Matthew Adams
Acting
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
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movieAEW: Grand Slam Australia
2025
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour
2024
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW All In 2024: London
2024
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Dynasty 2024
2024
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
2023
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW All In 2023: London
2023
Buddy Matthews
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Double or Nothing 2023
2023
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Revolution 2023
2023
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW All Out 2022
2022
Buddy Matthews
moviePWG: Nineteen
2022
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Double or Nothing 2022
2022
Buddy Matthews
Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide
2022
Buddy Matthews
movieAEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In
2022
Buddy Matthews
movieHOG: For The Glory
2021
Buddy Matthews
movieWrestleCade Supershow 2021
2021
Buddy Matthews
movieNJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
2021
Buddy Matthews
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
Buddy Matthews / Buddy Murphy
movieWWE SummerSlam 2020
2020
Murphy (Ringside)
movieWWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
2020
Murphy (Preshow)
movieWWE Royal Rumble 2020
2020
Buddy Murphy (Appearance)
movieWWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
2019
Buddy Murphy
movieWWE Crown Jewel
2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
Buddy Matthews
movieWWE SummerSlam 2019
2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
movieWWE Super ShowDown 2019
2019
Buddy Murphy
movieWWE WrestleMania 35
2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
movieWWE Elimination Chamber 2019
2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
movieWWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
movieWWE Survivor Series 2018
2018
Buddy Murphy
movieWWE Super Show-Down 2018
2018
Buddy Murphy
tvWWE 205 Live
2016
Buddy Murphy
movieNXT TakeOver: London
2015
Buddy Murphy
movieWWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
2015
Buddy Murphy
movieNXT TakeOver: Rival
2015
Buddy Murphy
tvWWE NXT
2010
Buddy Murphy / Murphy / BUDDY MURPHY
tvWWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
Murphy / Buddy Murphy
