Cletus Tuss

Cletus Tuss is an american professional wrestler who is contracted to his own wrestling promotion he has also participated in boxing and mixed martial arts he is also a retired monster truck driver and back up dancer, Tuss is commonly regarded as one of the worlds funniest people along with Tyrone Kevin, he is also considerd one of the greatest monster truck drivers of all time
== Professional Wrestling Career ==
=== Cletus Wrestling Federation (2007-present) ===
In 2007 Cletus and his friends founded the Cletus Wrestling Federation as a way to solve disputes with Joe Black and his cronies, early on in the promotion Cletus would lose on a regular basis, getting a occasional win,
=== World Championship Reigns (2009-2019) ===
Cletus would win a number one contenders ladder match to again the right face Luth Eleven for the CWF Championship, Cletus would defeat Eleen, earning his first championship in the process, Cletus would not hold it long as CT Dunn would dethrone Cletus for the championship, Cletus would continue to hold the title on and off the the majority of the 2010s decade, becoming a nine time champion in the process.
=== Internet Champion (2019) ===
Cletus would win a tournament to become the inaugural CWF Internet Champion, Cletus would not hold it for long as he would lose it to Joe Black, after Joe Black got injured he would regain it, before losing it to Luth Eleven at Fucksgiving.
=== Tenth World Title Reign (2019-2020) ===
Cletus would beat Slayer on New Year's Eve to win his tenth reign with the CWF Championship, becoming the first wrestler in the Cletus Wrestling Federation to get a double digit title reign, as of April 13, 2020 Cletus has defended his title against Joe Black and Luth Eleven, retaining both times, Cletus would eventually lose the title to Old Man Tom, Tuss would regain the title on a few occasions in the following year, however the championship series was scrapped and TK was reinstated as champion
== Boxing ==
Tuss would debut at World Wide Boxing's WWB 110 event in June of 2012 where he fought George Zerman in a middle weight bought he would win the fight by TKO in round 2, Tuss would return to the company in 2016 to fight Joey Lynchmann at WWB in 200 he would lose by Knockout 10 seconds in round 2, his final appearance saw him fighting Joe Black in a Middleweight bout where he would lose by decision, in March and May of 2019 Tuss had two fights winning his return fight aginst Steve Mizeriell and losing to Jay Swanson after which Tuss declared he isnt meant for a fight where he cant kick and retired, Tuss would make a shocking three fight comback to boxing, he would lose against Marc Jirill by KO in round one, defeat Ethan White by decision in and defeat Hank Phelps in round 3 by TKO, before saying he would be retiring for now.
=== Boxing Record ===
Opponent 	Round	Method Win/Loss	Result	Record
George Zerman 	2 	TKO 	W 	1-0
Joey Lynchmann 	2 	KO 	L 	1-1
Joe Black 	3 	DEC 	L 	1-2
Steve Mizeriell	1 	KO 	W 	2-2
Jay Swanson 	3 	TKO 	L 	2-3
Marc Jiril 	1 	KO 	L 	2-4
Ethan White 	3 	DEC 	W 	3-4
Hank Phelps 	3 	TKO 	W 	4-4
== Mixed Marital Arts ==
Tuss trained to complete in the UFC however he was unable to compete for the promotion after he twisted his ankle during a trainaing session in 2017 Tuss announced that he would make his debut for Strikezone MMA where he fought 40 year old veteran Vince Louzo in a winning effort via Submission, his next fight was aginst Andrew Diaz but Diz dropped out when he injured his his arm so Alex Kaufman was placed as his next opponent, Tuss would win by TKO after a flurry of wildly placed strikes, his next opponent was Yujihiro Takaishi he would quickly demolish Takaishi in 9 seconds, his next fight was aginst Joe Black's sun Joe Black Jr. whom he would defeat bu submission in round 3, his next fight would be aginst Joe Black he would go on to win via submission, breaking Black's ankle in the process it was announced that Tuss would be fighting the Welterweight champion Steve McBreeze, Mcbreeze would go on to win by TKO early on in the opening round, the following fight was aginst James Ortiz which he also lost by submission, Tuss announced in June of 2019 that he would be getting back into the sport for three fights the first one was in July where he lost to Miguel Cotton by knockout in the third round, his next fight would be in September where he fought Mark Spansley after his original opponent Ted Askers dropped out, after