Matt Riddle Speaks On Rumours Of Backstage WWE Heat

"Heat"? It's all fun and games for 'The Original Bro.'

Matt Riddle
WWE

"Backstage heat? Stop taking everything so seriously, bro."

This is the word of WWE's Matt Riddle in a recent interview with Gary Cassidy, who asked the current NXT Tag Team Champion what he thought of talk that he isn't the most well-liked person in the WWE locker-room.

"I'll tell you this. Do I have heat with WWE or NXT, or the people that run the show? No," Riddle said. "Do I have heat with some people who think I'm disrespectful at times because they don't understand how business works? Yes. Do people take things too seriously? Yes."

Advertisement

NXT's 'Original Bro' added that he'd "had to give talks at NXT," there was nothing malicious about his attempts at stirring the pot: "I'm like, 'Hey. I'm going to tweet or say something that offends you. Realise I'm not trying to actually offend you, I'm just trying to make people think I am.' I'm putting out an image, a facade, you know?"

So being a professional wrestler, basically.

Advertisement

Summing things up, Riddle conceded that while he does have beef with some people, it's mostly just "high school, catty" stuff from "people who can't take a joke or a work."

The full interview can be read here.

Advertisement
Channel Manager
Channel Manager

Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.