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Major League Wrestling (MLW) star Matt Riddle offered a sunny realization for Pro -Wrestlers in the middle of the recent high -profile departures that took place last week.
WWE shared ways with the superstars known as Braun Strowman, Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Kayden Carter, Katana Chance, Cora Jade, Gigi Dolan, Riley Osborne, Eddy Thorpe, Jakara Jackson, Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, Wolfgang, Oro Mensah and Javere Bernal, according to several, according to several, according to several, according to several, Reports. Fightful Select noted that departure was not direct releases, but rather the decision not to renew contracts.
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Matt Riddle wins the MLW title. (Mlw)
Riddle was also a WWE release in which he separates ways with the company in September 2023. He has since appeared in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Lucha Libre Aaa Worldwide and has made an indelible mark on MLW by becoming the world’s heavyweight master to start the year.
He told Pakinomist Digital that having the opportunity to perform at a high level elsewhere turned out to be a “blessing.”
“It depends on what you do when you are fired. It’s always unfortunate when people lose their jobs, but at the end of the day, for some of us, say to me, for example, it was a blessing,” Riddle said. “Sometimes you just need the right push. Sometimes you need someone to close a door on you so that someone else can open. And that is not to say that everyone who has been released and it is not just pro -wrestling, it is any profession.
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Matt Riddle and Tom Lawlor greet Eric Bischoff. (Mlw)
“Trust me, it may seem like it’s over or it sucks, but when one door closes, another one opens. Even when I was fired from UFC back on the day, because then I came where I did in professional wrestling, and even for now I was today. What was in MLW on which the championship was.
“Sometimes it’s to be fired a blessing in disguise.”
Riddle returned to MLW at Kings of Colosseum in 2024 and won the Battle Riot VI that year. In January at Kings of Colosseum, he defeated Satoshi Kojima for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Then he successfully defended it in a Triple-Trussel match against Kojima and Alex Kane and then against 39 other men in Battle Riot VII.
Matt Riddle shows MLW World Heavyweight Championship. (Mlw)
On Saturday he faces Donovan Dijak in a title defense in Azteca Lucha in Chicago. The event will take place at Cicero Stadium and can be viewed on YouTube at. 22 et.
