6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (29 Aug)

3. Riddle Threatens Rollins’ Life

Matt Riddle Seth Rollins
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First off, let’s not lose sight of the fact that MATT Riddle has his first name back officially, complete with chyron.

If one of the goals of the Riddle/Seth Rollins feud is to make the Original Bro a more serious character, then this was another step in that direction. Monday’s face-to-face confrontation with Rollins and Riddle had to be filmed from separate venues because they have attacked each other every chance they’ve gotten. They verbally sparred pretty well, right down to Riddle playing on Rollins’ wife Becky Lynch being “the only man” in their marriage.

During the break, Rollins then brought up Riddle’s divorce, saying his wife left with their kids, who want nothing to do with Matt. This set Riddle off, who then went on a profanity-laced tirade as he threatened Seth and demanded to know where he was in the arena.

Not once was Riddle the goofy bro making dumb jokes or acting laid back and high. He was dead serious and wanted to rip Rollins’ head off. Considering his MMA background and overall popularity, giving him an edge like that is probably for the best.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.