Matthew Adams

Actor

Matthew Adams

Born September 26, 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia43 films

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.

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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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WWE Royal Rumble 2020 posterFirst watchWWE Royal Rumble 202020208.1as Buddy Murphy (Appearance)A supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.The Road to WrestleMania begins with Royal Rumble. Thirty men and 30 women compete in the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble Matches.View film

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Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 2025AEW: Grand Slam AustraliaBuddy Matthews
  2. 2024AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero HourBuddy Matthews
  3. 2024AEW All In 2024: LondonBuddy Matthews
  4. 2024AEW Dynasty 2024Buddy Matthews
  5. 2023AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero HourBuddy Matthews
  6. 2023AEW All In 2023: LondonBuddy Matthews
  7. 2023AEW Double or Nothing 2023Buddy Matthews
  8. 2023AEW Revolution 2023Buddy Matthews
  9. 2022AEW All Out 2022Buddy Matthews
  10. 2022World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)Buddy Matthews
  11. 2022World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)Buddy Matthews
  12. 2022World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)Buddy Matthews
  13. 2022PWG: NineteenBuddy Matthews
  14. 2022AEW Double or Nothing 2022Buddy Matthews
  15. 2022Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds CollideBuddy Matthews
  16. 2022AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-InBuddy Matthews
  17. 2021HOG: For The GloryBuddy Matthews
  18. 2021WrestleCade Supershow 2021Buddy Matthews
  19. 2021NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021Buddy Matthews
  20. 2021Battleground Championship WrestlingBuddy Matthews
  21. 2020WWE Survivor Series 2020Murphy
  22. 2020WWE Payback 2020Murphy
  23. 2020WWE SummerSlam 2020Murphy (Ringside)
  24. 2020WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020Murphy (Preshow)
  25. 2020WWE Elimination Chamber 2020Murphy
  26. 2020WWE Super ShowDown 2020Murphy
  27. 2020WWE Royal Rumble 2020Buddy Murphy (Appearance)
  28. 2019WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019Buddy Murphy
  29. 2019WWE Crown Jewel 2019Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
  30. 2019WWE SummerSlam 2019Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
  31. 2019WWE Super ShowDown 2019Buddy Murphy
  32. 2019WWE WrestleMania 35Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
  33. 2019WWE WrestleMania 35 KickoffBuddy Murphy
  34. 2019WWE Elimination Chamber 2019Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
  35. 2019WWE Royal Rumble 2019 KickoffBuddy Murphy
  36. 2018WWE Survivor Series 2018Buddy Murphy
  37. 2018WWE Super Show-Down 2018Buddy Murphy
  38. 2016NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1Murphy
  39. 2015NXT TakeOver: LondonBuddy Murphy
  40. 2015NXT TakeOver: BrooklynMurphy
  41. 2015NXT TakeOver: UnstoppableMurphy
  42. 2015WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015Buddy Murphy
  43. 2015NXT TakeOver: RivalBuddy Murphy