{"id":226,"date":"2015-10-10T01:57:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T01:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/desktop\/?p=226"},"modified":"2015-10-13T08:27:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T08:27:56","slug":"wweevolve-news-former-ufc-fighter-matthew-riddle-confirms-wwe-arrangement-to-debut-for-evolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/10\/10\/wweevolve-news-former-ufc-fighter-matthew-riddle-confirms-wwe-arrangement-to-debut-for-evolve\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC fighter Matthew Riddle confirms terms of EVOLVE debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1833538532\" 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 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">PWTorch learned last month that former UFC fighter Matthew Riddle is signed to a WWE Developmental deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, Riddle is making his pro wrestling debut with WWNLive&#8217;s EVOLVE brand later this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Riddle confirmed the arrangement in an interview this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I did a tryout with the WWE. The tryout went extremely well; as well as it could,&#8221; Riddle said, confirming what we heard that he impressed WWE officials at the tryout. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;WWE was nice enough to set me up with EVOLVE and wrestle with them. It\u2019s a process. From what I see it\u2019s on the right track. It\u2019s not like the transition I had with the UFC.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Without mentioning Riddle by name, Triple H hinted at this arrangement with EVOLVE during his media conference call earlier in the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I think they are one of the sounder promotions,&#8221; Hunter said. &#8220;I support them. I support their shows. A lot of our talent have come through there through the years. Everyone speaks highly of their process and of Gabe (Sapolsky). Do I support them? Do I see them as a feeder for us? 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I think they are a very important part of the business.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Riddle now has the opportunity to get wrestling experience away from an NXT ring and continue to get better before making a full-fledged NXT debut.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3334376673\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">[ LINK: Interview <a href=\"http:\/\/rodolforoman.com\/matt-riddle-talks-wwe-tryout-backyard-wrestling\/\"><span class=\"s2\">HERE<\/span><\/a> ] <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4181354159\"><div id=\"pwtor-1879301654\"><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>PWTorch learned last month that former UFC fighter Matthew Riddle is signed to a WWE Developmental deal. However, Riddle is making his pro wrestling debut with WWNLive&#8217;s EVOLVE brand later this month. Riddle confirmed the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/10\/10\/wweevolve-news-former-ufc-fighter-matthew-riddle-confirms-wwe-arrangement-to-debut-for-evolve\/\" title=\"Former UFC fighter Matthew Riddle confirms terms of EVOLVE debut\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[3],"tags":[234,233,229,188,231],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news_wwe","tag-evolve","tag-matthew-riddle","tag-triple-h","tag-ufc","tag-wwnlive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","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=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}