Matthew Adams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 26, 1988 (age 38)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Matthew Adams, better known by the ring name Buddy Matthews, is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former AEW World Trios Champion with Brody King and Malakai Black as the now-defunct House of Black. From 2013 to 2021, he wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), debuting in NXT as Buddy Murphy, winning the NXT Tag Team Championship with Wesley Blake, then moving to the main roster where he won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and the Raw Tag Team Championship with Seth Rollins. Adams made his professional wrestling debut in 2007 as Matt Silva at Professional Championship Wrestling (PCW), later competing across the Australian independent scene with Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) and Riot City Wrestling (RCW), and, after his WWE release, he worked for various independent promotions before debuting for AEW in 2022. In 2024, he married fellow Australian professional wrestler Rhea Ripley.
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Filmography
AEW: Grand Slam Australia
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW Dynasty 2024
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW All In 2024: London
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW Revolution 2023
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW All In 2023: London
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV · as Buddy Matthews · 14 eps
AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
AEW All Out 2022
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
PWG: Nineteen
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
HOG: For The Glory
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
Battleground Championship Wrestling
Movie · as Buddy Matthews
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV · as Buddy Matthews, Buddy Murphy · 5 eps
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Movie · as Murphy
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
Movie · as Murphy (Preshow)
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
Movie · as Murphy
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
Movie · as Buddy Murphy (Appearance)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
Movie · as Murphy
WWE Payback 2020
Movie · as Murphy
WWE SummerSlam 2020
Movie · as Murphy (Ringside)
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019
Movie · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE SummerSlam 2019
Movie · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE WrestleMania 35
Movie · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
Movie · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Kickoff
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV · as Buddy Matthews · 2 eps
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Movie · as Murphy
WWE 205 Live
TV · as Buddy Murphy · 6 eps
NXT TakeOver: Rival
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Movie · as Murphy
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
Movie · as Murphy
NXT TakeOver: London
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
Movie · as Buddy Murphy
WWE NXT
TV · as Buddy Murphy, Buddy Matthews · 10 eps
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV · as Murphy, Buddy Murphy · 1 ep
Raw
TV · 38 eps