Matt Riddle Reportedly Has Backstage Heat

There is reportedly backstage heat on Matt Riddle, which is a reason why he was eliminated so quickly from the Royal Rumble, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.

“Whatever it is, there’s a lot of heat on Matt Riddle right now. And if you were wondering what happened in the Royal Rumble and why, there’s your why. I don’t want to say it’s to teach him a lesson, but it probably is,” Meltzer said.

Riddle was eliminated from the match by King Corbin in just a few seconds after entering and just hitting a couple of kicks, only to be almost immediately tossed out by Corbin.

Meltzer speculated that Riddle “may have rubbed somebody the wrong way” backstage.

Riddle has been very outspoken on social media and has repeatedly taken shots at Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho, Dana White and others.

He had a backstage “altercation” with Goldberg during SummerSlam, then reportedly had a similar altercation with Brock Lesnar backstage before the Royal Rumble this Sunday.

In September, Riddle posted the tweet below saying, “When none of your co-workers like you and you can’t get a ride to work #lonebro”

When none of your co-workers like you and you can’t get a ride to work #lonebro #bro #stallion #brover #splx pic.twitter.com/dmXuFnBF8O

— matthew riddle (@SuperKingofBros) September 6, 2019

Tommaso Ciampa responded:

The boys shall police themselves. Aka go fuck yourself. https://t.co/utYqw9jG92

— BLACKHEART (@NXTCiampa) September 6, 2019

Riddle tweeted about his Royal Rumble experience:

This is a pic from this years 2020 Royal Rumble, as you can tell by my face everything went according to plan #sarcasm #bro pic.twitter.com/k8wuCZSIDF

— matthew riddle (@SuperKingofBros) January 28, 2020