In January 2020, Buddy Matthews, then named Buddy Murphy, aligned with Seth Rollins, leading to the pair winning the Raw Tag Team Championships. Eventually, Matthews turned face against Rollins and would beat him on SmackDown, with it looking like a new star was being established. Disappointingly, WWE never followed up on Matthews’s big win, and he would soon be taken off television. When he did return, it was just to put over Cesaro twice before making up the numbers in the André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Subsequently, he was released by WWE and is currently wrestling on the indies.
This past weekend Matthews would wrestle on Warrior Wrestling’s Sweet 16 show and wrestled Chandler Hopkins, an up-and-coming indie wrestler who has wrestled on occasion for AEW. Those who watched the match have said it was enjoyable, and Mathews looked good, but the big takeaway was that Matthews would use his former tag partner’s signature moves. You can watch this or yourself in the below video, which shows Matthews using a Buckle Bomb followed by a Curb Stomp.
It isn’t known if this was a one-time deal and Matthews was paying homage to Rollins or whether the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion intends to make this part of his own move set going forward. Right now, the Australian long-term future is unknown, while he is booked for New Japan’s upcoming Battle in the Valley event on November 13th, it hasn’t been confirmed whether he has signed a contract. However, there has been speculation that he is headed to Impact Wrestling full-time shortly, and with Bound For Glory taking place on October 23rd, it wouldn’t be that surprising to see him debut there.
