Ex-WWE star Matt Riddle praised Vince McMahon and pointed out one thing he liked about working for the former WWE Chairman.
Riddle discussed Vince McMahon’s work habits during a recent interview with TMZ Sports. Over the years, McMahon has been criticized for writing for an “audience of one.” However, Riddle said that McMahon running the company his way was actually one of the best things about him.
“I will say, the one thing I loved about Vince is, Vince was like, ‘This is my company. I run it. It’s my company.’ It didn’t matter if the fans were like, ‘Oh, we don’t like this.’ The storyline was going to go as long as Vince wanted it to,” Riddle said (H/T Wrestling Inc.) “And with that, it kind of works better if you don’t give people everything they want. It’s like a plant — or anything else.
“If you give it everything you think it wants, just like a kid, they get slow. They don’t appreciate what they have, etc. But just like a plant, if you let it starve a little bit, then you feed it, it gets stronger, it gets healthier, it eats more, you know? And I feel like fans are like that, too. If you give them everything they want, like that dream match tomorrow, what are they going to tune in for next week, you know?”
In comparison, Riddle feels that Triple H and AEW’s Tony Khan bend a little more to what their respective fans want.
The interview with Riddle ended controversially when he attacked the host, Branson Quirke. Riddle was upset after Quirke made some comments about MMA. He grabbed the host by the collar and threw him down on a table before smacking him.
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