“Get This Guy Fired”: Former WWE Star Reveals Randy Orton’s Initial Desire to Have Him Released From the Company

Matt Riddle’s departure from the WWE was indeed a shocker for most wrestling fans. As of now, he is currently signed with MLW and is looking forward to his second stint in pro wrestling. However, no one can forget his in-ring dynamic with ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton.

Notorious for a tag team called ‘RK-Bro’ the duo successfully entertained the fans to the fullest with their widely varying personalities. But in a recent interview, Riddle explained an anecdote to highlight the past animosity between him and Orton. Unbelievably, he also revealed that the veteran wanted to get him fired from WWE.

Matt Riddle revealed Randy Orton’s disdain for him initially

The 37-year-old wrestling star recently sat down in an interview with ‘Signed By Superstars’. While there were a lot of topics to be discussed with the former WWE superstar, the intrigue peaked when Riddle discussed his past friction with Randy Orton. He first explained how he was comfortable in the WWE locker room right from the start. He said, “For me, I am very comfortable right off the bat. I think a lot of people take things very personally which over years and going through different eras of wrestling, because this era that we’re in is very nice.”

As he was emphasizing this, he gradually moved on to describe how various things irritate some older superstars, Orton included. He continued, “Like I think Randy didn’t like me the first time we met. I didn’t want to bother him and he’s going up to everybody I just had my head phones on I was chilling and I didn’t go up and say hi to him. And I remember Randy going, I’m going to figure out a way to get this guy f**king fired and I was like you said that dude and ‘he’s like yeah but you’re cool now’.”

This could be surprising for most of us, as we have seen them doing relatively well together in the past. Interestingly, their in-ring storyline also showed a frustrated Orton, who later took kindly to Riddle. And they both did a great job together.

How did the duo get along in the era of RK-Bro?

Nobody expected Riddle and Orton to work out as a team, but both were able to flip the script, eventually. But did you know it was the one and only Matt Riddle who pitched the idea of the inception of ‘RK-Bro’? However, everybody laughed at this idea, and Riddle lost hope for its inception.

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Ironically, two weeks later, their tag team was formed, as both of them didn’t have any partners on the show. And this is what led to the formation of one of the most entertaining tag team champions in the history of WWE. Do you still want the tag team to be back? What do you make of Riddle’s comments about Orton’s first perception of him in the locker room? Do share your thoughts down below.

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