18 Facts About Buddy Matthews

Buddy Matthews is signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Buddy Matthews and is a member of the stable Hounds of Hell.

Buddy Matthews is a former one-time AEW World Trios Champion.

Buddy Matthews was moved to SmackDown in April 2019 and then to Raw in October 2019, where he aligned himself with Seth Rollins, leading to the duo winning the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship.

Buddy Matthews then made his debut for All Elite Wrestling in February 2022.

Buddy Matthews attended Berwick Secondary College, where he graduated in 2006.

Buddy Matthews made his debut on 8 September 2007 as "Matt Silva", at Professional Championship Wrestling, where he teamed with Jacko Lantern to defeat Adam Brooks and Diaz.

Buddy Matthews won the PCW State Championship by defeating Danny Psycho on 3 December 2010.

Buddy Matthews was a mainstay in Melbourne City Wrestling, where he won the MCW World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Slex on 28 January 2012.

Buddy Matthews then went on to form a tag team with Tony Nese and they subsequently feuded with Lucha House Party.

Buddy Matthews participated in the 51-Man Battle Royal at Super ShowDown, but was unsuccessful.

On 16 October 2021, a video aired during NJPW Strong announcing that Murphy, now going by "Buddy Matthews", would make his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut at the Battle in the Valley event on 13 November.

In 2022, Buddy Matthews returned to Melbourne City Wrestling in the Ballroom Brawl event, winning the right to face Mitch Waterman for the MCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Buddy Matthews then defeated Mitch Waterman to win his second MCW World Heavyweight Championship, at The House Always Wins event.

Buddy Matthews made his debut for All Elite Wrestling on the 23 February 2022 episode of Dynamite aligning himself with Malakai Black and Brody King of the House of Black.

Adams as Buddy Matthews Murphy made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K16 and appears in WWE 2K17, WWE 2K20 and WWE 2K22.

Buddy Matthews appeared on an episode of the reality show Total Divas in January 2018.

Buddy Matthews later began a relationship with fellow Australian wrestler Demi Bennett, known professionally as Rhea Ripley.

Buddy Matthews is a supporter of his hometown Australian rules football club, the Carlton Football Club; his WWE ring name is a reference to former Carlton midfielder Marc Murphy.