Buddy Murphy Details His Frustrations With Mysterio Storyline

Buddy Murphy has opened up about his frustrations with the Seth Rollins vs The Mysterios WWE storyline he was involved with last year.

For a large portion of 2020, Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy feuded with Rey and Dominik Mysterio. In an interview with Fightful, Murphy discussed the storyline, and how it was unceremoniously dropped. Detailing his problems with the rivalry,  Murphy explained:

“The idea, once it got prolonged to keep it interesting, the endgame was that I would be back with Seth. That was the endgame. I don’t think they had any idea about the Aalyah thing. It was just to throw a little friction in there, but the endgame was me coming back to Seth.

“Out of nowhere, it became, ‘Buddy won’t go back to Seth.’ Why wouldn’t I go back with Seth? After everything that’s happened, I go back with Seth. He beat me, this was when we had our first match and he beat me. The idea was that I was meant to be the second-coming of Seth and that I’m learning from this guy that has held championships in all divisions.

“The idea was that, when I think that I’m really good, and he beats me; I’m obviously not as good as I think I am. So, I got back with him because I don’t think I’ve learned enough. I had the match with Seth and we just kept doing it and it was, ‘Buddy won’t go back with Seth.’ Seth wanted me with him, I wanted to be with Seth. Then it became the Rey match and I ended up helping and get accepted by the family. Then, I beat Seth and that was the end of him. He went away to do his family thing.

“The following week, I went to something with Corbin. We got pulled into Vince’s office and he laid this pitch down; The Mysterios have been f**ked with for months. Now, going forward, the Mysterios are going to f**k with you before you f**k with them. We’re like, ‘Okay.’ In my end, I’m going, ‘Eddie (Guerrero)? Cheat?’ We played ball with it, but when you’re structuring a match like that with Corbin, who is probably the most hated heel, we’re out-heeling….this is day one as a babyface and I need the Mysterio family to help me win a match against Corbin after I just beat a former multi-time (champion) and I beat him clean. I need (the whole family) to beat Corbin and we cheated.

“The only way to structure the match for them to pop up is for me to get stopped. It turns out, when I became a babyface, I lost all my ability to wrestle and I needed the Mysterios to help beat Corbin and I cheated to win as a babyface on my first night. I don’t think they were happy with the story. I didn’t like it at all, I just thought it was strange.

“I think the Mysterio’s thought it was strange too. The next week, it just got dropped. It was me and Corbin again and I didn’t understand why I was wrestling Corbin again when I beat him, but it was Dominik that knocked his foot off the rope. Dominik was the issue and you want to fight me again? I didn’t understand that.

“Rey and Dominik are doing stuff and I’m like, ‘what’s going on?’ Aalyah is not there. ‘Do they need me?’ I’m messaging Dominik like, ‘Is Aalyah coming to TV?’ There was no communication. She was asking her dad, I’m asking Dom and Rey. We had no idea. The dirt sheets said they had dropped the angle. How do the dirt sheets know before I do? I’m trying to track down Bruce (Prichard).

“I track him down and I’m like, ‘what’s going on?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, we dropped it. We need to come up with a way to get you out of the Mysterio family and put you in something by yourself.’ ‘Okay, I’d love to go back with Seth.’ (We teased going back with Seth) weeks after. I hit up Seth and said, ‘Hey, they dropped the angle, I pitched to Bruce that I’d love to come back with you.’ It truly is a learning curve for me to work with someone like Seth.

“I pick his brain nonstop. He said, ‘Okay, cool, I appreciate it.’ He was up for it and nothing came from it. Randomly, they call me and are like, ‘It’s you and Cesaro and Seth is gonna do something.’ ‘Is this bringing me and Seth back together?’ ‘I’m no sure, but it looks like it.’ Really, they fed me bulls**t to keep me happy. They had no intention of bringing me back with Seth it seemed.”

Murphy was released by WWE in June. During the interview with Fightful, Murphy also explained the true story about his involvement in a top Roman Reigns storyline

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