Matt Riddle was recently interviewed by Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT. During the interview, he spoke about the ideas that he had if he was able to work with Kurt Angle on the WWE main roster. This comes after the news broke that Angle rejected WWE’s offer to manage Riddle on Smackdown.
Riddle first spoke about the idea he had about turning on Kurt during his recent cage match. Here is what he said:
“You know what crossed my mind originally [with Kurt Angle]? There’s the management thing, but then like in my head – and maybe this is just greedy me – in my head, when I see Kurt Angle, even if I like him and I’m friendly with him, I know the money is in beating up Kurt Angle.
“I was really hoping he was going to cost me the cage match and then the Bro was going to snap and beat up Kurt Angle! Some deadlift Germans to an Olympic gold medallist from the Stallion? You telling me everybody at home wouldn’t be like ‘no he didn’t just dump him on his head!’ – because that’s what I do! It would have been crazy.
Riddle also spoke about how him working with Angle could have led to a storyline on Smackdown with King Corbin:
“Or, he could have managed me and then we had the back and forth with Baron Corbin because Corbin ended his career and this is the new phase, [he’s like] ‘this is my bro.’
“And then I go on to beat the crap out of Corbin – which I would – that would have been pretty cool too. But I’ll say this, even if Kurt is not there and I still beat the crap out of Corbin, that’s still pretty cool too. It’s all good!”
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