Acting
Matthew Adams
1988-09-26 · 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.
Known for
Raw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWE NXT
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
WWE 205 Live
WWE Payback 2020
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
WWE SummerSlam 2019
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
WWE Survivor Series 2018
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
Movie credits · 43
AEW: Grand Slam Australia
AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour
AEW All In 2024: London
AEW Dynasty 2024
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
AEW All In 2023: London
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
AEW Revolution 2023
AEW All Out 2022
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)
PWG: Nineteen
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide
AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In
HOG: For The Glory
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
Battleground Championship Wrestling
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE Payback 2020
WWE SummerSlam 2020
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
WWE SummerSlam 2019
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Kickoff
WWE Survivor Series 2018
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
NXT TakeOver: London
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
TV credits · 7
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