Matthew Adams
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.
Known For
Raw
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE NXT
WWE NXT
WWE NXT
WWE NXT
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
All Movies (43)
- AEW: Grand Slam Australia2025 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour2024 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW All In 2024: London2024 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Dynasty 20242024 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour2023 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW All In 2023: London2023 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Double or Nothing 20232023 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Revolution 20232023 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW All Out 20222022 · as Buddy Matthews
- World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)2022 · as Buddy Matthews
- World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)2022 · as Buddy Matthews
- World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)2022 · as Buddy Matthews
- PWG: Nineteen2022 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Double or Nothing 20222022 · as Buddy Matthews
- Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide2022 · as Buddy Matthews
- AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In2022 · as Buddy Matthews
- HOG: For The Glory2021 · as Buddy Matthews
- WrestleCade Supershow 20212021 · as Buddy Matthews
- NJPW Battle In The Valley 20212021 · as Buddy Matthews
- Battleground Championship Wrestling2021 · as Buddy Matthews
- WWE Survivor Series 20202020 · as Murphy
- WWE Payback 20202020 · as Murphy
- WWE SummerSlam 20202020 · as Murphy (Ringside)
- WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 20202020 · as Murphy (Preshow)
- WWE Elimination Chamber 20202020 · as Murphy
- WWE Super ShowDown 20202020 · as Murphy
- WWE Royal Rumble 20202020 · as Buddy Murphy (Appearance)
- WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 20192019 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE Crown Jewel2019 · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
- WWE SummerSlam 20192019 · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
- WWE Super ShowDown 20192019 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE WrestleMania 352019 · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
- WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff2019 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE Elimination Chamber 20192019 · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
- WWE Royal Rumble 20192019 · as Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
- WWE Survivor Series 20182018 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE Super Show-Down 20182018 · as Buddy Murphy
- NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 12016 · as Murphy
- NXT TakeOver: London2015 · as Buddy Murphy
- NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn2015 · as Murphy
- NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable2015 · as Murphy
- WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 20152015 · as Buddy Murphy
- NXT TakeOver: Rival2015 · as Buddy Murphy
All TV Shows (16)
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision2023 · as Buddy Matthews
- All Elite Wrestling: Rampage2021 · as Buddy Matthews
- All Elite Wrestling: Rampage2021 · as Buddy Murphy
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite2019
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite2019 · as Buddy Matthews
- WWE 205 Live2016 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE 205 Live2016
- WWE NXT2010 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE NXT2010 · as Murphy
- WWE NXT2010 · as BUDDY MURPHY
- WWE NXT2010
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown1999 · as Murphy
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown1999 · as Buddy Murphy
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown1999
- Raw1993
- WWE Pay Per View1985