On the day his non-compete clause with WWE officially ended, MLW officially announced that Matt Riddle would be returning to Major League Wrestling.
Riddle is set to face off against Jacob Fatu at the Kings of Colleseum event scheduled for January 6, 2024.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, MLW CEO Court Bauer spoke about the signing.
Bauer said, “Matt, we go back a long time, 2017-2018 in MLW, and we wanted him to the face of MLW way back then, but he had other opportunities and he couldn’t even be on our TV show. He had another contract with another company that allowed him to do streaming, but not pay-per-view or TV. Our finals were on BeIN Sports and it was tricky getting that final match done. We’re excited to see where he in MLW in 2024 and beyond. We started talking to him in the late fall about having a future with MLW and seeing what we could do with him. We’re looking at a really strong 2024 with Matt being part of that and hopefully beyond. We’ll see what happens. He’s a great guy. He kind of sounds like James Franco when he talks and has that surfer mentality, but he’s from Allentown, Pennsylvania.”