Matt Riddle was fired from WWE due to multiple drug test failures and his controversies outside the ring. Since then, Riddle has taken constant shots at WWE, CM Punk, and even went out of his way to make a controversial remark about AJ Lee.
WWE NXT commentator Booker T had the following to say about Riddle on his Hall of Fame podcast:
“I never had any beef with Matt Riddle or anything like that. But I did say I did not think this guy was going to make it in this business, I didn’t think he was going to make it to Heavyweight Championship level, just because of certain things.
I don’t know. I just didn’t think Matt Riddle respected the business enough to make it to the next level. Because when you come in talking about how good somebody is in the ring, opposed to how much money somebody made in the business, and for the business, referring to Goldberg… you are totally on the wrong track.
When you get heat with guys like Brock Lesnar, you’re totally on the wrong track, it’s not a good idea, and you just don’t understand the business more than anything.
You could be on a skyrocket trajectory, and boom, everything just blows up in your face, and you’re working on the indies. All right, never again to make it back to the major leagues.
And I do believe that Matt Riddle is going to be one of those guys that will never, ever make it to that high ever again, just because the guy just, I don’t know, it’s one thing burning bridges, but when you just blow up the damn bridge, that’s another story.
I just don’t think this guy did himself any favors over the weekend, speaking the way he is.”
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