10 Wrestlers Set For A Big Push Following WrestleMania 35

8. Buddy Murphy

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Buddy Murphy is an outstanding professional wrestler.

Murphy exists as the true test of Triple H's ability to judge talent. Nobody petitioned for Murphy's promotion from NXT. Most saw a pretty good hangover from the brand's early tag team years - a performer who became irrelevant once that division grew into the most consistently excellent across the entire industry. Triple H saw an explosive, strong, super hard-working talent with dormant potential to hang with WWE's very best and the ability to craft a superb pro wrestling match.

And Murphy is clearly excellent at that.

On countless occasions, Murphy has drawn the coldest of casual audiences into his Cruiserweight Title defences on Kickoff shows. As the minutes reel by in a blur of jaw-dropping catch spots and crunching power moves, Murphy seduces crowds from inhibition to a state of frenzy. WWE, you sense, is aware of what Murphy can do with an actual profile to support him.

This entry is something of an inference, based on both Murphy's length of service and how well regarded he is by management. Buddy Murphy in the spotlight puts Triple H and his big nous into the spotlight, too.

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