Roman Reigns Kept Away From WWE Rival Due To Real-Life Heat

WWE took measures to keep a former star away from Roman Reigns.

During his time with WWE, Matt Riddle was never too far from controversy. The star had issues with several Superstars backstage, including Roman Reigns.

Riddle went on record in an interview saying he’d beat Reigns in a real fight while making a series of other negative remarks.

Despite the issues, the pair did end up working together in 2022 as Riddle and Randy Orton took on The Bloodline. After Orton got injured, Riddle’s rivalry with the group continued, and he unsuccessfully challenged Reigns for the Universal Title that June.

Roman Reigns And Matt Riddle Were Kept Apart

During a recent episode of The Wrestling Matt, Matt Camp who was a regular host of The Bump recalled both Reigns and Riddle being booked on the show.

Although Reigns was on location and not in the studio, Camp noted that Riddle was kept off the set during the star’s segment so there wouldn’t be an interaction between them.

“Riddle was the in-studio guest, and we 100% did not put Riddle on the set until Roman was gone, off the video screen. Just not gonna mess with that.

And then Riddle went and said something dumb about Roman right after that in another interview, like right after that. And I think that’s when he told the story about writing a letter to Roman apologizing and Randy Orton told him to do it.

But we made a point to keep Riddle (away from Roman)… because we would have those interactions, where someone would be in-studio and interact with the (video) guests whether they were in a storyline or not – we had some fun stuff with that.

We 100% kept Riddle off the set until the Roman interview was done, which was the right call.”

Matt Riddle was eventually released by WWE in September 2023 after a controversial incident at JFK airport.

H/t to Wrestle Talk