{"id":349776,"date":"2026-06-12T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=349776"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:19:38","slug":"far-from-a-clone-wwe-veteran-defends-matt-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/far-from-a-clone-wwe-veteran-defends-matt-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Far From A Clone\u2019 \u2014 WWE Veteran Defends Matt Riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Through the years, it has been widely claimed that Matt Riddle is a WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam rip-off. Nonetheless, recently, RVD shut down these infamous comparisons between the 2 men.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/46Mbe7zePp4?si=5TNu6LdjKEyBmb2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Of A Kind<\/a>\u201d podcast, Van Dam defended Riddle. Based on RVD, The Original Bro is inspired by him fairly than being copied. The veteran said,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cA great RVD ripoff? Yeah, I might consider him an excellent inspiration from RVD, you recognize, loads of similarities, but definitely loads of differences as well. So it\u2019s like, you had Superstar Billy Graham, and then you definately got Hogan, and then you definately got Jesse the Body they usually each, you could possibly say, ripped him off, but in other ways because they didn\u2019t attempt to be exactly him, but they definitely used his inspiration to make what they were. I feel definitely he\u2019s (Matt Riddle) removed from a clone of RVD. Definitely he\u2019s his own person together with his own values. But in addition there\u2019s an awful lot that we will meet on common ground with.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be here without an RVD first. Who knows? We\u2019ll never know. But I see how that led to, you recognize, I mean, I used to be one among the one representatives of martial arts on the cards. So, you bought to present me credit for being, you recognize, and galvanizing anyone that is available in after that with the martial arts and stuff like that, you recognize.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVD Goes Hollywood, Brother! (FULL EPISODE)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/46Mbe7zePp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Riddle Reflects On His WWE Run<\/h3>\n<p>During a recent TV Insider interview, Matt Riddle recalled that Vince McMahon viewed him as a <em><strong>\u201cgoof.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> The previous WWE Superstar said,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI feel loads of times, especially with WWE they cater to the world. They need easy. So you actually can\u2019t be yourself. The corporate itself just doesn\u2019t try to grasp you. I remember after I met Vince and told him I\u2019m a UFC fighter, this and that. I\u2019m wearing flip flops within the [Titan] Towers (WWE headquarters). He&#8217;s like, \u2018Well, you appear to be a goof.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah I\u2019m a goof, but I can whip your a**. Kurt Angle was a goof, but he&#8217;s an Olympic gold medalist.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cEventually, he saw that and ran with the ball. Court has at all times saw the legitimacy behind me. I feel with the controversies I\u2019ve had, he sees the worth in that where loads of people might get scared like AEW or WWE. At the top of the day, I get a haircut, and there are articles. If I do anything, there are articles good or bad. To him, it\u2019s good in a way. To be honest with you, I wish I wasn\u2019t so polarizing. I wish no person cared. It\u2019s good for wrestling though.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the years, it has been widely claimed that Matt Riddle is a WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam rip-off. Nonetheless, recently, RVD shut down these infamous comparisons between the 2 men. Speaking on his \u201c1 Of A Kind\u201d podcast, Van Dam defended Riddle. 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