Former WWE United States Champion Matt Riddle was launched by the corporate final week, a lot to everyone’s shock.
Riddle just lately handled some issues exterior the ring, which meant that holding him with the corporate proved untenable after the TKO merger.
Corridor of Famer Bully Ray was talking on the Busted Open Radio podcast when he gave his two cents on which group would possibly need to signal Matt Riddle.
He additionally talked about there isn’t any upside for Tony Khan to signal Riddle to AEW.
“Riddle has some star energy. Does he make an organization higher? As an example you had been to take Matt Riddle and put him in AEW. Does he make AEW higher? Will corporations like a GCW take an opportunity on him? Yeah, perhaps. Any firm that really cares about their notion… is not gonna need to take an opportunity,” Bully mentioned. [H/T WrestlingInc]
Riddle has maintained his silence since he posted about his launch on Twitter. It will likely be fascinating to see what he has to say.
Matt Riddle is reportedly extra widespread amongst WWE administration than CM Punk
Regardless of his launch, Riddle continues to be a preferred title amongst WWE circles, in line with wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer.
He famous on a current episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that Riddle, regardless of his launch, was extra widespread than CM Punk.
“There’s lots of people with dangerous emotions in administration about CM Punk in WWE, however there’s no person in administration with a nasty feeling about Matt Riddle,” Meltzer mentioned.
If what Meltzer mentioned is true, will probably be troublesome for CM Punk to return to the corporate. It additionally provides to the confusion as to why Matt Riddle was launched within the first place regardless of his reputation.
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