William Theodore Mueller[6] (born September 10, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Trevor Murdoch.
On November 28 during his match against Shelton Benjamin, commentator Joey Styles acknowledged that Murdoch and Lance Cade were no longer a tag team.
On Unlimited, Murdoch had been reviewing movies that were, at the time, playing in theaters, such as Brokeback Mountain, King Kong, and Hostel.
The underlying point of all the reviews that Murdoch was trying to convey is that he believes "city folk" have quite an easy life, as opposed to his.
After breaking up with Cade, he wrestled in singles competition on Heat, normally winning most of his matches while still making small appearances on Raw.
He would also have a short feud with The Heart Throbs on Heat which involved him defeating both of them in singles action and gaining a spot in the 2006 Royal Rumble, though he did not win.
On the September 4 edition of Raw, Murdoch and Cade lost a number one contender's Triple Threat Match for the World Tag Team Title at Unforgiven.
They successfully defended their titles against The Hardys at Vengeance: Night of Champions after Cade pinned Jeff and claimed they retained their belts "all by the rules".
[21] On August 24, Trevor Murdock lost in an attempt to capture the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Brent Albright.
On October 18, Murdoch returned to World League Wrestling facing Chris Masters and Go Shiozaki in a match for the WLW Heavyweight Championship.
Prior to the live broadcast of Raw on May 9, 2011, Mueller wrestled as 'Trevor Murdoch' in a dark match, which he lost to Evan Bourne.
In December 2011, Murdoch took part in TNA's India project, Ring Ka King under the name Roscoe Jackson.
on April 23 at the final tapings for the promotion Jackson, Chavo Guerrero Jr, Mahabali Veera, Matt Morgan and Pagal Parinda defeated RDX (Abyss, Deadly Danda, Scott Steiner, Sir Brutus Magnus and Sonjay Dutt) in a ten-man tag team match.
On May 5, 2013, Murdoch and Heather Patera defeated Dan Jesser and Shelly Martinez in a mix tag team match.
On April 18, Murdoch and Leland Race faced Derek McQuinn and Steve Fender in the semi-finals tag team tournament that ended in a no contest.
Murdoch entered in the tournament for the vacant NWA World Television Championship after defeating Thom Latimer in a qualifying match.
On January 24, 2020, at Hard Times, Murdoch defeated The Question Mark in the first round, Dan Maff in the semifinals, before losing to Ricky Starks in the finals.
On January 25 episode of Powerrr, Murdoch and Aron Stevens fought to a 10-minute time limit draw for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship.
On the March 30 episode of Powerrr, Murdoch lost the NWA National Championship to Adonis in a no disqualification match, ending his reign at 182 days.
1 Contender's battle royal to face NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis at When Our Shadows Fall, but was unsuccessful at the event.
Murdoch would defeat Aldis at NWA 73rd Anniversary Show on August 29 to win the title in a match where he would have to retire if he lost.
On November 16 episode of Powerrr, it was announced that Murdoch would face Knox for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship at Hard Times 2.
[36] On June 11 at Alwayz Ready, Murdoch regained the title, which Cardona vacanted due to injury, in a fatal four-way match against Aldis, Thom Latimer, and Sam Shaw.
[38] Murdoch lost the title to Tyrus at Hard Times 3 in a three-way match on November 12, which also featured Matt Cardona, ending his second reign at 154 days.
[41] On the April 25 episode of NWA Powerrr, Murdoch and Knox defeated The Fixers (Jay Bradley & Wrecking Ball Legursky) in a Crockett Cup 2023 qualifying match.
Mueller spends time at the Harley Race's Wrestling Academy working with new and upcoming wrestlers in the training program.
[46] He and his wife, Amanda, owned T. Murdock’s Bar and Grill in downtown Eldon, Missouri, which he sold in December 2013.
series, Mueller said his current occupation was installing fibre optic cables for a heavy equipment company.