Tyrus is the ring name of George Murdoch, an American actor, cable television political commentator, and professional wrestler. Furthermore, he is also known by the names ‘Brodus Clay’, ‘The Super Sexy Suplex Machine’, ‘The Funkasarus’ and ‘The Mastodon of Mayhem’.

Tyrus is also a regular guest on Greg Gutfeld’s ‘The Greg Gutfeld Show.’ Furthermore, he is also a former bodyguard of Snoop Dogg and the name of him ‘Brodus Clay’ which is named after Snoop Dogg’s real name ‘Calvin Broadus’. Scroll down to find out more about the former wrestler. And do you also know what he is doing now?

Subtitle : Former wrestler, Brodus Clay (George Murdoch)
Source : wrestling

Tyrus: biography, family, education

Tyrus was born on February 21, 1973 in Massachusetts, United States of America as George Murdoch. He grew up in Massachusetts along with his parents and siblings. However, there is no information about the parents and siblings of him. Furthermore, he was born under the zodiac sign of Pisces.

Regarding his education, in 1990 he attended Quartz Hill High School in Los Angeles County, California. After that, in 1992, she joined Antelope Valley College. He subsequently attended the University of Nebraska at Keaney in 1995 and studied to become a teacher. Since childhood he has developed an interest in sports, especially soccer. Also, he played soccer before becoming a professional wrestler.

Tyrus: career and achievements

He began his professional wrestling career in September 2006. After signing a contract with WWE and being assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE developmental territory. Tyrus began his career under the ring name G-Rilla and in his first match for the promotion which took place on September 7, he defeated Big Bully Douglas in a dark match.

On February 4, 2008, he was released from his WWE contract and returned to FCW in January 2010, after re-signing with WWE. And once again he formed an alliance with The Uso Brothers, Tamina and Donny Marlow and then defeated Jacob Novak and Ruy Parker before changing his ring name to Brodus Clay. Tyrus made his WWE NXT in-ring debut on December 14, 2010 and teamed with DiBiase to defeat Byron Saxon and his mentor Chris Masters.

Clay appeared on the August 4, 2011 episode of Superstars after a three month absence due to filming for the horror movie ‘No One Lives’. Clay made his return to television on the 2012 episode of Raw under the moniker ‘The Funkasaurus’ as a fun-loving and hilarious dance gimmick. Also, he started using Ernest Miller’s theme song ‘Somebody call my momma’. Additionally, WWE released Murdoch on June 12, 2014.

Following that, in September 2014, Murdoch began his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut under the ring name Tyrus. He had his first match against Shark Boy on the October 15 episode of Impact Wrestling and won the match. After playing several games, on April 18, 2018, Tyrus left the Impact and confirmed his departure from the company.

Tyrus’ screen debut:

In 2012, he entered the entertainment industry and debuted with the movie ‘No One Lives’ as ‘Ethan’. He then appeared in the recurring role and as a guest on TV shows since 2013. He has appeared on shows like ‘Total Divs (2013)’, ‘Outnumbered (2016)’, ‘Fox News Specialist (2017)’, ‘Glow (2017) ‘and’ The Five (2018). Additionally, Tyrus co-hosts Fox News Radio’s weekly podcast “Tyrus and Timpf” along with Katherine Timpf.