Matthew Adams
Acting • Born 1988-09-26
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.
Filmography
58 credits
AEW Revolution 2023
Movie • 2023
Buddy Matthews
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
Movie • 2021
Buddy Matthews
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Movie • 2021
Buddy Matthews
HOG: For The Glory
Movie • 2021
Buddy Matthews
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
Movie • 2023
Buddy Matthews
AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
AEW All In 2023: London
Movie • 2023
Buddy Matthews
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
Movie • 2023
Buddy Matthews
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
AEW All Out 2022
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
NXT TakeOver: Rival
Movie • 2015
Buddy Murphy
Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Movie • 2015
Murphy
PWG: Nineteen
Movie • 2022
Buddy Matthews
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
Movie • 2015
Murphy
AEW Dynasty 2024
Movie • 2024
Buddy Matthews
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Movie • 2016
Murphy
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Movie • 2018
Buddy Murphy
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE SummerSlam 2019
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Movie • 2020
Murphy
AEW All In 2024: London
Movie • 2024
Buddy Matthews
WWE Extreme Rules 2020
Movie • 2020
Murphy (Preshow)
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
Movie • 2020
Murphy
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
Movie • 2018
Buddy Murphy
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE WrestleMania 35
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE Crown Jewel
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
Movie • 2020
Buddy Murphy (Appearance)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
Movie • 2020
Murphy
WWE Payback 2020
Movie • 2020
Murphy
WWE SummerSlam 2020
Movie • 2020
Murphy (Ringside)
NXT TakeOver: London
Movie • 2015
Buddy Murphy
AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour
Movie • 2024
Buddy Matthews
WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff
Movie • 2019
Buddy Murphy
AEW: Grand Slam Australia
Movie • 2025
Buddy Matthews
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
Movie • 2015
Buddy Murphy
Battleground Championship Wrestling
Movie • 2021
Buddy Matthews
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Buddy Murphy
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Murphy
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV • 2023
Buddy Matthews
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Buddy Matthews
WWE 205 Live
TV • 2016
Buddy Murphy
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
Buddy Matthews
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Murphy
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Buddy Murphy
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
BUDDY MURPHY
Raw
TV • 1993
WWE 205 Live
TV • 2016
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
Buddy Murphy