Since his WWE non-compete clause expired, Matt Riddle has participated in several interviews, and in these interviews, Riddle has made numerous outlandish claims.

Riddle’s latest claim on The Kurt Angle show was that WWE were going to increase his salary to “one million dollars a year”, and Riddle also stated that he believes that the WWE/UFC merger was a definite factor in him being released from the company:

"I think that definitely didn't help things. Me and Dana White don't have the greatest relationship and I know he's definitely a big part of that. It definitely played a part. Also, I know that they're making budget cuts regardless, and I was getting paid quite a pretty penny…”

“I don't know if it was right before RK Bro or right after, Laurinaitis pulled me into the office. I thought I was in trouble. I didn't get my vaccine yet….I went in there and they were like, 'Hey, we want to give you a raise', and they gave me a substantial raise. It increased every year and this year, I was gonna get paid a million a year. I was at 750. I mean, last year I cleared my bucket. I did extremely well. I think that was a big contributing factor. I was gonna get paid a million dollars starting next year, but I also think, you know, the merger didn't help, and then also my behavior didn't help either…”

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