the fight which he lost by submission Askers called him out for his "lack of skills", on December 28 the fight with Askers happened with Tuss winning by submission early in the second round, after the fight Tuss announced he would be looking to fight Lightweight champion Richie Little, the fight with little did happen with Little knocking Tuss out early in the first, a rematch with Ted Askers happened with Askers, Cletus dominated Askers for a majority of the fight leading in a decision win, Matt Monroe stepped up to fight Tuss and battered him in both rounds, resulting in a TKO Victory for Monroe, Don Wild who would fight Cletus in a closely fought contest, Tuss would lose via decision, afterward Cletus announced he would take time off from MMA, Cletus announced he would be making a five fight return to MMA now that he has more free time, he would win his return fight against George Lemon, KOing Lemon in the 3rd round with a uppercut, his next fight would be against Mauricio Lopez, whom he would also defeat via knockout, this time in the 2nd round, Max Kingsley was announced as Tuss's next opponent he would lose via split decision in a back and forth war, a rematch with Ted Askers was announced who stepped up on short notice, to replace an injured Miguel Cotto, Tuss and Askers would fight in a bloody war which resulted in the right being declared a draw, with Cotto still injured Tuss invited one of his Diary Queen colleges to face him, Steve Wisowski accepted, Cletus took Wisowski down and submitted him via rear naked choke in the opening around, post fight on behalf of Diary Queen Tuss and Wisowksi donated a million dollars to the World Cancer Fund, a third fight with Askers was announced, Tuss would go on to win by submission in around 3, a rematch with Miguel Cotto was lined up with Tuss and Cotto brawling in a heavy exchange, Tuss would win by TKO in the final round, the win earned Tuss a title shot against Heath Holloway, round one started well for Tuss nearly submitting Holloway, round two followed much of the same pattern with Tuss controlling, the tables would turn in the middle of round three when Tuss was rocked with a massive punch, Tuss would be finished by Hollway shortly after with a massive knee in the clinch, afterwards it was announced that Tuss would be signing a new three fight contract with his first fight being against undefeated prospect Adrian Olverez, Tuss and Olverez would battle in all out war with Tuss winning by submission in around 5, Donald Warrick was chosen as Tuss's next opponent he would go on to win by submission in round 3, Vince Louzo who retired with a 44-32-0 record announced he would be comming back to rematch Tuss, Tuss would win round one via kneebar, Louzo retired after the fight, with a 44-33-0 record, Bai Cheung would be Tuss's next opponent, Cheung would win via knockout in round 3, Tuss would take a break til late October taking on undefeated Swedish contender Peder Hall, Tuss and Hall would battle with Tuss and Hall drawing, Tuss would return in November making a long awaited rematch against Peder Hall, whom he would defeat by submission in the 3rd round, Tuss would take a break afterwards but announced he would fight in December and January, taking on Mark Hasslers in December losing by knockout early in round one, he would then take on Alex Roosevelt once again losing but this time by submission in round 2, Tuss's final fight in December occured on New Year's Eve against Stephan Young, Tuss would go on to defeat Young by submission in round 3, after words Tuss announced he would take a lay off to heal some injuries, Tuss announced he would fight in January and February, he would make his return in mid-January against Nate Cortez, whom he would lose to by knockout in round 2 after being rocked with a hard straight right, in February Tuss would take on Deonte Williams, whom he would also lose to but this time in 13 seconds in round one, Tuss would look to rebound taking on Cosmo Alexandre at welterweight, defeating him by decision, he would take part in the Valentine's day tournament, defeating Sage Crest by submission in the opening round, he would then lose to Deonte Williams in a rematch in the finals by knockout but this time later in round one, and finally Tuss would take on Paulo Silva whom he would lose to by submission after scoring a take down early in the opening round, Tuss announced he would be stepping up to take on Lighweight Champion