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Matt Riddle will return to skilled wrestling Saturday when he faces off in opposition to Jacob Fatu at Main League Wrestling’s (MLW) Kings of Colosseum in Philadelphia.
Riddle competed in MLW till April 2018 and months later began in WWE’s NXT division.
In WWE, he was the USA champion, RAW tag workforce champion, NXT tag workforce champion and a winner within the Dusty Rhodes Tag Workforce Basic.
Riddle and WWE parted methods in September, and it was introduced final month he would make his return to MLW in opposition to Fatu.
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“I’m fairly stoked. It’s been fairly a number of years since I’ve wrestled for MLW,” he informed Fox Information Digital in a latest interview. “I keep in mind having loads of good matches with guys like Swerve (Strickland), Tom Lawlor and others. So, fairly, fairly stoked about it.
“Then, to get to wrestle Fatu in my first match again is, yeah, I’m excited. I wished to wrestle Fatu earlier than I acquired signed by WWE earlier than however now it’s occurring. Fairly pleased about it.”
Riddle stated he’s loved having the final couple of months off. He stated he didn’t actually really feel like doing something besides enjoyable and caring for his household.
“The final couple months, they’ve been good. I really feel just like the final in all probability 10 years I’ve been wrestling fairly laborious within the sense, like on the indies earlier than I went to the ‘E’ (WWE), I used to be fairly busy touring to Europe and wrestling in every single place. After which, in fact, with the ‘E,’ I used to be touring in every single place.
Matt Riddle delivers a kick in an MLW match. (MLW)
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“So, the final three months, I kinda simply had my first trip in a extremely very long time. I had a child. Slightly son, Matthew. So, it was actually preparing and kinda like a reset button. The final couple of months, I completely simply didn’t wish to do something apart from work out, chill out and deal with my household.
“And now that (it’s) the New 12 months and I acquired that point and all the pieces else like that, I believe it’s simply time to prepare dinner once more and simply actually been specializing in that and what I wish to do within the ring. I really feel like earlier than was extra of a … it’s at all times leisure, nevertheless it was loads of leisure earlier than. And now, I believe, the course I’m getting in, I’m going to have the ability to present the world what I can do within the ring and simply current that model of myself reasonably than sort of a goofball on TV.”
Matt Riddle will face Jacob Fatu at “Kings of Colosseum.” (MLW)
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Riddle’s first MLW match in almost 5 years will happen Saturday on the Kings of Colosseum on the 2300 Area at 7 p.m. ET and may be seen on Triller TV.
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