One week after his match against Roman Reigns, Buddy Murphy will be facing Daniel Bryan on SmackDown.
WWE has announced Bryan vs. Murphy for Tuesday’s show. The match was set up by Murphy issuing a challenge via Twitter and Bryan accepting it.
Murphy tweeted: “Last week on #SDLive, @WWERomanReigns and I went face to face & left it all in the ring. If @WWEDanielBryan has an issue with me, he can meet me in the same place I met Roman! Challenge issued.”
Bryan then responded: “Imagine getting beat up by a large man for accusing him of something he had nothing to do with, and then challenging the much smaller friend of the man who beat you up. #SocialMediaToughGuys #ChallengeAccepted #SDLive”
Reigns defeated Murphy on SmackDown earlier this week. Later in the show, there was a segment where Bryan and Rowan confronted Murphy backstage. Rowan beat down Murphy until he would say that he lied when he accused Rowan of being the person who attacked Reigns. At the end of the show, Bryan and Rowan told Reigns they’ve been conducting their own investigation and will reveal the real culprit this coming Tuesday.
Murphy faced Apollo Crews on the SummerSlam pre-show, with Rowan attacking Murphy and causing a disqualification.
Tuesday’s SmackDown is taking place at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Kevin Owens vs. Elias and Crews vs. Andrade in King of the Ring first round matches are also set for the show.
On last night’s SmackDown, Buddy Murphy had his first televised match on the show since joining its roster in April.
Murphy faced Roman Reigns on the episode. Reigns won after hitting a spear, but Murphy shined with the performance he put in. Reigns tweeted after the match: “Meant every word I said about @WWE_Murphy in the ring. He said he wanted a fight and he got one. Tonight was my night, but I’m sure it won’t be the last time I’ll stand across from you. #SDLive #SecretsOut”
Later in the show, Rowan beat Murphy down until he would say that he lied about Rowan being Reigns’ mystery attacker. Daniel Bryan & Rowan denied being involved in the attacks and claimed that they will reveal the real culprit next week.
The New Day faced off with Randy Orton & The Revival in last night’s main event. Orton then hit RKOs on all three members of New Day.
Charlotte Flair defeated Trish Stratus at SummerSlam, while Ember Moon lost to Bayley. Last night, Charlotte took on Moon and got another win.
WWE wraps up four straight days in Toronto as SmackDown takes place at the Scotiabank Arena tonight.
Roman Reigns goes one-on-one with Buddy Murphy. Last week, Reigns’ mystery attacker angle was furthered when he confronted Murphy about information that Murphy knew. Murphy claimed it was Rowan that knocked over the scaffolding and tried to run Reigns over.
Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair is also set for tonight. Moon lost to SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley at SummerSlam, while Charlotte defeated Trish Stratus.
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton went to a double countout at SummerSlam. After the match, Kingston viciously attacked Orton with a kendo stick and hit the Trouble in Paradise. Tonight, Orton responds to Kingston’s post-match beatdown.
Kevin Owens defeated Shane McMahon this past Sunday night with the stunner. The stipulation for the match was that Owens would have to quit WWE if he lost. WWE.com is teasing Owens might be done with the feud, but McMahon could remain a problem for him.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Kevin Owens made his way down to the ring to start SmackDown. Owens received a huge reaction from the hometown crowd. The fans broke into a loud “Kevin Owens” chant. He noted that yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of signing his WWE contract. He’s made amazing memories over the last five years because he’s been in the ring with the best in the industry. Of course, Shane McMahon isn’t one of those people.
Owens said that beating Shane McMahon at SummerSlam is one of his greatest memories. That’s because his family was sitting ringside and watched him kick McMahon’s ass.
He noted Shane’s ass wasn’t the only thing he kicked. Even though the kick felt great, he’ll never forget hitting the stunner on McMahon.
Owens noted that’s behind him, and he now sets his sight on something else, The King Of The Ring. He’s been a fan his whole life and is happy the tournament is back. He talked about past winners including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Bret Hart, and Owen Hart. The fans popped big for all the names he mentioned.
