AEW: Buddy Matthews is ALL ELITE

“The Best Kept Secret” of professional wrestling was revealed on last night’s edition of AEW Dynamite as Buddy Matthews became ALL ELITE.

Buddy Matthews, formerly known as Buddy Murphy was one of the shock names to be released by WWE. Matthews was released on the 2nd June 2021 and has been a free agent ever since his non-compete clause ended on the 31st August 2021.

Matthews has made appearances at predominantly Indy shows. However, the pedigree of having WWE in his resume and being one of the brightest prospects made him high in demand and even booked him a spot to face NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada at Battle Of The Valley.

It was until last night that Matthews’ permanent status was revealed. In the Kings Of The Black Throne v Penta and Pac tag team match, Buddy emerged to make his AEW debut aligning himself with The House Of Black.

There were murmurs that this would transpire as in a small vignette, as Black was revealing different cards, he talked about a “mystery”. This then revealed a blurred figure in the back of the camera shot.“Mystery” could have been an enigmatic connotation for “secret” and what is better than the “best-kept secret” in professional wrestling.

Matthews would instigate an attack by wiping out Pac with a sickening running knee before driving Penta’s head into a steel chair.

Tony Khan responded by tweeting and welcoming Buddy to AEW:

The history of Matthews and Black is well-known in the professional wrestling industry with the two facing off with each other on multiple occasions but the two aligning brings a whole new resurgence to the strength of The House Of Black.

You can watch AEW internationally on FITE TV.