Predicting the winners of the first round matches of WWE King of the Ring

Ali vs Buddy Murphy

Ali

WWE stars Ali and Buddy Murphy are two talents who could go deep in this year's King of the Ring tournament, and it will be a shame to see one of the two men eliminated in the first round.

As for Buddy Murphy, he accidentally made a name for himself when he mistakenly appeared in the first Roman Reigns attacker video, which involved scaffolding falling on The Big Dog.

It was later revealed that Buddy Murphy was not supposed to be in the camera shot when the angle took place, but because fans picked up on Murphy's presence, WWE ran with the mistake and Murphy ended up having a great match with Reigns on SmackDown Live this week.

On the other side of Murphy's first round KOTR match, Ali is poised for big things in WWE after returning from injury and debuting several high quality videos hyping his TV return.

As a result, Ali is not only my pick to advance in the first round of the KOTR tournament, but he is also my pick to win the whole thing.

Ali's odds of winning the tournament currently rest at 9/1, and while he is not the favorite to win the tournament he is definitely liked by oddsmakers.

Match winner prediction: Ali

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