{"id":346750,"date":"2026-06-06T21:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=346750"},"modified":"2026-06-06T21:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:26:45","slug":"matt-riddle-blasts-wwe-aew-for-mooching-talent-from-tna-njpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/matt-riddle-blasts-wwe-aew-for-mooching-talent-from-tna-njpw\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Riddle Blasts WWE &#038; AEW For &#8216;Mooching&#8217; Talent From TNA &#038; NJPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Matt Riddle has criticized each WWE NXT and AEW for the way they use their partner promotions, saying the relationships feel one-sided and unfair.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1268030\/mlw-matt-riddle-misha-montana-miscarriage\/\">TV Insider<\/a><\/em>, Riddle claimed that NXT <strong><em>\u201cmooches\u201d<\/em><\/strong> talent from TNA in an identical way that AEW<em><strong> \u201cmooches\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>talent from Recent Japan Pro Wrestling. He argued that these partnerships profit NXT and AEW greater than they assist TNA or NJPW, especially in the case of star power and visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle said he believes any working agreement in wrestling must have more balance and real give-and-take between the businesses. He explained that while wrestlers will at all times follow the cash or the largest opportunity, he personally prefers to not sign a normal long-term contract. As a substitute, he enjoys operating as a virtual free agent who can work many places and stay in demand on his own terms.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle\u2019s comments come at a time when AEW\u2019s partnership with NJPW continues to attract criticism from fans who feel AEW gets the higher end of the deal by featuring names like Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, and Will Ospreay. NXT\u2019s partnership with TNA has drawn similar reactions after talents resembling Jordynne Grace and Joe Hendry moved into the WWE system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Riddle has criticized each WWE NXT and AEW for the way they use their partner promotions, saying the relationships feel one-sided and unfair. During a recent interview with TV Insider, Riddle claimed that NXT \u201cmooches\u201d talent from TNA in an identical way that AEW \u201cmooches\u201d talent from Recent Japan Pro Wrestling. He argued that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[10436,2315,8588,52570,14314,23327,2708,14959,6221],"class_list":["post-346750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-aew","tag-blasts","tag-matt","tag-mooching","tag-njpw","tag-riddle","tag-talent","tag-tna","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346753,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346750\/revisions\/346753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}