Shane McMahon interrupted and walked out onto the ramp. The fans broke into a huge “asshole” chant. He showed footage from SummerSlam to prove Owens is a low life. He showed a still shot of Owens kicking McMahon low. The fans broke into a loud “You Deserve It” chant.
McMahon said Owens is a cheater and not a man.
McMahon threatened Owens and teased walking to the ring. He’s not going to, but Owens is in action later. He showed footage of Owens attacking Elias with a chair at SummerSlam. McMahon gave Elias the night off and suspended the 24/7 title for the night.
McMahon pointed out that Elias was a referee when Owens attacked him. McMahon fined Owens $100,000 for attacking Elias. The fans broke into a brief “boring” chant. Owens was furious that McMahon fined him and said that hurts his family. He asked McMahon to reconsider, but he refused.
They announced The New Day vs. The Revival taking place later.
Kevin Owens walked into Shane McMahon’s office. McMahon promised to suspend Owens if he hit him. McMahon has no choice and has to enforce to fine. Owens was furious and threw a stool at the TV screen.
Charlotte Flair defeated Ember Moon
Flair had the early advantage, but Moon fought back. The fans broke into dual “Let’s Go Charlotte” and “Charlotte Sucks” chants. Flair rolled to the floor and taunted the fans. Moon attempted a dive, but Flair caught her with a forearm. Moon knocked Flair off the apron and hit a cross body to the floor.
Flair recovered and threw Moon back first into the apron. Back from the break, Flair was firmly in control. She attacked the leg and tried for the figure four leg lock but Moon fought back. Instead, Flair applied the Boston crab. The fans broke into a slight “Y2J” chant.
Moon fought back on one leg. She caught Flair with a boot for a near fall. Moon then hit a codebreaker off the bottom rope for a near fall. She climbed to the top, but Flair grabbed her by the hair and pulled her off. Flair missed a charge in the corner and Moon rolled her up for a two count. Flair hit a big boot and locked on the Figure Eight for the win.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan and Rowan are on their way to the ring and will address the allegations that Rowan attacked Roman Reigns.
They recapped the Roman Reigns mystery attacker angle.
Daniel Bryan and Rowan walked out onto the ramp. The fans broke into a slight “Daniel Bryan” chant. Bryan said that he and Rowan had nothing to do with either of the attacks. He said that he had nothing to do with it and that Buddy Murphy is a liar.
Bryan noted he doesn’t blame Murphy. He said anyone would lie and cave if Roman Reign had their face pressed against the wall.
Bryan said Murphy gave the wrong name. The fans broke into an “It was you” chant.
Bryan asked if the fans think he did it. The fans popped big and chanted, “Yes.”
Bryan hates to disappoint the fans, but they had nothing to do with the attacks. He promised to prove their innocence by the end of the night.
Sara Schreiber walked into Shane McMahon’s office. She asked about Kevin Owens opponent for later.
Samoa Joe showed up, and McMahon then announced Kevin Owens vs. Samoa Joe.
Aleister Black cut a promo in the back. He’s looking for his next opponent and said all they have to do is knock.
Roman Reigns defeated Buddy Murphy
Tom Philips pointed out this is Murphy’s first official SmackDown match.
This was a good match. Reigns hit Murphy with a right hand and tossed him across the ring. Murphy quickly recovered and rocked Reigns with a knee for a near fall. They fought around ringside near the announce table. Reigns tossed Murphy onto the announce table. Reigns missed the drive-by, and Murphy shoved him into the steps.
Back from the break, Murphy was firmly in control and applied a chin lock. Reigns fought back and hit a powerbomb for a two count. He rocked Murphy with clotheslines in the corner and followed up with a big boot.
Reigns attempted the Superman Punch, but Murphy avoided. Reigns went shoulder-first into the ring post, and Murphy rolled him up for a two count. Murphy sent Reigns to the floor and followed up with a huge flip dive. Murphy hit a Meteora for a close near fall. He hit a superkick, but Reigns recovered and hit the Superman Punch for a near fall.
