as Brodus Clay and Impact Wrestling as Tyrus.

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: A Memoir in 2022, which has become a New York Times bestseller.

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Show / Title Year Credit / Role
Gutfeld! 2021 Tyrus
GLOW 2017 Mighty Tom Jackson
MacGyver 2016 Goliath
Love 2016 Keith the Cremator
Wrestlemania Rewind 2014 Brodus Clay
The JBL and Cole Show 2012 Brodus Clay
WWE Main Event 2012 Brodus Clay
WWE NXT 2010 Contributor
The Soup 2004 Brodus Clay
WWE Friday Night SmackDown 1999 Brodus Clay
WWE Pay Per View 1985 Contributor