10 HUGE WWE Elimination Chamber 2019 Predictions You Need To Know

9. Buddy Murphy Vs. Akira Tozawa

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Buddy Murphy will retain his WWE Cruiserweight Championship on the Elimination Chamber kickoff, but it's getting tougher and tougher to stick with the show-saving Superstar as long as the organisation show so little interest in the otherwise-excellent 205 Live.

Every month it's the same old story. The lightweights steal the pre-show but are forgotten quicker than a Baron Corbin Monday Night Raw match, and we're all back here again four weeks later hoping that it'll be this time that Murphy and 'Opponent X' will be given the respect they deserve for 10+ minutes of hard-bumping banter.

"The view never changes" was the cribbed message on Twitter from CM Punk before he f*cked the entire company off in 2014, and one senses it was something a little bluer when Neville did the same in 2017. It may be worth Vince McMahon boning up on his Australian idioms now so he understands exactly what's being said if the company's 'Best Kept Secret' himself feels too like enough is enough.

Winner - Buddy Murphy

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