Reigns attempted the spear, but Murphy hit a kick, three knees and a brainbuster for a very close near fall. Murphy climbed to the top, but Reigns knocked him off to the floor. Reigns hit the Superman Punch off the steps on the floor. He then hit the spear in the ring for the win.
In the back, Kayla Braxton interviewed The Revival. She wondered why The Revival wants to take on The New Day. They noted they won the 24/7 title last night but said it was an insult to the tag team division. They blamed The New Day for ruining the division.
After the break, Kayla Braxton interviewed The New Day in the back. They said they never ruined the tag team division, but they have ruined other things. Kofi Kingston discussed attacking Randy Orton with a kendo stick. He said he would do it again. He promised to be in Xavier Woods and Big E’s corner for their match with The Revival.
Samoa Joe defeated Kevin Owens
Before the match, They announced Elias as the special enforcer referee for the match.
Owens had the early advantage, but Elias distracted him, and Joe took over. Back from the break, Joe was firmly in control and slowed the pace down. Owens caught Joe with an elbow and second rope dropkick. He followed up with a senton for a two count.
Joe attempted a superplex, but Owens pushed him off and hit a Swanton bomb for a near fall. Owens tried the stunner, but Joe avoided and locked on the Coquina clutch. Owens fought out and hit a pop up powerbomb, but Elias pulled the referee out of the ring.
Elias got in the ring and got in Owens’ face. Joe then rolled up Owens and Elias made a very fast three count for the win.
Daniel Bryan and Rowan entered the locker room. Bryan demanded everyone get out except for Buddy Murphy. Bryan said he knows why Murphy didn’t tell the truth and told him to tell the truth now. Bryan got in Murphy’s face and demanded he tells everyone he lied.
Rowan attacked Murphy and beat him around the locker room. Rowan held Murphy against the wall, and Bryan told him to admit the truth. Murphy then yelled that he lied. Bryan said he hates liars and Rowan threw Murphy across the room.
Backstage, Roman Reigns was looking for Daniel Bryan and Rowan’s dressing room.
The New Day came down to the ring for their match. Randy Orton came out and said Kofi Kingston can’t beat him now and couldn’t beat him eleven years ago.
Orton said Kingston ran away from a fight in front of his wife and two sons. He said when they grow up, they’re going to ask him why he ran away from the big bad scary man. He said Kingston has to look them in the eye and say that he can’t beat Orton. Orton then challenged New Day to take on Orton and The Revival next.
Randy Orton & The Revival defeated The New Day
Orton teased starting the match but tagged in Scott Dawson. The New Day had the early advantage and used several double team moves. Xavier Woods hit a tilt-a-whirl head scissors and dropkick for a two count. Woods rolled up Dawson, but Dash Wilder attacked Woods’ arm.
The heels took over by isolating Woods on their side of the ring and worked over the arm. Dawson tossed Woods to the floor, and Orton gave him a back suplex on the announce table.
Back from the break, the heels were firmly in control and cut Woods off from his corner. Woods fought back and sent Dawson into the ring post. Big E got hot the tag and caught Wilder with a belly-to-belly suplex. He followed up with a big splash.
Kingston hit a cross body on The Revival and hit the Boom Drop on Wilder. He attempted the Trouble in Paradise, but Orton went for the RKO. Kingston avoided and tagged Woods. Kingston then hit a dive onto Orton on the floor.
Woods fought off against both members of The Revival with one arm. The Revival hit the Shatter Machine on Woods for the win.
After the match, The Revival attacked Woods and Big E until Kingston made the save. He hit the Trouble in Paradise on The Revival, but Orton hit the RKO on Kingston.
The fans chanted “One more time” and Orton hit the RKO on Woods. The fans chanted “One more time” again. The Revival picked up Big E, and Orton hit the RKO again. The fans cheered. Orton then hit the RKO on Kingston again.
Roman Reigns walked into Daniel Bryan and Rowan’s locker room. Bryan demanded Reigns apologize to Rowan.
