'I'm Retiring and Walking Away': Fox News Fan Favorite Makes Massive Announcement

Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America and a popular Fox

News host has announced his retirement. It's just not exactly what you think

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Full disclosure, this particular host and this particular subject is very near and dear

to my heart and I'll explain it to you why in just a little bit

But if you've watched Gutfeld, the Fox News show Gutfeld, it's a great show, you've seen

this particular member of the cast and he's quite the character. Well, his name is Tyrus and he has announced that his duties are increasing at Fox News

that he is looking to break into movies and has talked to producers and this and that

after the writers and the actor strikes are over. But what he has retired from is professional wrestling

Now why is this near and dear to my heart? See week after week you saw Tyrus come out there with a belt on his shoulder that represented

something to him and I'm going to show it to you in just a second

For those that don't know, this is the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship

the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and it is steeped in history and tradition

It is a glorious championship belt and this is an exact replica of the one Tyrus would

wear every week on his show. It is a beautiful, beautiful belt and the history of this belt dates back to the turn

of the 20th century. You're talking about wrestlers like Luthez and Ed Strangler Lewis that have held this

championship, Ric Flair, Harley Race, some of the best of the best to ever lace up the

boots and step in the ring. Now if you're not familiar with professional wrestling, these names don't mean anything

to you. But if you are, then the people I'm naming off are to wrestling what Elvis and the Beatles

are to rock and roll and Tyrus held this championship just as they did

It is a huge, huge honor in the professional wrestling business. Now I spent years as a promoter in professional wrestling and I never had the chance to work

with Tyrus. I've worked with a lot of people that he's worked with, still have a lot of friends in

the professional wrestling business. It is a passion of mine. It's something that I really enjoy and whether you guys have enjoyed it in your life, never

enjoyed it, or are enjoying it currently, it is a big part of Tyrus's life and he's

decided now at the age of 50 to walk away from that at the height of his career

Now he lost his championship in a championship versus career match. As you know, I'm not breaking any news here, wrestling is scripted

Tyrus knew he was going to retire and he knew why he was going to retire

Now I could get into all the logistics of who he passed the belt to, who won the championship

his name is EC3, fantastic guy, I like him a lot, great wrestler, but that's not really

the point here. The point is Tyrus decided as the champion that it was time to move on

He did the time honored tradition in wrestling which is pass the torch or give it to the next wrestler in line for the championship to take the company forward

And the National Wrestling Alliance is not what it used to be even when I was a kid when

it was the second biggest company in the country. It's fallen back

But Tyrus has also wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment which is the biggest professional

wrestling company in the world. He's had a storied career and he's really, really been very entertaining

If you look at some of his old WWE stuff as the Funkasaurus basically is what he went

by and he had these dancers with him and he was dressed like a dinosaur

It was hilarious and you have to go back and you have to look at it. I'm sure there's clips on YouTube if you just type in Tyrus WWE and you'll enjoy I think

a lot of it just for its comedic value. Now there's a lot of conservatives in professional wrestling

I know because I'm friends with a lot of them and I won't name their names here. I don't want to out them

I don't want to expose them. I don't want to get them in trouble. But there's a lot of them and it's a fraternity

And so if you've never experienced professional wrestling and I get very passionate about this, it's just it is a brotherhood that lasts forever

Whether you get out of that business or not, whether you leave and go on to other things as I have, as Tyrus has, as other people have or you don't

The business is always the business and it's always the fraternity forever and ever. Once you're in it, it's for life

Those people follow you forever. And so it's just had to be very hard for Tyrus

I know he said it was hard for him, but he wanted to spend more time with his family

He wanted to stop being on the road so much and he's earned it. At 50 years old, he's earned it

He's been an enjoyable part of the Greg Gutfeld show, Gutfeld, which continues to rise in

the ratings. Gutfeld is the king of late night and Tyrus is a large reason for that

Large in a number of ways. He's six foot seven, well over 300 pounds

And he's just a large presence and he brings a lot to the table. So I love the guy

I think he's great. I've had occasion to talk to him and just a tremendous person

And if you are a fan of the show, absolutely. If you go on Twitter or wherever, wish Tyrus well in his retirement

I think we just get to keep enjoying him on Fox News and that's good enough for me

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I'm Carmine Sabia. This is Explained America. We love you guys. God bless you

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