George Murdoch

George Murdoch is an American professional wrestler cable news personality actor and author known by his ringstage 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 WWEs 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 Rios 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 cohost 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