Matthew Adams
Acting
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.
movieAEW: Grand Slam Australia
as Buddy Matthews · 2025 · 7.2
movieAEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour
as Buddy Matthews · 2024 · 3.8
movieAEW All In 2024: London
as Buddy Matthews · 2024 · 6.9
movieAEW Dynasty 2024
as Buddy Matthews · 2024 · 7.5
movieAEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
as Buddy Matthews · 2023 · 5.0
movieAEW All In 2023: London
as Buddy Matthews · 2023 · 7.8
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Collision
as Buddy Matthews · 2023 · 7.7
movieAEW Double or Nothing 2023
as Buddy Matthews · 2023 · 5.8
movieAEW Revolution 2023
as Buddy Matthews · 2023 · 8.4
movieAEW All Out 2022
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 7.6
movieWorld Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 0.0
movieWorld Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 0.0
movieWorld Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 0.0
moviePWG: Nineteen
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 7.0
movieAEW Double or Nothing 2022
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 6.9
movieBattleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 0.0
movieAEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In
as Buddy Matthews · 2022 · 5.0
movieHOG: For The Glory
as Buddy Matthews · 2021 · 0.0
movieWrestleCade Supershow 2021
as Buddy Matthews · 2021 · 10.0
movieNJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
as Buddy Matthews · 2021 · 0.0
movieBattleground Championship Wrestling
as Buddy Matthews · 2021 · 0.0
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Rampage
as Buddy Matthews · 2021 · 7.1
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Rampage
as Buddy Murphy · 2021 · 7.1
movieWWE Survivor Series 2020
as Murphy · 2020 · 7.4