Matt Riddle offered up an explanation today for why he has been taking shots at Goldberg on social media as of late. Riddle was publicly critical of Goldberg’s performance at Super ShowDown. While not mentioning anyone by name, Riddle posted the following earlier today:
Shortly after, Riddle posted this follow-up message as well:
Matt Riddle vs Bill Goldberg
Riddle made several comments regarding Goldberg’s performance from Jeddah yesterday:
Previously, Riddle noted that Goldberg had blocked him on social media:
Matt Riddle vs Brock Lesnar
Riddle has also been mentioning wanting to retire Brock Lesnar on his Twitter. Most recently, Riddle posted the following on Tuesday June 4th:
He has stated on several occasions that it is a goal of his to retire Brock Lesnar.
Riddle most recently defeated Roderick Strong of the Undisputed Era at NXT TakeOver XXV. He had previously dropped a North American title shot against the Velveteen Dream at Takeover: New York. His loss to Dream is the only single’s loss he’s had on NXT programming since debuting. Riddle also defeated the current NXT champion Adam Cole on an episode of NXT which aired on May 8th, 2019.