Gabriel de Silva on short notice for the title, Tuss would defeat Silva by decision although controversal, he would take on Lars Milrich in his first defense winning by sumbission in the third round, his next defense would be a rematch against Silva whom he would defeat by unamious decision to defend his title, Tuss's next opponent would be Louis Mars who had a undefeated record of thirteen winds, and a single draw, Tuss would control Mars for the first round before being knocked out by a hard uppercut in the second, Tuss then announced he would be taking on Mars in a rematch, which he would narrowly win by decision, reclaiming the title, the trilogy fight would occur with Tuss once again winning this time by doctor's stoppage after a cut split open Mars's eye early in the first around, Tuss's next defense would be against Michael Jameson, whom would defeat Tuss by rear naked choke in the first round, afterwards Tuss announced he would be going on hiatus to take a break, Tuss was offted a 3 fight UFC contract however he turned it down as it wanted to stay in California due to the fact he wanted to be closer to his job at a Dairy Queen, Tuss would take on Alexander Norton in his return fight losing by a dominate decision, Tuss would then debut with Wildfire MMA after the fight winning his debut against Adrian Gray by submission in the 3rd round, Tuss then challenged for the inaugrual lightweight championship defeating Max Willows by first round knockout after he had kneed Willows in the body against the fence, Tuss would defend the title against Xavier Castro winning by submission in the final around, Tuss then moved up in weight to challenge undefeated and inagural Welterweight Champion Ben Dobson who had a (18-0), he would win by decision before moving down to featherweight to challenge Brad Little who had a (20-5) record, defeating Little by second round submission, afterwards he would defend the Welterweight Championship against Rodney Brown whom he would dominate in a closely fought contest getting a last minute technical knockout, he would then defend the lightweight title in a rematch with Castro, this time losing the title, after which Tuss would make his debut for Gator Fighting Championship in Florida during a hunting trip, he would challenge for the GFC Lightweight Championship losing Luke Traylor by rear-naked choke in the final round, after which he would defend his featherweight championship against Jayson Dillan whom he would lose to by decision, finally he announced he would lose his Welterweight Championship against Rodney Brown by knockout in round 2, before he rejoined Strikezone and defeating Terry Perry by knockout upon returning, after this he announced he would be testing free agency, then on September 27, 2021 it was announced the had signed a 10 fight deal with Sacramento Fighting Championships, Tuss would make his SFC debut in November losing to Max Gyres by knockout early in round 2 after taking a uppercut, his next opponent was 12-8-0 Kyler Rosas whom he would defeat by unanimous decision dominating Rosas for all of the fight, his third fight was against Joe David whom defeated Tuss by submission in round two after he dropped Tuss with a flurry of strikes and locked in a heel hook, after the fight Tuss was released from the promotion, later that month he announced that we was re-signing with Strikezone MMA making his debut in December against 10-0 prospect Jeff Gomez, whom he defeated by first round submission locking a rear naked choke which Gomez passed out from, in January he took on Jurek Marszałek he would win the fight by split decision, after which Tuss announced he woukd be taking sabbatical from the sport and was uncertain about his future in MMA, Tuss returned from his sabbatical in April taking on Quinten Williams, whom he would defeat by split decision, three months later Tuss would take on Liam Warner, whom he defeated by knockout in the opening round due to a flying knee, in September he took on Maksim Ignatiev in which he was dominated by Ignatiev who had a 17-3 record going into the fight, only who defeat Ignatiev by technical knockout late in the fifth round, after dropping Ignatiev with a knee, countering a takedown, in December Tuss would take on Steve Gomer, who would defeat Tuss by submission in the second round after securing a neck crank from side control position, Tuss announced he was done fighting for the time being and would be taking a break.
