Matt Murphy (wrestler)
| Matt Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 Iowa City, Iowa |
| Residence | Eldon, Missouri |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Matt Murphy |
| Billed height | 6 ft (182 cm) |
| Billed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Billed from | Kahoka, Missouri |
| Trained by | James Grizzle |
| Debut | 1999 |
"All That" Matt Murphy (born 1979) is an American professional wrestler. During his career, he wrestled for numerous promotions, including Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan, and held the World League Wrestling Tag Team Titles on three separate occasions. His career was cut short due to injuries sustained in a car accident, but after he left the wrestling business, Murphy authored the Amazon Kindle autobiography "The Somebody Obsession: A Nobody's Desperate Journey to Stardom". He returned to the ring in 2011 for Kansas City's Metro Pro Wrestling.
Murphy was the first graduate of the Harley Race Wrestling Academy in 1999. In addition to being trained by Race, Murphy served as lead instructor for the academy from 2000 to 2002.
During his first seven months in World League Wrestling, "The Missile" was on a winning streak that saw him defeat many of WLW's top stars. Murphy also teamed during this time in WLW with Trevor Rhodes, who went on to become a WWE superstar, known as Trevor Murdoch. On one occasion, while he was out with a knee injury, Murphy returned to the ring and attacked his tag team partner, thus becoming a heel. This began a feud between the newly christened "All That" Matt Murphy and Rhodes that lasted for several months.
Murphy then teamed with up and comer Superstar Steve Fender and Ace Steel and the trio was managed by Johnny Gold as a tag team called "The Gold Exchange". As a part of this team, Murphy was involved in multiple Tag Team Title reigns, the first a win over former WCW World Tag Team Champions The Harris Brothers in a match refereed by Mick Foley.
During his career, Murphy also competed against stars CM Punk, Bobby Eaton, Mark Jindrak, Chris Hero, Juventud Guerrera, Big Boss Man, Butch Reed, Mark Jindrak, Disco Inferno, Haku, The Barbarian, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenta, and Takeshi Morishima.
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