Matt Murphy (wrestler)

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Matt Murphy
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Ring name(s)	Matt Murphy
Billed height	6 ft (182 cm)
Billed weight	227 lb (103 kg)
Born	1979 Iowa
Resides	Eldon, Missouri
Billed from	Kahoka, Missouri
Trained by	Harley Race
Debut	1999
Retired	2002

"All That" Matt Murphy (born 1979) is a retired American professional wrestler. During his career, he wrestled for numerous promotions and held the World League Wrestling Tag Team Titles on three separate occasions. His career was short-lived due to an injury, but after he left the wrestling business, a book he wrote about his wrestling career was released entitled "The Story Of A Nobody And The Pursuit To Become A Somebody".

[edit] Career

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 is now 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.^[1]

Murphy then teamed with up and comer Superstar Steve and the two were 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.

During his career, Murphy also wrestled on tour for Pro Wrestling NOAH on three occasions and appeared on WWE programming a few times. He may have been best-known for his war of words with former NHL star Tony Twist that led to Twist making his professional wrestling debut against Murphy in a 2002 tag team match. ^[2]

He has been listed in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 on two occasions and was named one of the top thirty prospects in professional wrestling by Wrestle America magazine in 2002.

In December of 2002, Murphy was in a car accident that effectively ended his wrestling career. He is currently the producer and announcer for the World League Wrestling T.V. show.^[3]