Buddy Matthews

ABOUT BUDDY MATTHEWS

Australian professional wrestler who began performing with the developmental territory WWE NXT in 2013. In 2015, he became an NXT Tag Team Champion. He then joined the AEW and changed his wrestling name from Buddy Murphy to Buddy Matthews.

He got his start with Professional Championship Wrestling in 2007. He later won the Melbourne City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.

He appeared as a downloading character in the video game WWE 2k16.

His real name is Matthew Murphy Adams. In 2015, he got engaged to fellow wrestler Alexa Bliss ; but the two eventually split in 2018. He started dating Rhea Ripley in 2022. They got engaged a year later and married in June 2024.

He won his NXT Tag Team Championship with tag team partner Wesley Blake .