Murphy Revealed That WWE Had Originally Pitched Him A Different In-Ring Name
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WWE SmackDown Superstar Murphy recently appeared as guest on Corey Graves After The Bell podcast and revealed that WWE had pitched him a different in-ring name.
Murphy said that he initially wanted to use “Matt” in his name but it was ruled out as there were many wrestlers with that name. Then he sent and email with several other names to Byron Saxton.
All that names were scattered and Saxton picked ones that matched and pitched it to WWE. Out of all options, Jag Cooper looks like cool and Murphy appealed to it. But later he ended up with Buddy Murphy.
“So obviously, we pitch names, and I wanted to use ‘Matt’ so bad, but as you know, there was a lot of Matt’s. Using the name Matt was the forbidden fruit. So I pitched a whole heap of these names, and it’s funny because I put a lot of effort into these names. And when I had sent the email Byron [Saxton]… when he got the email, I had all the names scattered. So he just picked ones that matched, and he pitched it. And then when they pulled me into the office, they said, ‘These are your names,’ and I look at the names. And I’m like, ‘Okay, well, there’s one clear winner here.’
Murphy is former disciple of Seth Rollins and recently turned on him. He involved in storyline with Aalyah Mysterio and also joined with Rey Mysterio’s family.
