14 Ups & 14 Downs For WWE In 2018
8. Buddy Murphy Keeps 205 Alive
Triple H allegedly took hold of 205 Live the day Enzo Amore left WWE under a cloud, highlighting for the zillionth time just how expert his timing really is.
Patterning it on the simplistic and measured NXT, the show finally began to make sense despite housing characters long murdered by the prior regime. Infusing it with somebody he was more familiar with, Hunter called up ostensible lost cause Buddy Murphy and rewarded his graft on the developmental brand with a push that culminated with the biggest match of his life.
Murphy's Cruiserweight Title victory at Australia's Super Show-Down was the perfect payoff to his long stint on the show, and made the entire brand look better by extension. It may not be onwards and upwards for the project just yet, but at least it's not down and out.