Cast & creator
Matthew Adams
Best known for Raw, All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
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.
Also known as: Murphy, Buddy Murphy, Matt Silva, Buddy Matthews
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film credits
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television credits
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1993–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (57)
Showing 57 of 57 credits
Raw
1993
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Buddy Matthews
2019
WWE NXT
Buddy Murphy
2010WWE NXT
Murphy
2010WWE NXT
2010
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Murphy
1999WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Buddy Murphy
1999WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Buddy Matthews
2023
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Buddy Matthews
2021All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Buddy Murphy
2021
WWE 205 Live
Buddy Murphy
2016WWE 205 Live
2016
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
2019
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
Murphy (Preshow)
2020
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
Buddy Murphy
2018
AEW All In 2024: London
Buddy Matthews
2024
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
Murphy
2020
AEW All Out 2022
Buddy Matthews
2022
WWE WrestleMania 35
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
2019
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
Buddy Matthews
2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
Buddy Murphy (Appearance)
2020
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
Buddy Murphy
2019
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Murphy
2020
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Buddy Murphy
2018
AEW All In 2023: London
Buddy Matthews
2023WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Kickoff
Buddy Murphy
2019
AEW Dynasty 2024
Buddy Matthews
2024
WWE SummerSlam 2020
Murphy (Ringside)
2020
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Buddy Murphy
2019
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
Murphy
2020
HOG: For The Glory
Buddy Matthews
2021
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
Buddy Matthews
2023
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Buddy Matthews
2022
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
Buddy Murphy
2015
AEW Revolution 2022: The Buy-In
Buddy Matthews
2022
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Murphy
2016
WWE Payback 2020
Murphy
2020
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
Buddy Matthews
2021
NXT TakeOver: Rival
Buddy Murphy
2015
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
2019WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff
Buddy Murphy
2019
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Murphy
2015
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)
Buddy Matthews
2022
AEW: Grand Slam Australia
Buddy Matthews
2025
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)
Buddy Matthews
2022
WWE SummerSlam 2019
Buddy Murphy (Preshow)
2019
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)
Buddy Matthews
2022
AEW Revolution 2023
Buddy Matthews
2023
AEW Full Gear 2024: Zero Hour
Buddy Matthews
2024Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide
Buddy Matthews
2022
NXT TakeOver: London
Buddy Murphy
2015
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Buddy Matthews
2021
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
Murphy
2015Battleground Championship Wrestling
Buddy Matthews
2021
PWG: Nineteen
Buddy Matthews
2022