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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

WWE Is Ruining... Buddy Murphy

We’re all on the same page on this one. Buddy Murphy OWNS. Right? Like, that dude is just great. He has been putting on phenomenal matches that nobody sees on 205 Live, and then got called up to the main roster and once he accidentally got in a feud with Roman Reigns, started putting on phenomenal matches on Smackdown.

He never actually wins these matches, so this is where I would like to see WWE possibly do something different creatively. How about instead of Buddy Murphy losing, he wins instead? They gave him a win over Daniel Bryan which was incredible but then had him lose that momentum immediately by losing to Ali in the King of the Ring. Now, Ali is great too, but a situation fell into their lap where Murphy could have been rocketed towards the upper tier, and they let that situation completely peter out.

He’s had three great matches in a row on SmackDown between Reigns, Bryan, and Ali, so keep putting him in against strong Smackdown wrestlers and let the man go wild. That's the logical step, right? Instead, he has completely disappeared in a classic WWE move that kills all momentum, and yet, they wonder, how come they cannot create new stars?

Anyway, it's a huge week for wrestling with SmackDown debuting on Fox, so I am absolutely positive that they will not find a reason to put Buddy on television, but they should. He's the kind of wrestler that you put on television and casual fans who think that wrestling is stupid can say, "Oh, that guy does some cool stuff. I like him." Instead, they'll feature a newer, more athletic version of professional wrestling by wheeling out Hulk Hogan to give a ten-minute promo where he only actually says about 20 words. I'm a lifelong Hulkamaniac, but giving Buddy Murphy and Chad Gable or Ali or Apollo Crews or Sami Zayn OR OR OR, because they do have a stupid amount of talent, ten minutes of television time would be a way better use of keeping consumers coming back.

In conclusion, Buddy Murphy owns. Please put him on television.

Other Wrestlers WWE Is Ruining
Akam
Ali
Alicia Fox
Andrade "Cien" Almas
Apollo Crews
Bayley
Big E
Big Show
Bo Dallas
Bobby Lashley
Bobby Roode
Braun Strowman
Brock Lesnar
Carmella
Cesaro
Chad Gable
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

The WWE Is Ruining... Ali

Let's start out with the positive. There is some good with how they have handled Ali. They finally brought someone from 205 Live to the main shows and actually gave him a push which was incredibly well received. It makes sense since Ali has just about everything you would want in a superstar. A good look, charisma, and some pretty incredible moves. The only thing that he is lacking is size, but he isn't so small that it puts a ceiling on his success.

Unfortunately for Ali, he got hurt at the wrong time, and momentum for Kofi Kingston took over, and he's had to mostly take a backseat since then. If he didn't get distracted by music, he could have won the Money In The Bank ladder match, but unfortunately, he heard Brock Lesnar's music and forgot that he was about five seconds away from winning the match, and Brock, although a physical freak, probably couldn't stop him in time.

So now he's in limbo, like most of the WWE roster. He's not really going for a title, not really getting wins, and just kind of existing to get RKO'd outta nowhere. If you want to exploit that he used to be a police officer, you could make him a Blue Lives Matter character, and I'm guessing that gets more cheers than boos, even though it may be the dumbest character in wrestling history.

Instead, all WWE really needs to do is lean in to the fact that this guy is a natural underdog babyface and put him up against monsters. Really, he should be treated like Rey Mysterio in that he is always an underdog at first glance but somehow can overcome the odds. He can feud against any bruiser. Samoa Joe is perfect for the role, and since Lars Sullivan just randomly lurks everywhere you turn, even if Ali couldn't give him his first loss, he could be the guy to test his limits.

I actually have faith in WWE to handle him well as they have already shown an interest in actually putting in the work for Ali. I know having faith in the WWE is a fool's errand, but they do occasionally get things right, so let's hope they can get Ali back on track.

Other Wrestlers WWE Is Ruining
Alicia Fox
Andrade "Cien" Almas
Apollo Crews
Bayley
Big E
Big Show
Bo Dallas
Bobby Lashley
Bobby Roode
Braun Strowman
Brock Lesnar
Carmella
Chad Gable
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