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Matthew Adams

Matthew Adams

Birthday: 1988-09-26 | Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
AEW: Grand Slam Australia

as    Buddy Matthews

2024
AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour

as    Buddy Matthews

2023
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour

as    Buddy Matthews

2022
AEW All Out 2022

as    Buddy Matthews

2022
AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In

as    Buddy Matthews

2021
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021

as    Buddy Matthews

2021
HOG: For The Glory

as    Buddy Matthews

2020
WWE Payback 2020

as    Murphy

2019
WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff

as    Buddy Murphy

2015
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015

as    Buddy Murphy

2015
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn

as    Murphy

2015
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable

as    Murphy