{"id":14255,"date":"2018-02-14T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=14255"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:47:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:47:17","slug":"nxt-star-make-205-live-debut-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/02\/14\/nxt-star-make-205-live-debut-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Star To Make 205 Live Debut Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As announced last night on <em><strong>205 Live<\/strong><\/em>, the last mystery entrant into the Cruiserweight Championship tournament is NXT&#8217;s <strong>Buddy Murphy<\/strong>, who will be facing <strong>Ariya Daivari<\/strong> next week as the opening round of the tournament concludes. The other final match will see <strong>Mustafa Ali<\/strong> facing <strong>&#8220;Gentleman&#8221; Jack Gallagher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The secret&#39;s OUT as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENXT<\/a> Superstar @WWE_Murphy arrives on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/205Live?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#205Live<\/a> NEXT WEEK as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cruiserweight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cruiserweight<\/a> Championship tournament! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iRTG8hTQCw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iRTG8hTQCw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/963621057981685761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14257\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14257\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/006_BMUR_WESLE_06182015ej_0037-807572583977bf1250904b4602345295-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"461\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blake Murphy has been practically absent from NXT television for quite some time, a real fall from grace for the former NXT Tag Team Champion. Alongside <strong>Wesley Blake<\/strong>, the team of <strong>Blake &amp; Murphy<\/strong> held the NXT Tag titles for 219 days for the first third of 2015. But even after being paired with Murphy&#8217;s real life fianc\u00e9 <strong>Alexa Bliss<\/strong>, the pair never recaptured their 2015 glory and had their last match together in April 2016 against <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong> and <strong>Austin Aries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14258\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14258\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/CIXDSzuWoAA4FPx-e1518633758465.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Murphy spent the rest of 2016 and all of 2017 being repackaged as a singles wrestler, with his last televised appearance coming in December of 2016 when he paired with <strong>Tye Dillinger<\/strong> in a tag team victory over<strong> Bobby Roode<\/strong> and <strong>Elias<\/strong>, but that match was more to hype the feud between Roode and Dillinger. He&#8217;s worked most NXT Live Events and tours, but was kept off television. He&#8217;s been working a gimmick highlighting his absenteeism from television, going by the slogan &#8220;Wrestling&#8217;s Best Kept Secret&#8221; and in recent NXT Live Events he&#8217;d begun working the main events against <strong>Aleister Black<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14260\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14260\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/026_205_01302018rf_0354-837d2e2e91c5b2039016023dca886b63-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cruiserweight Championship tournament has been garnering high praise from critics and fans alike since it began, as it&#8217;s returned the division to the style and presentation of the Cruiserweight Classic that spawned the division in the first place. Much of that credit is going towards<strong> Triple H<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/02\/07\/205-live-theres-new-sheriff-town-beyond-new-gm\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who has been appointed <em>205 Live<\/em>&#8216;s new show runner<\/a>, taking over from <strong>Vince McMahon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14261\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14261\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/020_205_02132018hm_0305-b7426d35818b94c37ab62cbd6037baf7-e1518633906523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far in the tournament there have been some upsets, such as <strong>Hideo Itami<\/strong> losing to <strong>Roderick Strong<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Andrews<\/strong> defeating<strong> Akira Tozawa<\/strong>, adding to the tournaments excitement. Joining Strong and Andrews in the second round, starting in two weeks, are <strong>Cedric Alexander<\/strong>, <strong>Drew Gulak<\/strong>, <strong>Kalisto<\/strong> and CWC winner <strong>TJ Perkins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As announced last night on 205 Live, the last mystery entrant into the Cruiserweight Championship tournament is NXT&#8217;s Buddy Murphy, who will be facing Ariya Daivari next week as the opening round of the tournament concludes. The other final match will see Mustafa Ali facing &#8220;Gentleman&#8221; Jack Gallagher. 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