Brodus Clay

**George Murdoch** (born February 21, 1973) is an American cable news personality, actor, and former professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, **Brodus Clay** and **Tyrus**. He is best known for his time working with WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and the National Wrestling Alliance, where he won the Worlds Heavyweight Championship<nowiki/>and the World Television Championship once each. Before he became a wrestler he worked as a bodyguard for Snoop Dogg. Since 2016 he appears on Fox News, and its sister streaming service Fox Nation.

## Professional wrestling career

Murdoch first wrestled in WWE's developmental territories Deep South Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling from 2006–2008 under the ring name **G-Rilla**. In 2010, Murdoch returned to WWE and took part on the fourth season of _NXT_ as Brodus Clay. In NXT, Clay was first helped by kayfabe couple Ted DiBiase and Maryse. They were replaced later by the duo of Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez. Clay lost the finals against Johnny Curtis in the latest NXT poll.

On January 9, 2012, Clay made his re-debut on _Raw_, where he won his match against Curt Hawkins. That Friday on _SmackDown_, he won his second match after just 13 seconds against Tyson Kidd. After that match he was better known as the "Funkasaurus from Planet Funk". He was managed by The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi). In 2013, Clay and Tensai formed a tag team called Tons Of Funk.

On June 12, 2014, Clay was released from his WWE contract. On September 16, Murdoch made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Tyrus, as an ally of Ethan Carter III (EC3). 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. On April 18, 2018, Tyrus left the company.

On March 21, 2021, Tyrus made his National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut at Back For The Attack. On August 6, Tyrus defeated The Pope to win the NWA World Television Championship. On November 12, 2022, Tyrus defeated Trevor Murdoch to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, his only major world title. On August 27, at NWA 75th Anniversary Show, Tyrus lost the title in a Bullrope match to EC3 and retired from professional wrestling.

## Championships and accomplishments

- **National Wrestling Alliance**
    - NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    - NWA World Television Championship (1 time)
- **Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling**
    - PPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
    - Ranked No. 58 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the _PWI 500_ in 2023
- **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
    - Bound for Gold (2015)
- **WWE**
    - Slammy Award (1 time)
        - Best Dancer of the Year (2012)

## Books

- _Just Tyrus: A Memoir_ (2022), Post Hill Press
- _Nuff Said_ (2023), Post Hill Press

## Infobox (wrestler)

- **name**: Brodus Clay
- **image**: 2014-04-03 19-44-22 NEX-6 6040 DxO (13900585316).jpg
- **caption**: Clay on April 3, 2014
- **birthname**: George Murdoch
- **names**: Brodus Clay
G-Rilla
George Murdoch
George T. Murdoch
Monstrous BC
Tyrus
- **alma mater**: Antelope Valley College
University of Nebraska at Kearney
- **height**: 6 ft 7 in
- **weight**: 375 lb
- **birth place**: Boston, Massachusetts,
U.S.
- **billed**: The Concrete Jungle
Pasadena, California
Planet Funk
- **trainer**: Deep South Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
- **debut**: 2006
- **retired**: 2023