Matt Riddle: ‘Everyone Who Watched Strowman vs. Goldberg Was Disappointed’

Matt Riddle is still not a fan of Goldberg. That may not come as a surprise after the last nine months but Riddle has made some new comments about Goldberg’s recent WWE run.

In a recent interview with Sportskeeda’s Gary Cassidy, Riddle discussed the decision to give Goldberg the Universal Title. Here is the full quote:

“The other thing, too, is you’re putting other athletes that are in their prime or trying of having their run, you’re putting them in jeopardy because somebody wants to come back. You know? And the landscape of professional wrestling has changed since the ’90s. Not that it’s better or worse, but it’s a little bit more sport, it’s a little more competitive, it’s a little harder hitting. Not that there wasn’t hard-hitting stuff or there wasn’t that style then, there was but I feel like now, overall, it’s different. Getting in a World Title match and you can’t deliver a good forearm, or this or that, people are going to call you out.”

Riddle also mentioned that everyone who watched Braun Strowman vs. Goldberg was disappointed due to the simplicity of the match.

“I don’t think it was a poor move bringing him back for a match, but to bring him back to win the title, to destroy the character like The Fiend being so unstoppable and then just have Braun Strowman beat him… You know, it doesn’t really do much for Braun Strowman beating him. It’s not like it was a passing of the torch or a great match. It was a couple of Spears and a Powerslam.

As a fan, like yourself and myself, we all agree and every fan that watched that, even if they wanted Braun to win or whatever, was disappointed. Even if you wanted Goldberg to win, you probably didn’t want him to win like that. It’s one of those things. You know me, I think it was a bad call but I don’t make those calls, I can only give my input, my insight and my opinion, and that’s all I have.”

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