Billy Corgan Claims Heat On Tyrus Is "Political"

Tyrus has been widely criticised for his in-ring ability in professional wrestling in recent years, with the overwhelming view being that the former Funkasaurus is being pushed well beyond his skills as NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion.

Despite the National Wrestling Alliance receiving legitimate criticism for putting the belt on Tyrus in November 2022, Billy Corgan has brushed that off, claiming the heat on Tyrus is simply "political." The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion continues to be a contributor for Fox News.

"On the wrestling side, I've been very, very happy and very satisfied. I think he's done everything I've asked him to do and he's been great to work with. As far as Tyrus as a public person, I knew Tyrus when he was working at TNA and basically standing with his arms crossed behind Matt Hardy and holding one of the babies, right? I saw when he first started working for Fox, and we've stayed in touch through all these years, we have our own relationship. Like myself, when you're a public person, you say things that not everybody agrees with. But look, he's on one of the biggest networks in the world, he knows what he's doing, and so for better or for worse, he writes his own checks that way," Billy Corgan told Under the Ring.

"As far as I'm concerned, he has never crossed the line to the point where it's been detrimental to the NWA. Now, I know not everyone agrees with that opinion, but I think people have this kind of weird sliding scale because there's lots of blame to go around when you look at the professional wrestling landscape of where people look the other way at different things. Most of the heat around Tyrus is political. And as a person who's been through some of those things myself, I tend not to pay a lot of attention to that stuff. Not because it's not important, but because I think a lot of that stuff -- there's a lot of energy behind it which has other agendas. And it's not really down to the individual as much as it's like a culture war type of thing. So, as far as I'm concerned, we're a professional wrestling company and we're here to wrestle."

Tyrus is scheduled to defend the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title on Friday, April 7 at NWA 312 against Chris Adonis in a story that will see Adonis try to beat the big man with the Master Lock.

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