=== MMA Record ===
Opponent 	Round	Method Win/Loss	Result	Record
Vince Louzo 	1 	Sub 	W 	1-0-0
Alex Kaufman 	3 	KO 	W 	2-0-0
Yujihiro Takaishi	2 	KO 	W 	3-0-0
Joe Black Jr. 	3 	Sub 	W 	4-0-0
Joe Black 	3 	Sub 	W 	5-0-0
Steve McBreeze 	1 	TKO (knees) 	L 	5-1-0
James Ortiz 	2 	Sub 	L 	5-2-0
Miguel Cotto 	3 	KO 	L 	5-3-0
Mark Spansley 	1 	Sub 	L 	5-4-0
Ted Askers 	2 	Sub 	W 	6-4-0
Rich Little 	1 	KO 	L 	6-5-0
Ted Askers 	3 	DEC 	W 	7-5-0
Matt Monroe 	2 	TKO 	L 	7-6-0
Don Wild 	3 	DEC 	L 	7-7-0
George Lemon 	3 	KO 	W 	8-7-0
Mauricio Lopez 	2 	KO 	W 	9-7-0
Max Kingsley 	3 	DEC 	W 	10-7-0
Ted Askers 	3 	N/A 	D 	10-7-1
Steve Wiskowski 	1 	SUB 	W 	11-7-1
Ted Askers 	3 	SUB 	W 	12-7-1
Miguel Cotto 	5 	TKO 	W 	13-7-1
Heath Holloway 	3 	KO 	L 	13-8-1
Adrian Olverez 	5 	SUB 	W 	14-8-1
Donald Warrick 	3 	SUB 	W 	15-8-1
Vince Louzo 	1 	SUB 	W 	16-8-1
Bai Cheung 	3 	KO 	L 	16-9-1
Peder Hall 	5 	N/A 	D 	16-9-2
Peder Hall 	3 	SUB 	W 	17-9-2
Mark Hasslers 	1 	KO 	L 	17-10-2
Alex Roosevelt 	2 	SUB 	L 	17-11-2
Stephan Young 	3 	SUB 	W 	18-11-2
Nate Cortez 	2 	KO 	L 	18-12-2
Deonte Williams 	1 	KO 	L 	18-13-2
Cosme Alexandre 	3 	DEC 	W 	19-13-2
Sage Crest 	1 	SUB 	W 	20-13-2
Deonte Williams 	1 	KO 	L 	20-14-2
Paulo Silva 	1 	SUB 	L 	20-15-2
Gabriel de Silva 	5 	DEC 	W 	21-15-2
Lars Milich 	3 	SUB 	W 	22-15-2
Paulo de Silva 	5 	DEC 	W 	23-15-2
Louis Mars 	2 	KO 	L 	23-16-2
Louis Mars 	5 	DEC 	W 	24-16-2
Louis Mars 	1 	TKO 	W 	25-16-2
Michael Jameson 	1 	SUB 	L 	25-17-2
Alexander Norton 	3 	DEC 	L 	25-17-2
Max Willows 	1 	KO 	W 	26-17-2
Xavier Castro 	5 	SUB 	W 	27-17-2
Ben Dobson 	5 	DEC 	W 	28-17-2
Brad Little 	2 	SUB 	W 	29-17-2
Rodney Brown 	5 	TKO 	W 	30-17-2
Xavier Castro 	3 	KO 	L 	30-18-2
Luke Traylor 	5 	SUB 	L 	30-19-2
Jayson Dillan 	5 	DEC 	L 	30-20-2
Rodney Brown 	2 	KO 	L 	30-21-2
Terry Perry 	1 	KO 	W 	31-21-2
Max Gyres 	2 	KO 	L 	31-22-2
Kyler Rosas 	3 	DEC 	W 	32-22-2
Joe David 	2 	SUB 	L 	32-23-2
Jeff Gomez 	1 	SUB 	W 	33-23-2
Jurek Marszałek 	5 	DEC 	W 	34-23-2
Quinten Williams 	3 	DEC 	W 	35-23-2
Liam Warner 	1 	KO 	W 	36-23-2
Maksim Ignatiev 	3 	TKO 	W 	37-23-2
Steve Gomer 	2 	SUB 	L 	37-24-2
== Monster Truck Career ==
Tuss began to drive a monster truck before he contacted the World Monster Truck Assoication, debuting with a truck named Mullet, Tuss would drive the Mullet truck from 2000 until Janauary 2019, when he retired, during his time he won 10 first place metals and his truck has won the truck of the year award in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2017, in March of 2019 Tuss and the Mullet truck were inducted into the Monster Jam Hall of Fame, despite never appearing for the promotion.
== Personal Life ==
Tuss is currently married to Sheryl Tuss, they have 3 kids named Lillian, Dennis and Jacob, he is good friends with former musician Tyrone Kevin, whom he met in Kindergarten he has also backup danced in some of Kevin's music videos, Tuss prefers to be a middle class citizen with most of his money from his previous careers being in a bank account, Tuss currently works as a manager for a Diary Queen.
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