Matt Riddle was released from WWE this past week following a 5-year stint with the billion-dollar promotion.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Radio is reporting that there is interest in Riddle from the MMA business, with possibly more than one MMA company wanting to sign him.
Prior to signing with WWE, Riddle was an 8-3 MMA fighter and spent five years in the UFC.
Meltzer said, “I do also know that Riddle has got at least one major MMA promotion, if not more, that are interested in bringing him back to MMA. So it’s going to be an interesting one. It’s going to be interesting to see what he does.”
UFC is not likely to be one of those MMA companies, due to issues Riddle and UFC President Dana White seem to have with each other.
Moreover, now that WWE and the UFC have merged into TKO, it’s all the more unlikely for UFC to sign him following his WWE release.
In addition, White himself said just last December that Riddle was a “moron.” He stated,
“Matt Riddle did an interview before that [last] fight where he said ‘I smoke weed so that I don’t beat my children’ then he tests positive for it. He’s a f**king moron. That’s why he’s not here. […] He’s cut because he’s a moron.”
Truest words ever spoken by Dana White: “Matt Riddle did an interview before that [last] fight where he said 'I smoke weed so that I don't beat my children' then he tests positive for it. He's a fucking moron. That's why he's not here. […] He's cut because he's a moron.” https://t.co/zcuBOPT7pL pic.twitter.com/rfxc9HyCWr
— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) December 21, 2022
