George Tyrus Murdoch Biography
George Tyrus Murdoch is an American cable news personality, actor, and former professional wrestler known as Tyrus. He was a former NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion. Murdoch appears on Fox News and Fox Nation, co-hosting Gutfeld! and contributing to other programs. In 2024, he was named host of Maintaining with Tyrus on the Fox-owned streaming platform OutKick.
How old is Tyrus?
Born George Timothy Murdoch, the former professional wrestle is 52 years old as of 21 February 2025. He was born on 21 February in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
What ethnicity is Tyrus Murdoch? Parents
Murdoch’s mother is white, and his father is black, making him biracial. According to him, his mother was 15 and his father was 19 when he was born. In 2018, Murdoch revealed a childhood story about how his violent father struck him, damaging his eye, which caused his mother to leave him.
How many biological kids does Tyrus have?
Tyrus has five kids. With his current wife, Ingrid Rinck, he has only one biological child Georgia, the couple’s daughter, was born on May 7, 2014; the other four are from past relationships. The well-known wrestler’s previous partnership produced a son and a daughter, as well as two stepsons.
Is Tyrus still married?
On January 7, 2024, Murdoch wed Ingrid Rinck Herbert, his lifelong girlfriend. Although Tyrus has called Ingrid his “wife” for a number of years, the couple became legally married in early 2024 after becoming engaged in April 2020. Currently, the family lives in northern New Jersey on a farm. She works as a fitness trainer and entrepreneur.
Tyrus Murdoch Career
Murdoch joined Deep South Wrestling as G-Rilla after signing a deal with the WWE. Later, he switched to Florida Championship Wrestling, where he faced Harry Smith for the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship. After losing the match against Harry Smith, Murdoch was released on February 4, 2008, despite losing the championship.
After leaving WWE in 2010, Murdoch rejoined FCW under the moniker Brodus Clay, which was a parody of Snoop Dogg’s true name. On December 14, 2010, he made his NXT in-ring debut by defeating both his mentor Chris Masters and Byron Saxton. On January 25, he won a four-way elimination match, which gave him the authority to select Alberto Del Rio as the next Pro.
On March 7, Clay made his Raw debut as Del Rio’s new bodyguard following his time in NXT, defying solo battles against Christian and Edge. When Del Rio faced Edge in WrestleMania XXVII, he went with him. On April 25, Clay stayed on SmackDown as Del Rio was drafted to Raw.
On May 1, 2011, at Extreme Rules, Clay made his last appearance with Del Rio by interfering on his behalf during a ladder match between Del Rio and Christian for the unclaimed World Heavyweight Championship. On August 4, 2011, Clay made a comeback after a three-month hiatus to film the film No One Lives. He defeated Pat Silva and proceeded to defeat other jobbers on Superstars.
Clay’s comeback to television was first promoted by WWE in November 2011, however it wasn’t until January 2012. Management told Clay that he will be playing a figure with a dancing face who goes by the moniker “The Funkasaurus.” He used dance moves and gyrations to win squash matches on Raw and SmackDown.
Clay defeated Drew McIntyre at the Royal Rumble on January 29 to make his pay-per-view singles debut. He joined a tag team with Damien Sandow after beginning a feud with Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. Due to time constraints, their match was shortened, but they managed to defeat Team Rhodes Scholars and Tons of Funk.
When debuting Xavier Woods “borrowed” his song and The Funkadactyls for his entrance in November 2013, Clay grew enraged and envious. After losing a match to Woods, he started to act more villainously, hitting him frequently. Instead of aiming for victory, Clay continually attacked Woods’ teammate R-Truth at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.
By leaving Tensai to lose their tag match and attacking Tensai after the match, Clay finished his heel turn on Raw. He didn’t have any quick success, losing singles matches to Tensai, Woods, and Truth. In a non-title bout on April 17, Clay was defeated by countout by Adrian Neville.He lost to Adrian Neville in the NXT Champion’s no-disqualification match, which was his last match. WWE released Clay on June 12, 2014.
Alongside Ethan Carter III (EC3), Jeff Murdoch made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2014 under the ring name Tyrus. He advanced to the TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contenders tournament after winning his first wrestling match on October 15. Tyrus and his group lost to The Hardy Boyz in the semifinals, but they defeated Eric Young and Rockstar Spud in the quarterfinals. At Slammiversary, Tyrus then defeated Mr. Anderson and James Storm in a Hardcore Gauntlet Battle Royal involving twelve men. He played for Team EC3 at Turning Point and the 2015 World Cup. Tyrus made a comeback in 2016 as a “fixer” for hire, supporting Grado and Mahabali Shera in a match against Al Snow and The Tribunal. After that, he went back to Impact Wrestling and started to side with Eli Drake. Tyrus was released from his contract in 2017, however his comeback was brief as he left Impact in April 2018 as a result of bad scheduling choices.