Bryan pointed out that Reigns apologized to Samoa Joe last week. Bryan revealed they conducted their own investigation and will reveal the real culprit next week.
After their angle at the end of last week’s SmackDown, Roman Reigns and Buddy Murphy are set to face off tomorrow night.
WWE has announced Reigns vs. Murphy for this week’s episode of SmackDown. The match was set up by Murphy issuing a challenge to Reigns via Twitter. Reigns then responded and accepted the challenge: “Not about holding anyone down, I’m all about seeing if people want to step up. Consider this me accepting your challenge. See you tomorrow night on #SDLive, Buddy.”
This will be Murphy’s first televised match on SmackDown since joining the brand in April’s roster shakeup.
On SmackDown last week, Murphy accused Rowan of being Reigns’ mystery attacker. Reigns pointed out that Murphy was in the hallway when he was first attacked. Murphy said he didn’t know who did it, but he wouldn’t tell Reigns even if he did. Reigns then beat down Murphy until he gave him an answer.
Murphy vs. Apollo Crews took place on the SummerSlam pre-show, but the match ended in a disqualification when Rowan attacked Murphy. Reigns didn’t have a match at SummerSlam.
Tomorrow’s SmackDown is the last of WWE’s four straight nights at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Drew Gulak will defend the Cruiserweight Championship against Oney Lorcan, Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross will defend their titles against Peyton Royce & Billie Kay, and Apollo Crews will face Buddy Murphy.
Bliss & Cross vs. The IIconics and Crews vs. Murphy are new additions to SummerSlam, while Gulak vs. Lorcan had already been set for tonight’s card.
Bliss & Cross became Women’s Tag Team Champions by defeating Royce & Kay, Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville, and Asuka & Kairi Sane in a fatal four-way elimination match on Raw last week. Royce & Kay were the champions heading into the match but were eliminated first.
WWE has already announced that Asuka & Sane will challenge for the Women’s Tag Team titles on tomorrow’s post-SummerSlam episode of Raw.
The Roman Reigns mystery attacker angle continued on SmackDown last week, with Murphy accusing Rowan of being the person who attacked Reigns. Reigns beat Murphy down until Murphy would give him an answer.
Tonight’s two-hour pre-show begins at 5 p.m. Eastern time. The PPV is taking place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
WWE has confirmed three matches for Sunday’s WrestleMania 35 pre-show.
On last night’s SmackDown, it was announced that both the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal will be part of the pre-show. It was also announced on 205 Live that Buddy Murphy’s Cruiserweight Championship defense against Tony Nese will be on the pre-show.
The kickoff show for WrestleMania 34 last year also featured the battle royals and a Cruiserweight title match.
Sunday’s two-hour pre-show will begin on the WWE Network at 5 p.m. Eastern time. The second hour will also air on the USA Network starting at 6 p.m. Eastern.
Here are the entrants that have been announced for the battle royals:
With Tony Nese winning 205 Live’s number one contender’s tournament, the Cruiserweight Championship match for WrestleMania 35 is now official.
Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy will defend his title against Nese at WrestleMania in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 7. Nese defeated Cedric Alexander in the finals of the number one contender’s tournament on tonight’s 205 Live, with Nese kicking out of the Lumbar Check and hitting the Running Nese to win.
Nese and Alexander shook hands after the match.
Murphy and Nese have been aligned on 205 Live, but Murphy attacked Nese in an angle to close this week’s episode. Murphy raised Nese’s arm — but then hit him with a knee strike. Murphy stood over Nese and held up the Cruiserweight title.
Here’s the updated card for WrestleMania:
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch in a triple threat match
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Seth Rollins
Triple H vs. Batista in a no holds barred match
AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton
United States Champion Samoa Joe defending against Rey Mysterio
Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin (Angle’s farewell match)
Shane McMahon vs. The Miz
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Braun Strowman is the first entrant confirmed for the match)
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Tony Nese
Tony Nese and Cedric Alexander will square off in the finals of the 205 Live #1 contender’s tournament next week.
