Based on Matt Riddle, he was presupposed to have a profession yr in 2022.
WWE launched Matt Riddle in September 2023. Throughout his time with the corporate, he held the USA Championship and the RAW Tag Crew Championship. “The King of Bros” has since returned to the wrestling world. He competed at MLW Kings of Colosseum, and he’s set to compete at a number of NJPW reveals within the coming weeks.
Throughout a digital signing with Signed By Superstars, Matt Riddle mirrored on his WWE run. In a single spotlight, he claimed he was presupposed to win the Cash within the Financial institution Ladder match in 2022. (H/t Andrew Thompson of POST Wrestling for the transcription)
“Wanna hear one thing else cool? I used to be presupposed to win Cash within the Financial institution however Vince (McMahon) actually likes Austin Principle and actually hours earlier than, they modified it and Austin was added in and threw me off the ladder,” Matt Riddle mentioned. “After I took two enormous ladder bumps off the RKO and all the things else and it’s like… However, I really like Austin Principle and I’m pleased for him. Hold killing it bro.”
Matt Riddle: I Was Instructed I Was Going To Win The Royal Rumble
In the course of the signing, Matt Riddle additionally mentioned he believes he was instructed he was going to win the 2022 Males’s Royal Rumble match. He acknowledged that Brock Lesnar “didn’t need to do enterprise”, and nobody stood as much as him.
“So I consider — , it’s sports-entertainment — that I used to be instructed at one level, yeah, I used to be gonna win the (Royal) Rumble and all the things else after which what was it?” Riddle mentioned. “Bobby Lashley beat Brock Lesnar as a result of someone got here in and hit him with the belt or what have you ever.
“Then Brock got here in, didn’t wanna do enterprise with everyone, mentioned he was successful, after which he received, after which not one of the producers… no person stood as much as him and so they let him do it. I didn’t both, I didn’t both. I’m like, f*ck man, I’m simply right here.”
Take a look at Matt Riddle’s feedback about his WWE launch right here.
