Riddle got promoted to the main roster and made his debut in June 2020, defeating AJ styles in his first match on Smackdown Live.
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Matthew Fredrick Riddle (born January 14, 1986, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist better known by his in-ring name Riddle. He currently is signed to WWE. Riddle attended Saratoga Springs High school and was a state wrestling champion in 2004. During his high school career, he pinned future UFC champion, Jon Jones. He later attended East Stroudsburg University, where he was a member of its team for two years and won many championships. After his head coach was fired, Riddle lost his wrestling scholarship and began his transition to MMA.
During his amateur MMA career, he worked as a roofer and trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the evenings. While being a professional MMA fighter from 2008 to 2014, Riddle made a name for himself by appearing on Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter 7 and went on to hold a four-fight winning streak in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) before being fired for testing positive for smoking marijuana in February 2013. He also fought for Titan FC and has a compiled career record of 8-3. Riddle began training for a career in professional wrestling in 2014 at Monster Factory and wrestled at several independent promotions between 2015 and 2018.
| Name | Matthew Fredrick Riddle |
| DOB | 14 January 1986, 36 years |
| Height | 188 cm |
| Weight | 98 kg |
| Occupation | Professional wrestler, Mixed Martial Artist |
| Professional Debut | 2015 |
| Ex-wife | Lisa Rennie |
| Professional Name | Riddle |
Riddle signed a contract with WWE in 2018 and was assigned to NXT where he wrestled under the ring name Matt Riddle. He became NXT tag team champion along with Pete Dunne (Now called Butch) after winning the 2020 Dusty Rhodes tag team classic tournament. He was also part of Team NXT in Survivor Series 2019 and as part of the team had invaded both RAW and Smackdown. His last match in NXT was against Timothy Thatcher, who had walked out on him during a match with Imperium for NXT tag team titles. He had fought Thatcher in a Fight pit match in May in NXT, with WWE Hall of Famer being the special guest referee. Riddle lost this match and was his last match in NXT.
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With the same ring name, he got promoted to the main roster and made his debut in June 2020, defeating AJ Styles in his first match on Smackdown Live. He received another opportunity against AJ styles, this time for the Intercontinental Championship, but lost. His first title win came in February 2021, when he defeated Bobby Lashley and John Morrison in a triple threat match at The Elimination Chamber Pay-per-View and became The United States Champion. He lost the title to Sheamus on night 2 of Wrestlemania 37.
Currently, Riddle holds the Raw tag team Championship along with Randy Orton. Their team is called RK-BRO. The team had its roots in April when Riddle interrupted a backstage interview of Orton and suggested a tag team formation. Orton rejected the idea. Both developed a frivolous rivalry over the issue with Riddle constantly persuading Orton to form a team. Both had defeated the likes of Elias and Jackson Ryker and hurt Business. But Orton still rejected the idea on several occasions. But as the feud between Randy Orton and AJ styles with Omos continued to grow, Riddle was able to secure the trust of Orton when he saved him from an attack from the duo, who were the tag team champions.
This led to the official formation of RK-BRO and the team went on to win the Raw tag team championships from AJ styles and Omos at Summerslam 2021. The team has been loved by the audience because of happy to go character of Riddle co-existing with a serious and self-cantered Orton. The team eventually lost the titles to the Alpha Academy but was later able to regain them by winning against Alpha academy and the team of Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens, starting their second reign.
WWE United States Championship (1 time)
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Randy Orton
NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Timothy Thatcher & Pete Dunne
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2020) with Pete Dunne
Riddle is married to Lisa Rennie since 2011. She is 35 years old and is an Olympic weight lifter and LSU two-time American gymnast. As of now, both are separated and she has accused him of walking out of their family in an Instagram post.
No, Riddle is not related to Randy Orton but they have developed a very strong bond over the past few months. Their friendship evolved over a couple of years as Orton didn’t like him at first. During a discussion with Ariel Helwani, Orton said, “He’s a real-life loveable dude. It’s so funny because I hated his guts at first. He came across as highly disrespectful. He never came up and said Hi. There’s a lot of reasons. He’s always in a good mood. That’s good for me. If I’m around negativity, you’re going to suck me down with you. I kind of match energy. Riddle has the energy. He gives it 110%.”
