5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Nov 20)

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5. Murphy’s Win

Murphy Aalyah Rey Dominik Mysterio
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Seth Rollins is ready to take off for a while and be with Becky Lynch as the couple prepare to welcome their first child. That pushed WWE into shortening (ha) Seth's issues with Rey Mysterio last week, and it's why Rollins worked old 'Disciple' Murphy on this past Friday's show too.

The good news is that it resulted in a memorable win for Murph.

Who knows where the company plan to take his angle with Rey, Dominik and Aalyah next, but it was nice to see him score a huge victory over one of WWE's top stars. This, hopefully, will be a launching pad for the former 205 Live man - he's talented enough to make a splash if creative don't get cold feet.

The logical play is a tag-team with Dom, or maybe even a short-term union before Murphy convinces Aalyah to turn on her family. Whatever the case, it's giving talented workers something else to do other than make up numbers on Team SmackDown. That cannot be considered a bad thing right now.

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