Matt Riddle Now Open To Signing With AEW

After initially saying he had no interest in joining All Elite Wrestling, Matt Riddle has changed his mind, telling Jamal Niaz of Monopoly Events that he would like to see himself in AEW or TNA.                                  

"Yeah, I'd like to see myself in AEW or TNA. I talked to TNA, and everything looks good there. It's just that my schedule's very packed. I got four kids. If somebody offers me a date that's gonna pay my rate, I'm gonna show up and first come, first serve. But right now, I'm kind of focusing more on MLW and New Japan. Those are the guys that showed up first at my door, wanted to help me and believe in me. So I'm kind of giving them the ball first," Riddle said.

"But TNA, AEW, there's always a possibility. But like we said earlier, with wrestling on TV, especially with live TV, it's a, I don't know if you can swear on this, but it's a poop storm. It's a poop storm. When you do live TV at any capacity, especially in pro wrestling, it's a mess, it really is, unless you are very well-organised and perfect at it. Even WWE, even AEW, nobody is, and things happen, things change. I think I just wanted a break from that, and not only a break from that, but from the travel schedule. You know, WWE schedule, won't say a bad thing about them, they're great, they paid me, they treated me great. But the work schedule's very tough. It's hard, and then just the wear and tear of that and everything else and not just having the ability to go on vacation or do this or do that anytime ever. I just wanted to get away from that, I wanted to get away from the schedule, and then when I do work, I don't want to be confined to time limits."

Riddle was previously a part of WWE until he was released in September 2023 one week after he accused a police officer of sexual assault. Riddle has since revealed that he failed multiple drug tests in WWE for using cocaine. 

The 38-year-old is already a champion in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, having defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in eight minutes for the NJPW World Television Title at the New Beginning in Sapporo. 

H/T Fightful