Matt Riddle: ‘There is Always Talk With WWE’, Original EVOLVE Plans, More

Matt Riddle recently appeared on The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling, here are the highlights…

On the original plans for him in EVOLVE: “To be honest at the very beginning the vision was this: I was supposed to go to WWE still in a couple of months. So, I was going to wrestle two months and beat the guys I wrestle and then go against (Timothy) Thatcher and lose to Thatcher so he retains the belt looking strong and whatever. But then as things went on and I improved every time I wrestled and the WWE didn’t end up picking me up (we didn’t know this at the time) but I was still on the radar and still on the back-burner and it wasn’t a no yet. I just kept working with EVOLVE and Gabe liked it and like I said I’ve been with them for a year and the WWE kind of gave me a pass. They said they liked what I was doing but not right now and I was like cool. Gabe and Sal at EVOLVE and WWN have been nothing but gracious to me and giving me opportunities and all I can do is if you give me the ball I can run with it and I think I’ve been doing a pretty good job at that. ”

Is he still in contact with WWE?: “I see people from WWE all the time. People on their roster, people like (William) Regal. When you work for EVOLVE and you know the one show I was at there was Cesaro and Daniel Bryan and a bunch of guys were there and then on top of that you always see like I said Regal and other people at seminars and et cetera. They are always around and are always watching us. There is always talk. ”

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