George Murdoch (born February 21, 1973) is an American cable news personality, actor, and former professional wrestler known by his ring/stage name Tyrus.

[11] In 1990, Murdoch attended Quartz Hill High School in Los Angeles County, California, and then in 1992, Antelope Valley College in Lancaster.

[17] He worked in DSW until June 2007, when he was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling, another WWE developmental territory.

[20][21] He made his in-ring debut on NXT on the December 14, 2010, episode, teaming with DiBiase to defeat Byron Saxton and his mentor Chris Masters.

[22] During the season, he won a four-way elimination match on the January 25 episode of NXT, earning the right to choose a new Pro, picking Alberto Del Rio.

[24] Following his stint in NXT, on the March 7 episode of Raw, Clay debuted as Del Rio's new bodyguard.

[30] After a three-month absence due to the filming of the movie No One Lives, Clay reappeared on the August 4, 2011, episode of Superstars, where he defeated Pat Silva.

[39] Clay made his television return on the January 9, 2012, episode of Raw as a face (heroic character) with a fun-loving, funk dancing gimmick, with the nickname "The Funkasaurus" and began using Ernest "The Cat" Miller's theme song "Somebody Call My Momma".

Now accompanied by The Funkadactyls (Naomi and Cameron) and announced as hailing from "Planet Funk", Clay incorporated gyrations and dance moves into his various squash wins on both Raw and SmackDown.

[8][40][41] Clay made his pay-per-view singles debut at the Royal Rumble on January 29, quickly defeating Drew McIntyre.

[42] The following night on Raw, Clay started a feud with Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger when he saved Santino Marella from them.

[50] Big Show then made an appearance on the June 22 episode of SmackDown, leading to Clay physically confronting him.

[59][60][61] On the March 22 episode of SmackDown, Tensai and Clay were defeated by Team Rhodes Scholars after an interference from The Bella Twins.

[62] Tensai and Clay announced their official tag-team name "Tons of Funk" on the March 27 episode of Main Event, where they accompanied The Funkadactyls to ring in a losing effort to The Bella Twins.

[77][78][79] Together they entered the TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contenders tournament, defeating Eric Young and Rockstar Spud in the quarterfinals, only to lose to The Hardy Boyz on the October 29 episode of Impact Wrestling in the semifinals, when Tyrus was pinned by Matt Hardy.

At Joker's Wild 2015, Tyrus and Knux lost to Ethan Carter III and Crazzy Steve.

On October 4, 2015, at Bound For Glory, Tyrus won a gauntlet for the gold match to become the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

At Joker's Wild 2016, Tyrus and Jade defeated Lashley and Gail Kim to qualify for the Gauntlet Battle Royal match later that night where Drew Galloway won the 14-person intergender Joker's Wild gauntlet battle royal.

On a June 28, 2016, taping of Impact Wrestling, Tyrus returned as a "fixer" for hire, siding with Grado and Mahabali Shera in a match against The Tribunal and Al Snow.

At Joker's Wild 2017, Tyrus and Crazzy Steve lost to Mike Bennett and Braxton Sutter.

[86] Murdoch claimed that poor booking decisions involving his character would hurt his reputation, so he left the promotion again.

[88] On March 11, 2021, National Wrestling Alliance announced on their social media that Tyrus would make his NWA debut at Back For The Attack defeating Kratos.

The next week, Tyrus and The Pope fought to a 6-minute time limit draw for the NWA Television Championship.

On the August 6 episode of Powerrr, Tyrus defeated The Pope to win the NWA World Television Championship.

During his reign, Tyrus successfully defended the NWA World Television Championship against various contenders, such as Jordan Clearwater, Cyon, Jaden Roller, Rodney Mack, Mims and Odinson.

[91] At the event on November 12, Tyrus pinned Murdoch to win the title, marking his first world championship in his career.

[93] Tyrus, holding the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship belt, was featured in a commercial for Fox News Channel's talk show 'Gutfeld!'

[95] On June 3, during night one of the Crockett Cup, Tyrus teamed with Adonis under the name "The Midnight Riders" to compete in the namesake tournament, defeating The Warriors from the Wasteland (Judais and Max the Impaler) in the second round,[96] and The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson) in the quarterfinal but lost to Knox and Murdoch in the semifinal.

[110] In 2019, Un-PC co-host Britt McHenry accused Murdoch of sexual harassment after he allegedly sent her a series of lewd text messages.

[113] In July 2021, she voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit and left the Fox network, apparently as part of a legal settlement.