Buddy Murphy

Buddy Murphy
Birth name Matthew Adams[1]
Born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Buddy Murphy
Matt Silva
Murphy[2]
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Billed weight 232 lb (105 kg)
Billed from Melbourne, Australia
Trained by WWE Performance Center
Debut 2007

Matthew Adams is an Australian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs in the developmental territory WWE NXT under the ring name Murphy,[3][4] a shortened version of the previous ring name Buddy Murphy.[5][6] He currently holds the NXT Tag Team Championship with Wesley Blake.

Professional wrestling career

Early years and training

Adams made his debut in 2007 with PCW (Professional Championship Wrestling) under the name of Matt Silva. He won his first title, the PCW State Championship.[7][8] He later won the Melbourne City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.[9][10]

WWE

NXT (2013–present)

On 17 March 2013, Adams signed a development contract with WWE. He reported to NXT and made his debut as Buddy Murphy at an NXT live event on 23 November 2013, teaming with Sawyer Fulton and Troy McClain against Angelo Dawkins, Colin Cassady, and Wesley Blake. Murphy made his televised debut on NXT on 15 May 2014, teaming with Elias Sampson in a losing effort against The Ascension.[11] In August 2014, Murphy formed a tag team with Wesley Blake. On the August 14 episode of NXT, they were defeated in the first round of a number one contender tag team tournament by Kalisto and Sin Cara,[12] later known as the Lucha Dragons. For the rest of 2014, Blake and Murphy lost multiple matches to the Lucha Dragons and the Vaudevillains (Simon Gotch and Aiden English). Blake and Murphy were once referred to as Team Thick in October, but that name was dropped in later episodes.[13][14][15][16] Also in October 2014, Blake and Murphy lost a number one contender tag team battle royal, being eliminated by the Ascension.[17]

On the 21 January 2015 episode of NXT, Murphy and Blake defeated the Vaudevillains and quickly challenged the Lucha Dragons to a title match. On the 28 January episode of NXT, Blake and Murphy defeated the champions to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, making Murphy the first Australian to hold a championship title within WWE.[18]

At a January 31 NXT house show, Blake and Murphy were billed without their first names.[2] This name change translated to television at NXT TakeOver: Rival, where Blake and Murphy defeated the Lucha Dragons in a rematch for the title.[19]

Following that, Blake and Murphy started a feud with Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady.[20]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/australias-buddy-murphy-makes-wwe-history-winning-nxt-tag-team-championship/story-fni2frsp-1227223146662
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WWE NXT house show results 1-31-2015: Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville, Hideo Itami vs. Tyler Breeze". f4wonline.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Buddy Murphy". WWE.
  4. ↑ "Wrestler Matt Silva becomes first Australian to join WWE". The Herald Sun.
  5. ↑ "Matt Silva - Melbourne City Wrestling".
  6. ↑ "Melbourne City Wrestling".
  7. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=71199
  8. ↑ http://www.pcwentertainment.com/archive/2010/114-aftermath
  9. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=110330
  10. ↑ http://mcwnews.net/2012/05/27/60/
  11. ↑ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2014-05-15/results-26304217
  12. ↑ James, Justin. "James's WWE NXT report 8/14 Week 111: Neville defends NXT Title vs. Breeze, tournament continues, #1 contender to Women's Title; Overall Reax". PWTorch.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ Asher, Matthew. "NXT: Badda-Bing! Realist chick in the ring Carmella makes her debut". Canoe.ca. Slam Wrestling. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ Justin, Justin. "James's WWE NXT report 10/23: Neville defends NXT Title against Titus O'Neil, Tyler Breeze, Ascension, more; Overall Reax". PWTorch.com. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ Howell, Nolan. "NXT: Neville gives Zayn another big loss". Canoe.ca. Slam Wrestling. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ Howell, Nolan. "NXT: Zayn and Neville face-to-face". Canoe.ca. Slam Wrestling. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ Namako, Jason. "WWE NXT Results - 10/30/14 (O'Neil VS. Zayn II)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "NXT News: Next live special announced, full spoiler results from Thursday's NXT TV tapings". PWTorch.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  19. ↑ Meltzer, Dave. "WWE NXT Takeover Rival results & recap: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens, Finn Balor vs. Adrian Neville". f4wonline.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  20. ↑ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2015-02-18/wwe-nxt-results-2015-02-18-27116777
  21. ↑ http://www.wwe.com/superstars/murphy/
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/b/buddy-murphy/
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 http://riotcitywrestling.com/roster-2/roster/matt-silva/
  24. ↑ http://riotcitywrestling.com/2010/09/every-cloud-has-a-silva-lining/
  25. ↑ http://www.australianwrestling.org/index.php/title-histories/107-mcw-heavyweight-championship-acw-heavyweight-championship-vic
  26. ↑ http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=3031
  27. ↑ Parry, Josh (2015-01-15). "NXT news: Next live special announced, full spoiler Results from Thursday's NXT TV tapings". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-01-16.

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