It’s known that Matt Riddle had heat with multiple WWE Superstars during his time with the company, with one of them being The Tribal Chief himself, Roman Reigns.
On a recent episode of The Wrestling Matt, former WWE employee Matt Camp recalled an episode of The Bump when the two men had to be kept separate from one another, even though one of them was just there via satellite.
“[Roman] came on a year and a half later in August of 2021. Because he had a partnership with Shady Rays, a sunglasses company. He did the interview from a house that had an outdoor shower somewhere. He was in full Roman mode,” Matt Camp recalled. “It had been a year. The funny part, a little side part of that show, is that Riddle was the in-studio guest and we 100% did not put Riddle on the set until Roman was gone and off the video screen.
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“Just not going to mess with that. Then Riddle went and said something dumb about Roman right after that in another interview. Right after that. I think that’s where he told the story about writing a letter to Roman, apologizing, and Randy told him to do it.
“We made a point to keep Riddle…we would have those interactions where someone would be in studio and then they’d interact with the guest, whether they were in storyline or not, we’d have some fun stuff with that. We 100% kept Riddle off the set until the Roman interview was done, which was the right call.” [H/T: Fightful]
Despite their issues at the time, the two men eventually worked together in June 2022.
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What do you make of Matt Camp’s comments? Do you think Riddle having heat with so many talents during his time with WWE led to his eventual release? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
