There is a new member of the cruiserweight division and his name is Buddy Murphy.
After Murphy’s inclusion on the roster was announced, a vignette of him training and weighing in was shown. 205 Live General Manager, Drake Maverick, was on hand to officially announce Murphy had made weight and would be entered into the cruiserweight championship tournament.
The secret's OUT as @WWENXT Superstar @WWE_Murphy arrives on #205Live NEXT WEEK as part of the @WWE #Cruiserweight Championship tournament! pic.twitter.com/iRTG8hTQCw
— WWE (@WWE) February 14, 2018
“The Best Kept Secret” Buddy Murphy
The 29-year-old Australian has been with the company since 2013 but has wrestled sparingly for NXT in recent years.
He is a former NXT tag-team champion along with partner, Wesley Blake. The team was accompanied to the ring by Murphy’s real-life fiancee, Alexa Bliss, before her main roster call-up in 2016.
Although Murphy has been competing on NXT house shows lately, he hasn’t been on NXT television since 2016.
