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#1 Buddy Matthews criticizes lack of long-term story-telling in WWE

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Buddy Matthews, formerly known as Buddy Murphy in WWE, did not hold back while discussing his former promotion's lack of long-term story-telling. He drew comparisons to action movies and discussed why the 'dips' in the narrative are just as important as the action. Speaking about his experience in the company, Matthews said:

"If I gave you a rundown of my stories and gave you the dot-points, you'd be like 'that happened? That's awesome, it sounds good.' But when there's weeks and weeks and a lot of disconnects, the story doesn't get put together how we actually viewed it. I just feel like they don't let stuff sit there and move progressively."

"It either sits in the same spot and it's on repeat, and we get over it and we get bored with the situation or there is no sitting there it's like 'we're going to do this...' and when you think it's about to get to the big explosion, it [doesn't]. It's like, in a movie reference, if we start off with a big bang at the start and the bad guy dies halfway through the movie," Matthews concluded.

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Buddy Matthews was released by Vince McMahon's promotion earlier this year. He admitted that while everyone wants a long-lasting career, he is happy that he can finally do whatever he wants. He also relished the fact that he could visit his family in Australia as he no longer has to work a jam-packed schedule.

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Edited by Kaushik Das