12 WWE TLC 2018 Impulse Reactions

12. "Good Job Little Buddy"...

Patronisingly chucked back into Kickoff Show opening slot hell much like predecessors Neville and Austin Aries, Buddy Murphy and Cedric Alexander were left to have a tidy overachiever of a match that unfortunately played out to those familiar shrouded empty seats.

Better to get crumbs that go starving, but an air of pointlessness hung over what was otherwise yet another blinding contest from two of 205 Live's very best.

Buddy Murphy occupies a curious spot in particular at the moment. Transposed from the back of the queue in an NXT that had long passed him by, he's made huge physical, financial and creative strides forward thanks to the reimagining of both the brand and his short-term future with the company. But will his long-term one look more like those that have come before him?

If he's given the same spot at WrestleMania as he was here, will it get cut from the DVD and leave lingering resentment? Will his title reign be terminated without merit and harbour anger and annoyance within him for such neglect? Whatever can go wrong has gone wrong for that purple belt he wears proudly - can Murphy's Law finally be disproven via the talented Aussie?