Nese and Alexander both won semifinal matches tonight to advance to next week’s finals. Alexander and Oney Lorcan had a hard hitting affair to open this week’s show, but Lorcan took too long to finish Alexander. While Lorcan was on offense, Alexander suddenly blocked him and laid him out with the lumbar check for the win.
Nese meanwhile battled Drew Gulak, who had the advantage on him near the end of the match with the Gu-lock. Nese battled through, using the ropes for leverage and managed to hop over Gulak, covering him to advance.
The winner of the match next week will face Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight title at WrestleMania 35. Murphy has been absent from the show in the last few weeks, instead sending in videos. This week, he said it didn’t matter who would end up winning the tournament as there’s no stopping the unstoppable.
The Cruiserweight Championship will be on the line on Sunday’s Elimination Chamber pre-show.
WWE confirmed today that Buddy Murphy’s Cruiserweight title defense against Akira Tozawa will air on the Elimination Chamber pre-show. Murphy vs. Tozawa was announced earlier this month after Tozawa defeated Cedric Alexander, Humberto Carrillo, and Lio Rush in a number one contender’s fatal four-way elimination match on 205 Live.
Murphy also defended his title on the Royal Rumble and TLC pre-shows. He defeated Mustafa Ali on the Survivor Series main card prior to that.
Here’s the card for Elimination Chamber:
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston, Samoa Joe, and Randy Orton in an Elimination Chamber match
Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville vs. Nia Jax & Tamina vs. Peyton Royce & Billie Kay vs. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan vs. Naomi & Carmella in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Ruby Riott
Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush defending against Finn Balor in a handicap match (Balor can win the title by pinning either Lashley or Rush)
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Shane McMahon & The Miz defending against The Usos
Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a no DQ match
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Akira Tozawa (pre-show)
The Cruiserweight Championship will be on the line at this month’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
Akira Tozawa defeated Cedric Alexander, Humberto Carrillo, and Lio Rush in a number one contender’s fatal four-way elimination match in the main event of Tuesday’s episode of 205 Live. Tozawa will challenge for Buddy Murphy’s Cruiserweight Championship at Elimination Chamber.
Tozawa last eliminated Alexander to win the number one contender’s match. Murphy then cut a promo on the video screen where he said Tozawa was on his path to going on to WrestleMania and cementing his legacy as the greatest cruiserweight of all time.
Murphy retained the title against Hideo Itami, Kalisto, and Tozawa in a fatal four-way match on last month’s Royal Rumble pre-show.
Elimination Chamber is taking place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on February 17. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Mustafa Ali, and Samoa Joe in an Elimination Chamber match
Nia Jax & Tamina vs. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan vs. Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville vs. Peyton Royce & Billie Kay vs. Naomi & Carmella in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Shane McMahon & The Miz defending against The Usos
Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Akira Tozawa
WWE has confirmed two title matches for Sunday’s Royal Rumble pre-show.
On SmackDown’s go-home show for the PPV, it was announced that Rusev’s United States Championship defense against Shinsuke Nakamura will be airing on the Royal Rumble pre-show. Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy will also defend his title against Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and Hideo Itami in a fatal four-way match on the pre-show.
Both matches had already been announced for the Royal Rumble before being confirmed for the kickoff show.
The two-hour pre-show will begin at 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday. The panel for the first hour will be Jonathan Coachman, Beth Phoenix, Booker T, and Jerry Lawler, with Shawn Michaels and David Otunga replacing Booker T and Lawler in the second hour. There will also be another panel with JBL and Charly Caruso.
Sunday’s PPV is taking place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Here’s the updated card:
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Finn Balor
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles
Men’s Royal Rumble match
Women’s Royal Rumble match
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Sasha Banks
SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka defending against Becky Lynch
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus defending against The Miz & Shane McMahon
United States Champion Rusev defending against Shinsuke Nakamura (pre-show)
Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and Hideo Itami in a fatal four-way match (pre-show)
Humberto Carrillo is the latest WWE call-up, joining the 205 Live roster.
