Why Does Tyrus Always Carry His Belt (2024)

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Can Tyrus barely walk? ›

Tyrus has struggled with his weight and even had to walk with a cane at one point. Fans have noticed his lack of mobility for a while. Tyrus was barely able to move in his final NWA World title match, and fans were thrilled when he finally dropped the belt to EC3 last year.

Tyrus previously won the title by defeating Trevor Murdoch and Mike Knox at NWA Hard Times 3 on November 12, 2022. He held the gold for 288 days. The former champion cut an emotional post-match promo and thanked the NWA. Tyrus debuted in 2006, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE.

He only has one biological child with his current wife, Ingrid Rinck, while the other four are from their previous relationships.

Tyrus' in-ring career is over. EC3 defeated Tyrus in the Bull Rope Match main event of NWA 75 on Sunday to capture the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, with the added stipulation that Tyrus would retire if he lost the contest. The match ended Tyrus' title reign at 289 days.

Tyrus and Ingrid Rinck are still married. Ingrid Rinck's husband, George Murdoch popularly known by his ring/stage name Tyrus is an American cable news personality, actor, and former professional wrestler. Ingrid Rinck and Tyrus were spotted in public numerous times and even lived together.

A year later, Tyrus called out Greg Gutfeld on Twitter. Thus began a friendship and the rest is history. He's been appearing on Gutfeld's programs ever since as well as contributing to various other Fox News Channel hit programs, including Outnumbered, Fox & Friends, The Five and America's Newsroom.

Tyrus is an Actor, Author, Professional Wrestler and Political New Commentator. His birth name is George Murdoch, though he's most widely known as "Tyrus" and formally known as Brodus Clay or The Funkasaurus. Tyrus resides in Louisiana, but spends much of his time between New York and Los Angeles, California.

Little Brother Tyrus and Big Brother Shawn.

Tyrus says he got all the way back down to 356 pounds during his second stint with WWE.

The wrestler's youngest child is his daughter, Georgie Murdoch. She is his only biological child with his current wife, Ingrid Rinck. What are Tyrus' children's ages? Georgie Murdoch is ten years old as of 2024.

Did Tyrus have surgery? ›

You did bad, they told you about it.” He landed a football scholarship to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, but his football career was cut short after his appendix burst. “I ended up in surgery, and in that surgery they cut nerve endings going into my leg,” he says. “I have a permanent limp.

In a WWE.com interview, back when he was with the company, Tyrus said his personal best on the bench press had been 525 pounds.

He wrestled in WWE until his departure in 2014. From 2014 to 2017, Murdoch wrestled in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name of Tyrus. In 2021, he joined the NWA, where he won the NWA World Television Championship, and later the promotion's primary title — the Worlds Heavyweight Championship.