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