After TJP backstage tried to answer Buddy Murphy’s open challenge, 205 Live GM Drake Maverick told TJP that the open challenge had already been accepted. Carrillo came out after Murphy cut a promo about his match at the Royal Rumble.
The two had a back and forth competitve match. At one point, Murphy feigned a knee injury. Carrillo took his guard down as turned his back to Murphy, who was being attended to by referees. Murphy jumped him, but Carillo cut him off, at one point sending Murphy over the announce table. The cruiserweight champion was able to cut him off, however, and pinned him with Murphy’s law.
Carrillo is best known for his run in Mexico under a mask as Ultimo Ninja, wrestling for the Crash and other independent promotions in Mexico since his debut in 2012. He signed with WWE and made his NXT debut back in August without a mask. He’s been used on NXT television mostly as enhancement talent, sometimes teaming with Raul Mendoza.
His name was listed among other 205 Live names as part of WWE’s Worlds Collide tournament that will take place during the Royal Rumble Axxess event starting on January 26. It was later removed, with WWE listing “a superstar to be named” in his place.
WWE is hyping that there will be an open challenge from Buddy Murphy on next week’s 205 Live.
This Wednesday’s 205 Live episode closed with Murphy doing a backstage interview and saying that he’s issuing an open challenge next week to anyone who meets the 205-pound weight limit. Though he’s the Cruiserweight Champion, Murphy said it’s a non-title open challenge. He closed his promo by saying it’s a chance to prove him wrong and stop the unstoppable.
Murphy will be defending the Cruiserweight title in a fatal four-way match against Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and Hideo Itami at the Royal Rumble in Phoenix, Arizona on January 27. Itami defeated Cedric Alexander in the final qualifying match for the Royal Rumble fatal four-way on this week’s 205 Live. Kalisto defeated Lio Rush in his qualifier last week, and Tozawa defeated Drew Gulak.
The 205 Live episode from last week also included Drake Maverick announcing that there will be fresh faces coming to the show in 2019. He said he’s been talking to “general managers of other brands and scouring all corners of the globe” for up-and-coming cruiserweight wrestlers.
Next week’s 205 Live is being taped at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
A fatal four-way Cruiserweight Championship match will be taking place at the Royal Rumble.
Tonight’s best of 2018 episode of 205 Live ended with the announcement that Buddy Murphy will defend his title in a fatal four-way match at the Royal Rumble. WWE will be revealing Murphy’s challengers via three qualifying matches.
Kalisto vs. Lio Rush and Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak are the qualifying matches set for next week’s 205 Live. In two weeks, Cedric Alexander will face Hideo Itami in the final qualifier.
Murphy retained his title against Alexander on the TLC pre-show earlier this month. Murphy won the title from Alexander at Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia this October and then retained against Mustafa Ali at Survivor Series.
Royal Rumble 2019 is taking place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on January 27. In addition to Murphy’s title defense and both Royal Rumble matches, Brock Lesnar defending his Universal Championship against Braun Strowman has also been announced for the PPV.
Alexander was announced as Murphy’s next challenger on last week’s episode of 205 Live. On the November 28 episode of the show, Alexander teamed with Mustafa Ali and pinned Murphy during a match where Murphy teamed with Tony Nese.
Murphy vs. Noam Dar in a non-title match and Alexander vs. Nese are set for this week’s 205 Live.
Murphy won the Cruiserweight title from Alexander at Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia this October. Murphy then retained the title against Ali at Survivor Series last month.
Here’s the updated card for TLC:
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins defending against Dean Ambrose
If Braun Strowman is able to wrestle at the PPV: Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a tables, ladders, and chairs match (Strowman will challenge for Brock Lesnar’s Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble if he defeats Corbin. If Corbin wins, he’ll become the permanent general manager of Raw. Corbin will lose all of his GM power if Strowman wins)
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Nia Jax
SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a triple threat tables, ladders, and chairs match
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus defending against The Usos and The New Day in a triple threat match
Natalya vs. Ruby Riott in a tables match
Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre
Elias vs. Bobby Lashley
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Cedric Alexander
