{"id":166217,"date":"2023-09-22T20:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T01:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=166217"},"modified":"2023-09-22T20:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T01:18:38","slug":"matt-riddles-name-added-to-list-of-released-wrestlers-by-wwe-riddle-addresses-his-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/22\/matt-riddles-name-added-to-list-of-released-wrestlers-by-wwe-riddle-addresses-his-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Riddle&#8217;s name added to list of released wrestlers by WWE, Riddle addresses his departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1155210442\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Matt Riddle has been released by WWE. Riddle acknowledged his departure on Twitter\/X&#8221; tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Just wanted to inform everyone that I\u2019m no longer with WWE,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Thank you for the memories and opportunities also thank you to all the fans for the support and love you give me every time I go out to the ring. See you all soon.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperKingofBros\/status\/1705363043037646872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1705363043037646872%7Ctwgr%5Ecaecdde6d6d6af0839dcd21a93fa3e34ebd82475%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscribers.prowrestling.net%2F2023%2F09%2F22%2Fmatt-riddle-released-by-wwe%2F<\/p>\n<p>Riddle was in the midst of a storyline with Drew McIntyre in recent weeks, but was pulled from WWE events after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/11\/matt-riddle-incident-at-airport-and-his-instagram-post-leads-to-tmz-story-investigation-launched\/\">an incident at an airport<\/a> earlier this month where he accused airport police of sexually violating him. A police report, cited by TMZ, said police were called to the airport due to an intoxicated individual on the flight back from WWE&#8217;s event in India, a reference to Riddle.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle joined WWE In 2018 and wrestled in NXT for a 18 months before moving to the main roster. His peak storyline was a team with veteran Randy Orton, known as RK-Bro. They won the Raw Tag Team Titles twice. He also held the U.S. Title and wrestled Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Universal Title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/11\/matt-riddle-incident-at-airport-and-his-instagram-post-leads-to-tmz-story-investigation-launched\/\">Matt Riddle incident at airport and his Instagram post leads to TMZ story, investigation launched<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/09\/20\/powells-nxt-hit-list-becky-lynch-and-lyra-valkyria-vs-tiffany-stratton-and-kiana-james-carmelo-hayes-vs-dominik-mysterio-in-a-champion-vs-champion-match-heritage-cup-tournament-matches\/\">Powell\u2019s NXT Hit List: Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria vs. Tiffany Stratton and Kiana James, Carmelo Hayes vs. Dominik Mysterio in a champion vs. champion match, Heritage Cup tournament matches\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1684467442\"><div id=\"pwtor-4010836407\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Matt Riddle has been released by WWE. Riddle acknowledged his departure on Twitter\/X&#8221; tonight.&#8221; &#8220;Just wanted to inform everyone that I\u2019m no longer with WWE,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Thank you for the memories and opportunities also <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/22\/matt-riddles-name-added-to-list-of-released-wrestlers-by-wwe-riddle-addresses-his-departure\/\" title=\"Matt Riddle&#8217;s name added to list of released wrestlers by WWE, Riddle addresses his departure\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/12\/RiddleMattWK_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166218,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166217\/revisions\/166218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}