Buddy Murphy has become a central figure in the Roman Reigns mystery storyline that has been going on for a few weeks now. Roman and Buddy also put on a fantastic match on this week’s episode of Smackdown Live.
This has been great for fans of Murphy, who hadn’t been used on Smackdown since being called up from 205 Live after Wrestlemania 35.
We have a rumor to pass your way about Buddy’s inclusion in the Roman Reigns storyline.
According to Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live, this was all a happy accident. Murphy was spotted by fans in the background of the original video of the mystery attack on Roman. This led to fan speculation that Murphy could have been the culprit.
Alvarez says that Murphy was accidentally in the video and wasn’t supposed to be there. WWE saw the reaction that the fan speculation was receiving and decided to run with it. This led to Murphy being included in segments with Reigns over the past few weeks.
My Take: Talk about taking an opportunity and running with it if you are Murphy. Dude had a star-making performance on Smackdown and this has all really helped him out. I hope that WWE keeps him paired with Reigns for a few more weeks and we get to see more of what he can do.
What do you think of Murphy? Let me know in the comment section below.
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