Buddy Matthews
Australian professional wrestler
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| February 15 2025 | Matthews unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the AEW Continental Championship at Grand Slam Australia. |
| January 25 2025 | On Collision, the group was renamed to the 'Hounds of Hell'. |
| January 25 2025 | The group was renamed to the 'Hounds of Hell' on Collision. |
| January 22 2025 | On Dynamite, a vignette aired showing King, Matthews, and Hart silently kicking Malakai Black out of the group, declaring they are 'done living in the shadows'. |
| January 22 2025 | A vignette aired showing Brody King, Buddy Matthews, and Julia Hart removing Malakai Black from the group, rebranding their leadership philosophy. |
| August 25 2024 | At All In, the House of Black participated in the ladder match for the AEW World Trios Championships but failed to win. |
| August 25 2024 | Matthews and House of Black participated in a ladder match for the AEW World Trios Championships at All In, but failed to win. |
| June 2024 | Married fellow Australian wrestler Demi Bennett (Rhea Ripley) |
| June 15 2024 | On Collision, the House of Black won a #1 contenders' match for The Patriarchy's AEW World Trios Championships. Christian Cage revealed an attack on Matthews, turning the House of Black face. |
| June 15 2024 | House of Black won a #1 contenders' match for The Patriarchy's AEW World Trios Championships, followed by a storyline where Christian Cage attacked Matthews, turning the group face. |
| May 1 2024 | Matthews unsuccessfully challenges Adam Copeland for the AEW TNT Championship on Dynamite. |
| May 1 2024 | Matthews unsuccessfully challenged Adam Copeland for the AEW TNT Championship on Dynamite. |
| 2023 | Matthews feuds with Andrade El Idolo on Collision, culminating in a ladder match for Andrade's mask, which Matthews loses. |
| August 2023 | Surrendered the AEW World Trios Championship in August. |
| August 2023 | The House of Black loses the AEW World Trios Championships to The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn at All In. |
| August 2023 | House of Black lost the AEW World Trios Championships to The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn at All In. |
| August 25 2023 | The House of Black participates in the ladder match for the AEW World Trios Championships at All In but fails to win. |
| June 15 2023 | The House of Black wins a #1 contenders' match for The Patriarchy's AEW World Trios Championships. Christian Cage reveals an attack on Matthews, turning the House of Black face. |
| March 5 2023 | The House of Black (including Matthews) defeats The Elite to become AEW World Trios Champions at Revolution pay-per-view. |
| March 5 2023 | Matthews and the House of Black won the AEW World Trios Championship by defeating The Elite at Revolution. |
| 2022 | Defeated Mitch Waterman to win his second MCW World Heavyweight Championship at The House Always Wins event. |
| 2022 | Returned to Melbourne City Wrestling, winning the right to challenge for the MCW World Heavyweight Championship at the Ballroom Brawl event. |
| February 23 2022 | Matthews debuts for All Elite Wrestling on Dynamite, aligning with Malakai Black and Brody King of the House of Black. AEW president Tony Khan announces Matthews's signing with the company. |
| February 23 2022 | Buddy Matthews made his debut for All Elite Wrestling on Dynamite, aligning with Malakai Black and Brody King in the House of Black. |
| January 21 2022 | Wrestled for Major League Wrestling (MLW) at the Blood & Thunder event, losing to TJP. |
| November 13 2021 | Matthews made his NJPW debut at the Battle in the Valley event, losing to Kazuchika Okada. |
| October 16 2021 | A video aired during NJPW Strong announcing Buddy Matthews' upcoming New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut under his new ring name. |
| June 2021 | Left WWE and began wrestling for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Major League Wrestling under the name 'Buddy Matthews'. |
| June 2 2021 | Released from WWE contract. |
| April 9 2021 | Last WWE appearance during the WrestleMania Edition of SmackDown, participating in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. |
| November 13 2020 | Turned face by turning on Seth Rollins and defeating him the following week on SmackDown. |
| February 7 2020 | Ring name shortened from Buddy Murphy to Murphy at his own request. |
| 2019 | Won the NXT Tag Team Championship, becoming a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion. |
| 2019 | Ranked No. 33 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500, highlighting his rising status in the professional wrestling world. |
| October 2019 | Moved to WWE Raw and aligned with Seth Rollins, subsequently winning the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship. |
| April 2019 | Transferred to WWE's SmackDown brand. |
| April 16 2019 | Drafted to the SmackDown brand during the Superstar Shake-up. |
| February 17 2019 | Successfully defended the Cruiserweight Championship against Akira Tozawa at Elimination Chamber. |
| 2018 | Awarded Breakthrough Wrestler of the Year by CBS Sports, recognizing his emerging talent and significant impact in professional wrestling. |
| 2018 | Moved to WWE's main roster on 205 Live and won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. |
| October 6 2018 | Won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at Super Show-Down in his hometown of Melbourne, becoming the first Australian man to win this title. |
| September 2018 | Ended engagement with American professional wrestler Alexis Cabrera (Alexa Bliss) |
| January 2018 | Appeared on an episode of the reality show Total Divas. |
| 2017 | Blake and Murphy's tag team partnership in WWE came to an end. |
| 2016 | Buddy Murphy made his video game debut as a downloadable character in WWE 2K16. |
| January 28 2015 | Won the NXT Tag Team Championship with Wesley Blake, becoming the first Australian to hold a championship in WWE. |
| January 15 2015 | Blake and Murphy won the NXT Tag Team Championship by defeating The Vaudevillains at NXT TakeOver: Rival. |
| May 2014 | Blake formed a tag team with Murphy, becoming known as Blake and Murphy in NXT. |
| 2013 | Relocated to the United States to work for WWE, beginning his developmental career in NXT. |
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