WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Report Card

Cruiserweight Championship: Buddy Murphy (c.) vs Akira Tozawa vs Hideo Itami vs Kalisto

This match was the main event of the kickoff show

Result: Buddy Murphy defeated Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and Hideo Itami to retain the Cruiserweight Championship via pinfall when Buddy Murphy pinned Hideo Itami with Murphy's Law.

Grade: A-

Analysis: This was a really fun fatal 4-way match. All four men looked like they had a legitimate chance of winning the match and worked really hard to keep the crowd invested.

Kalisto was the high-flyer of the match and hit his usually high-flying moves as well as a monkey flip on the apron to knock Akira Tozawa onto Buddy Murphy and a hurricanrana onto Buddy Murphy into the barricade while being hit with a suicide dive from Akira Tozawa.

Akira Tozawa was his usual explosive self while shockingly hitting a Reverse Rana. Hideo Itami was the dark horse of the match that had a legitimate chance of winning and kicked out of Kalisto's finishing move while teasing hitting the GTS.

Buddy Murphy was the glue that held this match together and his consistency is just incredible. While it is questionable for Buddy Murphy to pin Hideo Itami instead of Kalisto or Akira Tozawa, it is nice to see WWE giving him a chance as champion.

The Best Kept Secret will presumably remain champion heading into WrestleMania before facing off with someone like Noam Dar or Tony Nese.