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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