Report: AEW has ‘working plan’ to bring in Buddy Matthews

Even when they lose talent, AEW is continuing to stockpile their packed roster with free agents with the latest to catch their eye being former WWE wrestler Buddy Matthews.

Fightful first reported Wednesday that since January, several AEW talents were told that there is a working plan to bring in Matthews. There were no other details provided.

The former Buddy Murphy in WWE was released last June in one of the company’s various rounds of cuts. Since then, the 33-year-old Australian has worked for a variety of U.S. indies in addition to New Japan Pro Wrestling against Okada, MLW against TJP and this year’s PWG BOLA tournament where he faced JONAH, “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Lio Rush.

If the signing comes to be, Matthews joins Keith Lee, Danhausen, Mercedes Martinez, Kyle O’Reilly, Nick Wayne and others to sign with AEW in recent months.

Fightful also noted that former MLW tag team Violence Is Forever (Kevin Ku and Dominick Garrini) are in Nashville, Tennessee, for AEW Wednesday.

The report stated the indie team were in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, but weren’t used in any segments or matches for Dark: Elevation but that they are “set to participate in some degree this week.”

Both men came to terms on their respective MLW releases in the last few months.