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Matt Riddle is still waiting on his paycheck from TNA Wrestling.
Major League Wrestling‘s Matt Riddle recently spoke with Shakiel Mahjouri of SHAK Wrestling. When asked how his appearance at TNA Turning Point came together, Riddle chalked it up to already being there for WrestleCade weekend and noted he still hasn’t been paid for his appearance yet.
“There was no call made,” Matt Riddle said. “I was at WrestleCade, signing autographs, doing pretty well, and making pretty good money, a lot of people lined up to take a picture with the bro. Tommy Dreamer came up and Ariel [Shnerer]. They came up to me and said Trey got into, not a horrible car accident, but not a great car accident, and he probably wasn’t going to make it to the show.
“Wentz in NXT, I was the shaman, the shaman that took the place of Jeff Hardy, he was the original shaman. He left and I replaced him. They asked if I would be willing to do it. I’m not under contract with them or anything like that. I saw a company that was kind of in need and I saw one of my friends, Zachary Wentz, was definitely in need, his boy was out. ‘ve teamed up with them and teamed up with Jeff before in the past, and I’ve never wrestled the Hardy Boys.
“I’ve wrestled Jeff by himself. For me, I had never done TNA, wanted to do that. Can’t really pass up an opportunity to wrestle the Hardy Boys. If someone is hurt or in need and something is not going to work right with the show, I’m more than happy to hop in.
“Plus, I got an extra payday, which didn’t hurt the weekend. Still waiting on that. They have a three-week thing or two-week thing, I don’t know. I kind of like my money upfront. They did great. It was a random thing. I don’t have any plans with them in the future. They have spoken highly of me and to me. I think it’s impossible, but right now, my home is MLW.
“Luckily, I work for a company like MLW that wasn’t going to crucify me for helping. It wasn’t just me doing the show or trying to get cash, it was me trying to help out my friends. Glad MLW and all the people there supported me with the decision.” [H/T: Fightful]
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