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Matthew Riddle

Matthew Frederick Riddle (January 14, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on its NXT developmental brand. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Riddle made a name for himself by appearing on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7. Early life Riddle was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and later moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, where he attended Saratoga Springs High School. He graduated from high school in 2004 and then attended East Stroudsburg University, where he was a member of the wrestling team for two years. After his head coach was fired, Riddle lost his wrestling scholarship and moved to MMA. Mixed martial arts career Riddle's main experience comes from high school wrestling. He wrestled at Saratoga High School in upstate New York. There Riddle was a National wrestling Champion and in his Senior year was a New York state wrestling champion. He is 1-0 in amateur MMA. Riddle worked as a roofer and trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the evenings. Since Riddle had little to no money, he did not train at a gym but in his apartment. Riddle used BJ Penn's book, Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge to help him learn. The Ultimate Fighter Riddle fought Dan Simmler, an understudy of Matt Serra, to get into the TUF house. Riddle knocked out Simmler in the opening seconds of the second round and struck him three times in the jaw after he had lost consciousness, breaking Simmler's jaw in two places. It was called the biggest knockout in The Ultimate Fighter history by Dana White and the knock out of the century by Quinton Jackson. Riddle was picked second for team Rampage. During the show's taping, Riddle was given the nickname Chipper after Rampage noticed him always smiling.


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Born:
Jan 14, 1986 In Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the series WWE Raw 1993-01-11
Latest Project:
Movie WWE SummerSlam 2023 2023-08-05
Known For
Poster of UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy
Poster of UFC 101: Declaration
Poster of The Ultimate Fighter
Poster of WWE SmackDown
Filmography
Movie WWE SummerSlam 2023 Matt Riddle 2023-08-05
Movie WWE Money in the Bank 2023 Matt Riddle 2023-07-01
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2022 Riddle 2022-01-29
Movie WWE WrestleMania 38: Sunday Riddle 2022-04-03
Movie WWE Extreme Rules 2022 Matt Riddle 2022-10-08
Movie WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 Riddle 2021-02-21
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2021 Riddle 2021-01-31
Movie WWE Fastlane 2021 Riddle (Preshow) 2021-03-21
Movie WWE Crown Jewel Riddle 2021-10-21
Movie WWE Survivor Series 2021 Riddle 2021-11-21
Movie WWE SummerSlam 2021 Riddle 2021-08-21
Movie WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Riddle 2021-07-18
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2020 Matt Riddle 2020-01-26
Movie WWE Survivor Series 2020 Riddle 2020-11-22
Movie WWE Payback 2020 Matt Riddle 2020-08-30
Movie NXT TakeOver: Phoenix Matt Riddle 2019-01-26
Movie NXT TakeOver: New York Matt Riddle 2019-04-05
Movie WWE Survivor Series 2019 Matt Riddle 2019-11-24
Movie Women's Wrestling Revolution WWR Five Year Plan Matt Riddle 2018-01-28
Movie UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy Self 2010-03-27
Movie UFC 101: Declaration Self 2009-08-08
Movie UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera Self 2009-11-14
Series The Ultimate Fighter Self 2005-01-17
Series WWE SmackDown Matt Riddle 1999-04-29
Series WWE Raw Matt Riddle 1993-01-11
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