Matthew Fredrick Riddle was born on January 14,1986 and is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist.
60 Facts About Matt Riddle
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Matt Riddle is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand.
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In 2014, Matt Riddle began training at the Monster Factory for a career in professional wrestling and made his actual debut in February 2015.
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Matt Riddle is a former Evolve Champion, WWN Champion, PWG World Tag Team Champion, and two-time Progress Atlas Champion.
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Matt Riddle signed with WWE in 2018 and portrays a stereotypical carefree, barefoot surfer valley boy.
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Matt Riddle was later promoted to the main roster, where he won the United States Championship in February 2021.
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Matt Riddle later moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, where he attended Saratoga Springs High School and was a New York state wrestling champion in 2004.
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Matt Riddle later attended East Stroudsburg University, where he was a member of its team for two years and won many championships.
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Matt Riddle knocked out Simmler in the opening seconds of the second round and struck him three times in the jaw after losing consciousness, breaking Simmler's jaw into two places.
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At The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, which was held on June 21,2008, Matt Riddle made his UFC and professional debut defeating fellow Ultimate Fighter castmate, Dante Rivera, via unanimous decision.
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Dante, on more than one occasion, stated that he would retire if Matt Riddle defeated him - a commitment which he didn't follow through with after his loss.
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Matt Riddle was then scheduled to fight Ryan Thomas at UFC 91, but a knee injury forced Matt Riddle out of the fight and got pinned.
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Matt Riddle next faced The Ultimate Fighter 9 alumni Nick Osipczak on November 14,2009, at UFC 105.
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Matt Riddle was expected to face TJ Waldburger on December 11,2010, at UFC 124.
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However, Matt Riddle was injured, resulting in the Brown fight being removed from the card altogether.
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However, Matt Riddle was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by Charlie Brenneman.
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Matt Riddle faced undefeated welterweight prospect Lance Benoist who had made his Octagon debut on September 17,2011, at UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger.
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Matt Riddle lost the fight via unanimous decision in a bout that had earned Fight of the Night honors.
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Matt Riddle was expected to fight Luis Ramos on December 30,2011, at UFC 141.
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However, the fight was called off as Matt Riddle became ill and had to only pull out moments before the fight took place.
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Matt Riddle was expected to face Jorge Lopez on February 4,2012, at UFC 143, replacing an injured Amir Sadollah.
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Matt Riddle stepped in for Siyar Bahadurzada on short notice to fight Chris Clements at UFC 149.
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Matt Riddle won the match after catching Clements in a standing arm-triangle choke, forcing him to submit at 2:02 in the third round.
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On October 20,2012, it was announced that Matt Riddle had failed his post-fight drug test, testing positive for marijuana.
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Matt Riddle was fined and suspended for 90 days, retroactive to July 21,2012.
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Matt Riddle was originally expected to face Besam Yousef on November 17,2012, at UFC 154, replacing an injured Stephen Thompson.
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Matt Riddle faced Che Mills on February 16,2013, at UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs McDonald.
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On February 26,2013, Matt Riddle revealed that he had tested positive for marijuana.
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Shortly after being released from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Matt Riddle signed a multi-fight deal with Texas-based promotion, Legacy Fighting Championships.
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However, on May 18,2013, it was announced that Matt Riddle instead joined the Bellator MMA roster after his Legacy contract had been purchased by the promotion.
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Matt Riddle was expected to compete in the Bellator's welterweight tournament during their ninth season which begins in the Fall of 2013.
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However Matt Riddle cracked his rib and had to pull out of the tournament, and subsequently retired from MMA fighting due to financial reasons.
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Once again Matt Riddle pulled out of that fight and was released.
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Matt Riddle fought fellow former UFC fighter Michael Kuiper in the co-main event of Titan FC 27 on February 28,2014.
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Matt Riddle was expected to face MMA legend Jose Landi-Jons for the vacant Welterweight Championship at Titan FC 29 on August 22,2014.
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However, Matt Riddle was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by the man he was scheduled to face, Jose Landi-Jons.
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On October 29,2014, it was reported that Matt Riddle was training for a career in professional wrestling.
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Matt Riddle made his professional wrestling debut on February 7,2015, at the Monster Factory in Paulsboro, New Jersey.
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On September 15,2015, it was announced that Matt Riddle had signed with the World Wrestling Network to work the October Evolve events.
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Matt Riddle later confirmed that he had taken part in a WWE tryout, which led to them setting up the booking with Evolve.
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On January 24,2016, Matt Riddle won Evolve's Style Battle tournament.
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On September 3, Matt Riddle made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, entering the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, from which he was eliminated in his first round match by Kyle O'Reilly.
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In October 2016, Matt Riddle took on Cody Rhodes at New York promotion House of Glory's show titled Unbreakable in a losing effort.
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On January 15,2017, Matt Riddle defeated Rampage Brown to win the Progress Atlas Championship.
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On July 31,2018, it was reported by Uproxx that Matt Riddle had signed a contract with WWE.
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Later that night, Matt Riddle joined Triple H and the rest of the NXT roster as they declared war on both Raw and SmackDown, and vowed to win the Survivor Series brand warfare.
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On May 29,2020, Kurt Angle announced that Matt Riddle would move to the SmackDown brand.
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Matt Riddle would participate on Team Raw in the men's traditional elimination tag team match at the Survivor Series, where he would pin Corbin on route to a clean sweep for Raw.
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At the Royal Rumble, Matt Riddle entered at number 16 and helped eliminate Lashley before being eliminated by Seth Rollins.
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Matt Riddle received his title match the following night on Raw, where he defeated Lashley by disqualification but did not win the championship.
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Matt Riddle lost the title to Sheamus on Night 2 of WrestleMania 37, ending his reign at 49 days.
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Matt Riddle participated in the Royal Rumble match at the namesake event before being eliminated by eventual winner Brock Lesnar.
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Matt Riddle later competed in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match at the namesake event, where he was again eliminated by Brock Lesnar, who won the match.
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Matt Riddle then began feuding with Seth "Freakin" Rollins, leading to a match between the two being announced for SummerSlam.
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Later in the show, during another brawl, Matt Riddle challenged Rollins to a Fight Pit match at Extreme Rules.
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Matt Riddle is an experienced practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was promoted to black belt in the sport by Daniel Gracie, Rolles Gracie, and David Floridia on January 28,2022.
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WWE released a statement claiming they were looking into the incident; Matt Riddle immediately denied the allegations in a video posted to his Twitter page.
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Matt Riddle later filed for a restraining order against Cartwright, alleging that she harassed, stalked, and threatened his safety both in person and over the internet.
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In September 2020, Matt Riddle withdrew his petition for a restraining order.
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Matt Riddle made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K20 and subsequently in WWE 2K22 and WWE 2K23.