Tyrus Brings Da Funk

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Tyrus is looking to make history this weekend at the NWA 74 two-night pay-per-view event in St. Louis! The reigning NWA Television Champ is taking on Trevor Murdoch in an attempt to add the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to his title collection! Tyrus details his current run at NWA, how he’s prepping for Trevor Murdoch, and why these two titles mean so much to him. He also recounts his time with WWE & NXT including the origin of the Funkasaurus and the role that the late, great Dusty Rhodes played in getting that over, how he convinced Cameron and Naomi to join him as the Funkadactyls, The Undertaker and Bret Hart’s initial reactions to Funkasaurus, and why his son’s grandfather, the great Haku, loved the gimmick! Tyrus also shares stories from his time working with Snoop Dogg as his bodyguard, and coaching youth football with the rapper, and explains the role that Snoop played in Tyrus’ return to wrestling. NWA 74 tickets & information: NWATIX.com August 27-28th Live from The Chase in St. Louis STAY CONNECTED: Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho TikTok: @TalkIsJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	Before we even start, bro, you were moxley men while I enjoyed the hell out of that man.
0:07.6	I text all my boys afterwards and said, if you don't know what I made it then,
0:11.4	his brother is right here. I don't care what company you're in.
0:15.2	This is the measuring step. I mean, not that you need to be told this, but I mean, it was just.
0:19.8	It's good to hear, man. I appreciate that. It was quite the war for sure.
0:23.6	You watch so much stuff and, you know, I'm always going to be a fan first, but I was like,
0:28.0	I know this is going to be nasty. It's a great story, man.
0:31.3	I've probably always wanted my favorite guys. We battle a lot in FCW and stuff.
0:36.8	We had a hollow-wing match to pop ourselves, you know, because there's always one of those
0:42.1	extreme guys. And, yeah, middle of the match, I went to look like I was going to be taxed for
0:46.7	this candy corn. He took the bump on candy corn, man. We sold it like tax. So, I mean,
0:51.2	they're pointy. Those candy corn. Yeah. Yeah. Lots of empty calories too. So, you know, that's
0:59.1	right. Dangerous.
1:13.3	Welcome to talk is Jericho. It's the pod of Thunder and Rock and Roll. And the NWA,
1:18.3	the National Wrestling Alliance is holding a special two-night pay-per-view event, NWA 74,
1:24.4	at the historic Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. This weekend, all the action takes place Saturday,
1:30.7	August 27th and Sunday, August 28th. There's still a few tickets available. Just go to nwatix.com.
1:37.3	That's nwatix.com. You can also purchase the pay-per-view there, which will be streaming on fight.tv.
1:44.3	The cards from both nights are stacked. And on Sunday night, the NWA World Heavyweight Title will
1:49.3	be decided. It could be a history-making night as Tairus. The current NWA television champion
1:54.5	is going to try to defeat Trevor Murdoch and end up with both titles at the end of the night.
2:00.2	I got Tairus on the show today to talk about his return to wrestling and specifically the NWA.
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